e area that attended a school that did not have the ability to offer Pre-Sat course offerings and had to work two jobs after school and still find a way to maintain an “A” average is any less qualified then a person who had the luxury of attending a well funded private school, that offered various extracurricular activities, honors courses and preparation for the Sat? No, I do not think so. Although, according to Nozick’s entitlement theory those students that had the opportunity to attend the better schools were, “entitled to it. Nozick says, “If a person possess a holding because of legitimate transfer, then he or she is entitled to it.” (110b). He says they are entitled to it because their parents posses enough money to send them to the better schools. However, how can a child be entitled to a better education because he or she is part of a race that is in the majority instead of the minority? There is no written proof that academic merit had a connection with deserving to be in a student body. Richard Wasserstrom uses the example of a tennis court. He says that should only the best players use the court or should the person who will have the most fun use the court? Wasserstrom says the question here is desert and ability. In ...
