CrusaderFrank
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Graduating from Wharton and going on to become a billionaire sounds like failure to you? Are you senile?He apparently failed to make an impression, failed to make the dean's list, and failed to graduate with honors. Sounds like failure to me.Some 1,400 students and alumni from the Wharton School condemned the GOP candidate’s “prejudice and intolerance.”
Donald Trump is constantly reminding people he attended the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s evidence of his “very good brain.”
But nearly 1,400 students and alumni from the Wharton school published an open letter on Friday to let Trump know they in no way support him.
“We, proud students, alumni, and faculty of Wharton, are outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to legitimize prejudice and intolerance,” the letter states. “Although we do not aim to make any political endorsements with this letter, we do express our unequivocal stance against the xenophobia, sexism, racism, and other forms of bigotry that you have actively and implicitly endorsed in your campaign.”
The letter concludes: “We, the undersigned Wharton students, alumni, and faculty, unequivocally reject the use of your education at Wharton as a platform for promoting prejudice and intolerance. Your discriminatory statements are incompatible with the values that we are taught and we teach at Wharton, and we express our unwavering commitment to an open and inclusive American society.”
"Your discriminatory statements are incompatible with the values that we are taught and we teach at Wharton."
Most of the signatories are current students or recent graduates, but a handful of older alums added their names, too.
Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. The mogul usually cites the Wharton school as his alma mater rather than simply saying he went to UPenn. This is misleading because it suggests he went to the business school to receive his MBA; in fact, Trump only spent two years at Wharton’s undergraduate school after transferring from Fordham University.
What’s more, Trump doesn’t seem to have left much of an impression in college.
Reports from the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Daily Pennsylvanian found that many classmates had never heard of him. There’s no evidence he made the dean’s list or graduated with honors, The Daily Beast reported.
No current employees or faculty in the Wharton school have donated money to Trump’s campaign, Philadelphia Magazine reported last month.
Students From Trump’s Alma Mater: ‘You Do Not Represent Us’
Well, so much for Trump's touted education at Wharton. He apparently failed to make an impression, failed to make the dean's list, and failed to graduate with honors. Sounds like failure to me.
And it sounds to me like you are being junior-high catty. If the college wants to say "Yuck," fine. You've no right to be a bully about it. Stick to the facts. There are plenty to sink his ship without this.
Yes, that sounds like failure - because various reports have stated that if he had simply invested his inheritance from his daddy - he'd be worth as much or more than he is today. So, yes - I'd call that failure.
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So you advocate investing social security in US equities?