Word: merited
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...real measure of merit is not who gets the job or degree, but what they do with it. Tomorrow our merit hits mettle. Here’s hoping we make...
Finally, the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, argued before the Supreme Court this spring, have presented us with the most profound questions about meritocracy. At their heart, the cases ask us to reexamine our beliefs about what constitutes merit, and whether any sort of merit that can be measured numerically translates into moral desert. In other words, can we say that a given candidate, even one with a perfect GPA and LSAT score, deserves or is entitled to a spot at Michigan Law School? Or is merit more instrumental—a construct that can be manipulated to serve...
...that scorecard of mine seems arbitrary, it might be worth considering that it is no more arbitrary than the concept of merit itself. Even if we agree on the criteria with which to measure, with which to make these decisions, we are still only approximating. And we, as individuals, are the decimals that get rounded off in the process...
...inspiration. Nobel Laureate Dudley Hershbach made us write poems in his Chem 10 class because he believes that the desire to learn about the root causes of phenomena in the world arises from our appreciation of the world’s beauty. Aesthetic sensibility even suffuses the judgment of merit of scientific theories; the highest compliment a scientist can bestow is to call a theory “beautiful” or to call a set of experiments “elegant.” Scientists attempt to make interesting “stories” from their research...
Novice monks spread freshly washed clothes out onto the cobblestone courtyard. Arthritic, bead-clutching Buddhist nuns shuffle around the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre, accumulating merit with every leisurely lap. If it weren't for the guards on the rooftop, toting antique Enfield rifles, the 273-year-old Rumtek Monastery would be a vision of calm...