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Segerstrom High School senior Jonathan Espinoza has done it again – even as he struggles to collect enough donations to pay for his registration fee at Georgetown University, he has landed an interview with NBC reporter Colleen Williams, to talk about Project SELF – “a program that helps low-income minorities in Orange County with internships at legal firms and how it has helped him pursue his future career,” according to NBC News.
Congratulations Jonathan! I have a feeling those donations are going to really start rolling in now!
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Just what California needs, another @#$%@%# lawyer.
Not all lawyers are bad. Abe Lincoln was a lawyer.
What we don’t need is more overpaid public employees!
Abe was honest. I’ve never seen a modern day lawyer who didn’t see a bill he couldn’t pad. I tell you what, I’ll agree to less public employees if you agree to less lawyers.
No need to barter. Municipal agencies figured this out awhile ago. They are finally outsourcing the public jobs.
Hooray for Jonathan! His success is what keeps teachers like myself in SA going and fighting for their students. Best wishes.
PS Resident:
Thank you
Jonathan,
Congratulations on your acceptance to Georgetown University. You will make a great addition to the school’s student body.
Do not get discouraged by negativity. Use it to make you stronger. This is the wost damage you can do to those that wish you failure.
Tap in to the Hispanic Bar Association for assistance. They should be enthusiastic to help as you will soon be a valuable member of their association.
God luck work hard and do not forget your roots. Be successful so you can help others like you.
Jonathan,
I apologize, it was a snide comment and should not have been used in a comment to something good like this.
Of course, I congratulate you on your accomplishments and wish you the best. Getting to Georgetown is an accomplishment in itself. Getting there by the seat of your pants, as you have done, should make it that much sweeter.
Good luck and, as Art says, don’t forget your roots. May you return some day and use that knowledge you gain to help others.
“You will make a great addition to the school’s student body”……. Hmmmmmm
Providing that filthy rich Dr. Amalgam will pony up $900 in fees for an affirmative action fellow.
Jeff,
No worries, no hurt feelings, if I let people’s words phase me I wouldn’t get very far because then everyone would bring me down. I understand we all make mistakes sometimes. Take care!
Stanley,
I don’t think affirmative action is right.
Fiala is stuck on the 70′s. Scholarships today are based on poverty not race.
“I don’t think affirmative action is right”….. Hmmmmm
Jonathan, I do not know exact figures and the value of your scholarship but I believe that it may be around 25K per semester + registration + housing + food + transportation + entertainment + etc. etc. etc.
If you can’t figure out how to pay $900 for the registration, how do you planing to pay for the rest?
I am sure that you can get student loan or work part time.
You still will be ahead of a student from the so called middle white class who must get student loan for everything you would + 50K per year.
If you are planing to depend on the public donation for the rest of your life, later on via the taxation as a socialist, than you perhaps do not belong to Georgetown and if you smart (having IQ) than you should figure out the way around it.
Otherwise you are burden to the society.
As to you Admin, show me a picture of a white student who is as smart as Jonathan.
I didn’t pay too much attention to the video flick but I do imagine that the program is directed to non white minority – reversed discrimination.
“As to you Admin, show me a picture of a white student who is as smart as Jonathan.
I didn’t pay too much attention to the video flick but I do imagine that the program is directed to non white minority – reversed discrimination.”
Jonathan’s skin color looks white to me. Does Jonathan’s skin color look Yellow, Brown or Black to any one?
No need for Administrator to show another picture as Jonathan is white.
Jonathan is white so the program can not be directed to non-white minorities nor can it be reverse discrimination.
“You still will be ahead of a student from the so called middle white class who must get student loan for everything you would + 50K per year.
If you are planing to depend on the public donation for the rest of your life, later on via the taxation as a socialist, than you perhaps do not belong to Georgetown and if you smart (having IQ) than you should figure out the way around it.
Otherwise you are burden to the society”
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Study: White students more likely to win scholarships
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A national report released this week by financial aid guru Mark Kantrowitz finds minority students are less likely to win private scholarships or receive merit-based institutional grants than Caucasian students – a pattern that also holds true in California.
The analysis [PDF], based on 2003-04 and 2007-08 data for hundreds of thousands of students from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, found that nationally, Caucasian students are 40 percent more likely to win private scholarships than minority students.
Kantrowitz’s report did not drill down to individual states, but he provided California Watch with data from the Golden State. The figures show that white students here also receive a disproportionately greater share of private scholarship funding – albeit to a lesser degree than on the national level. Caucasians represent 44 percent of private scholarship recipients in California but only 41 percent of the undergraduate student population. Minority students, by contrast, represent 55 percent of scholarship recipients and 58 percent of undergraduates.
Kantrowitz, who publishes the popular college financial aid websites FinAid and Fastweb and does consulting in computer science, artificial intelligence, and statistical and policy analysis, said he decided to embark on the study because he read a news story that repeated a claim he hears often: White students don’t get their fair share of scholarships
“No need for Administrator to show another picture as Jonathan is white.”……. Hmmmmm
He is as white as you are white Dr. Amalgam!
