[graciegirl]

Equal is good. But affirmative action yells "pity" to me.

I keep hearing make jobs pay more when the truth is that jobs usually have pay that reflects the level of skill and work involved. I can't see where it is right to up the pay for jobs that do not require great skill.

We are not all born with equal skills. Several decades ago the educators squelched the use of I.Q. testing. Please hear me say very loudly that I in no way think people are more valuable if they are smarter but it sometimes helps to help them if you know their strengths and weaknesses. We have been ignoring those issues and some folks are not doing well in school. It must be frustrating to them.

WE are ignoring a lot of things that to me are obvious so as to be politically correct and not hurt people and in so doing we are hurting people worse and allowing our educational system to fail.