My daughter’s friend is an affirmative action student at a top law school, and she told me that they(I presume she was referring to all the affirmative action enrollees)could not receive any grade than a B+, so she wasn’t really working that hard in school. She was just letting the other kids compete for the A’s and class ranking. She thought that class ranking didn’t really make that much difference if you are a civil rights lawyer, anyway.
What the hell is an 'affirmative action student?' Just because you are a minority doesn't make you an affirmative action admittee. And unless your daughter is the same race as her friend, I doubt your daughter was told any such thing. I can only speak for blacks, but black students aren't about to tell some white chick that they aren't competing for grades. This is why affirmative action is so hurtful to minorities. It makes majorities think that none of them got there, whether it is school or a job, on their own merits. They just assume that because someone is different than they are, that they are less qualified and admitted or hired soley based on race.
Did it occur to you that these 'affirmative action students' obtained B+ grades on their own?
I have a law degree (2 of them, actually) and worked in law school admissions. I currently work at a university where a number of my associates are faculty at the law school. I know a little something about law school, admissions, and retention. I am currently engaged in a research project involving first year law students. I also happen to be black. Nobody is giving any grades away to blacks.
You can satisfy yourself with this - there's no affirmative action on the bar exam. You either pass it or you don't; race doesn't get you any brownie points. If the student isn't intellectually qualified, s/he won't pass.
Yeah, she’ll get some cushy affirmative action job with government, or big firms will hire her to keep the “diversity” heat off. Then when the low productivity/client complaints happen, she’ll quietly leave and get hired by government or another desperate firm. The process continues ad infinitum as she gets passed around like a cheap whore.