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Re “The hard no,” Opinion, April 3
I applaud Angel B. Perez, director of admission at Pitzer College, for investing so much in choosing the best students. I am particularly impressed with Perez for not simply accepting students based on the “numbers” -- their test scores and grade-point averages.
I teach at a secondary school in Los Angeles, and too many of my students obsess over their grades.
Through standardized testing, many of our educational institutions attempt to quantify a student’s knowledge. But passion for life and learning should be given as much weight, if not more, than these numbers.
Perez and Pitzer College seem to be doing their part. What about the rest of us?
Robert W. Kahn
Pacific Palisades
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