Spin is everything. Suppose it was called a scholarship based on maintenance of a certain grade level.
Not to me, but then I'm an old-fashioned sort :)
Suppose it was called a scholarship based on maintenance of a certain grade level.
Okay, I've got a sec to engage in some hair-splitting :)
I don't know of any scholarships that come with a lock. IOW, that the recipient knows with 100% certainly that he/she's gonna get one. That lack of certainty is what makes it a reward for achievement and not a bribe.
That said, what the heck is wrong with teaching kids that learning is forerver. That it's the one thing that can never be taken away from them. That developing a love for learning is a gift that will keep on giving to them their entire lives.
And talk about defining deviancy down combined with the soft bigotry of low expectations. Gad, what a morass.
(/rant)
:)