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  3. The celebration of mediocrity is on full bloom at Cuesta Community 【M1】___

The celebration of mediocrity is on full bloom at Cuesta Community 【M1】___

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问题 The celebration of mediocrity is on full bloom at Cuesta Community       【M1】______
College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Cuesta has instituted a lottery system for
admission to it’s nursing program. This semester, 38 names were pulled       【M2】______
at randomly from 156 "qualified applicants" —those with at least C averages 【M3】______
in core courses. According to the chancellor of California’s community
colleges, grade point averages are an "artificial barrier" to professional
school admission. "We can’t discriminate in favor of students who get A’s
over students those who may be getting B’s," says Amy Grant, dean of         【M4】______
nursing instruction at Cuesta. Prior this year, nursing school admissions at 【M5】______
Cuesta were determined by grade point average, recommendations, medical
experience, and an interview. College officials deny that they are attempting
to circumvent California’ s Proposition 209. which bans affirmative action
in state hiring and admissions.
    There is a substantial anti-elitism in American life. Job applicants are 【M6】______
ejected for being "overeducated" or "over-qualified". David Halberstam       【M7】______
wrote scornfully of "the best and the brightest" and the "whiz kid" who got  【M8】______
us into Vietnam. The intellectual inclined arc dismissed as "eggheads."      【M9】______
Many college students wear Homer Simpson T-shirts: "Underachiever and
proud of it." NBA players who threaten to kill their coaches earn more in
two weeks than many educators earn in a decade. And Dan Quayle or Ronald
Reagan certainly didn’t win admission in Phi Beta Kappa. The Cuesta          【M10】______
lottery admissions program is consistent with the ration’s revolt against academic
standards. [br] 【M5】
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