GPA and Conservatism

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A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. 

Like so many others her age, she 

considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal 

ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more 

government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. 

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch 

conservative, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures 

that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a 

professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, 

selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. 

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher 

taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. 

The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to 

be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by 

asking how she was doing in school. 

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, 

and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she 

was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, 

which left her no time to go out and party like other people she 

knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really 

have many college friends because she spent all her time studying. 

Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey 

doing?” 

She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy 

classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so 

popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited 

to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for 

classes because she's too hung over.” 

Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don't you go to the 

Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to 

your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 

GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of 

GPA.” 

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily 

fired back, “That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've 

worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a 

lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. 

She played while I worked my tail off!” 

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the 

conservative side of the fence.” 

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cj8lvr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List RCRC LLC Member Joined: 10 February 2005 Location: Madison, Madison County Status: Offline Points: 7948	Post Options Post Reply Quote cj8lvr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: GPA and Conservatism Posted: 29 January 2011 at 3:34pm
	A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying. Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?” She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.” Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.” The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, “That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!” The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the conservative side of the fence.”
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	Nice. I forget who said it, but "a young republican has no heart, and an old democrat has no brain." Eventually you realize the way the world works.