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09-09-2004, 01:37 PM
A young woman was about to finish her first year of
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>college. Like so many others her age she considered
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>herself to be a very liberal Democrat and was for
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>distribution of all wealth.
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>She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather
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>staunch Republican which she expressed openly. One day
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>she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his
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>opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the
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>addition of more government welfare programs. Based on
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>the lectures that she had participated in and the
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>occasional chat with a professor she felt that for
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>years her father had obviously harbored an evil, even
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>selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
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>The self professed objectivity proclaimed by her
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>professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to
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>her father.
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>He stopped her and asked her point blank, how she was
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>doing in school. She answered rather haughtily that
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>she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough
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>to maintain. That she studied all the time, never had
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>time to go out and party like other people she knew.
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>She didn't even have time for a boyfriend and didn't
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>really have many college friends because of spending
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>all her time studying. That she was taking a more
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>difficult curriculum.
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>Her father listened and then asked, "How is your good
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>friend Mary doing?"
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>
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>She replied, "Mary is barely getting by." She
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>continued, "She barely has a 2.0 GPA," adding, "and
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>all she takes are easy classes and she never studies."
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>"But Mary is so very popular on campus, college for
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>her is a blast, she goes to all the parties all the
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>time and very often doesn't even show up for classes
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>because she is too hung over."
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>Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go
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>to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off
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>your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend who only has a
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>2.0." He continued, "That way you will both have a 3.0
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>GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal
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>distribution of GPA."
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>
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>The daughter visibly shocked by her father's
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>suggestion angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair!
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>I worked really hard for mine, I did without and Mary
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>has done little or nothing, she played while I worked
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>real hard!"
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>
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>The father slowly smiled, winked and said,
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>
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>"Welcome to the Republican Party."
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>college. Like so many others her age she considered
>
>herself to be a very liberal Democrat and was for
>
>distribution of all wealth.
>
>She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather
>
>staunch Republican which she expressed openly. One day
>
>she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his
>
>opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the
>
>addition of more government welfare programs. Based on
>
>the lectures that she had participated in and the
>
>occasional chat with a professor she felt that for
>
>years her father had obviously harbored an evil, even
>
>selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
>
>
>The self professed objectivity proclaimed by her
>
>professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to
>
>her father.
>
>
>He stopped her and asked her point blank, how she was
>
>doing in school. She answered rather haughtily that
>
>she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough
>
>to maintain. That she studied all the time, never had
>
>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 of spending
>
>all her time studying. That she was taking a more
>
>difficult curriculum.
>
>
>
>Her father listened and then asked, "How is your good
>
>friend Mary doing?"
>
>
>
>She replied, "Mary is barely getting by." She
>
>continued, "She barely has a 2.0 GPA," adding, "and
>
>all she takes are easy classes and she never studies."
>
>"But Mary is so very popular on campus, college for
>
>her is a blast, she goes to all the parties all the
>
>time and very often doesn't even show up for classes
>
>because she is too hung over."
>
>
>
>Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go
>
>to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off
>
>your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend who only has a
>
>2.0." He continued, "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 wouldn't be fair!
>
>I worked really hard for mine, I did without and Mary
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>has done little or nothing, she played while I worked
>
>real hard!"
>
>
>
>The father slowly smiled, winked and said,
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>
>
>"Welcome to the Republican Party."
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