He also believes that he is entitled to get everything for free like you do.
He is young progresive socialists, another nail into the coffin of the free America.
There was Hitler jugend; and
Stalinova Mládež
Now there is Obama youth.
“Kantrowitz’……. Hmmmmmm
The name sounds like Esq. Diamond.
Dr. Amalgam, please do not use Wikipedia as your source of facts.
Every moron mongoloid can write anything in Wikipedia.
You were addressing Jonathan I am not in this discussion in any form.
Jonathan has not mentioned anything about being entitled to anything except I believe as we all do a shot at the American Dream.
All your assumptions are the little voices in your head.
You are the mongoloid moron as you can not comprehend what you read. The source is not Wikipedia. Read again or stay ignorant. So…..you qualify to write in Wikipedia I guess.
The study is based on factual data……. financial aid given and the recipients. Those with agendas like you ignore facts because facts contradict propaganda.
“You are the mongoloid moron as you can not comprehend what you read”….. Hmmmmm
It is “moron mongoloid” not “mongoloid moron” big difference!….. Dr. Amalgam
“You were addressing Jonathan I am not in this discussion in any form”….. Hmmmm
Therefore get lost!….. Dr. Amalgam
Last advice to Jonathan, go flip burgers for couple of weeks and earn $900.
I would never beg like you Jonathan, I found it disgusting to see healthy young boy to beg!
Obviously it reflects on your lazy culture.
Yeah, Stankey, or maybe someone will help him oit in the hopes that, someday, he will do the same for another. That’s called paying it forward.
Stanley is just a ignorant fool. I only respond to him to expose this.
Yeah, Art, and to twist his kgb knickers in a knot.
“That’s called paying it forward”…… Hmmmmm
I call it investment!
However, there are good investments and bad one. To invest into a future lazy socialist who will for ever rely on others, is bad investment.
Same like investment into people who do not have money for down payment to buy a house.
Eventually the bubble will burst.
So how much you two moron mongoloids have donated?
Amazing! and BEST WISHES!! His story continues to inspire me.
Jonathan, there are somethings they will never teach you in the Georgetown.
So listen carefully.
Stanley,
If there is one thing I do is respect people, no matter where you come from and what your opinion is. I respect people for who they are no matter what their color or side of the aisle is. However, when you make it personal, you have draw the line my friend.
Learn how to respect people first, learn to respect who they are, because before everything, we are PEOPLE! You made this personal, and honestly, I won’t continue this because as the old saying goes…
“Never wrestle with a pig: You both get all dirty, and the pig likes it. Thus never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.”
My statement is public, will remain public and I do it full knowingly! Learn how to respect people Stanley! You will never get elected to office, you have no manners nor respect for people, and stop hiding behind keyboards and a computer screen with all your hate!
Watch out, Jonathan. Stanley’s ex-KGB or Stasi or something like that. He can kill ya with his feet.
“Learn how to respect people Stanley!”…… Hmmmmm
Do not ever use word “Learn” with me you punk!
You have long way to go to get where I am.
Congrats Jonathan…a full ride to any school is something to be proud of and a reward for hard work. Hopefully you learned quite a bit during your time at the law firm you worked at and you were able to bank some of that money while you were at the law firm.
Being someone who is at a professional services firm- I would highly recommend that the firm knows your economic situation with the application fee. I am sure the firm, if not even one of the partners you worked with, would be more than happy to pay your app fee. This is especially true if they in deed do want you to come back and work for them. It may be the best $900 that they ever spend. Talk to the right person and I got to believe that they will step right up because they do see it as good investment.
You seem like someone who has a good head on their shoulders and is motivated to be successful. As the study in the book “The Millionaire Mind” (a very good read) indicates, often financially successful (no, that should not be the only goal) people are told over and over that they “can’t” and they become motivated by that. Hopefully you are one who is motivated by naysayers. Go for it!
So far we have raised $300 for Jonathan. Thanks to our readers for their support!
“So far we have raised $300 for Jonathan.”…… Hmmmmm
Any decent and proud person would earn such mount and entire $900 by now.
The liberal socialist cowards will rely on others to work hard to earn the money for them.
You are all supporting a cancer of this society.
Well, you are already eating its fruits.
“There’s a sucker born every minute”
Enjoy!
I should add that educating minorities who can’t afford it is waste of money.
The good example is Solorio who allegedly have Yale University yet his accomplishments are virtually same as Rocco’s.
It probably cost to educate Solorio 500K of tax money and what you Latinos got back?….. Huh?
His character is equal to a dog licking every hand which holds a cookie because he can’t even endorse a Latino on solid bases.
So keep dreaming Admin.
Stanley Fiala says:
February 8, 2012 at 10:36 pm
“Learn how to respect people Stanley!”…… Hmmmmm
Do not ever use word “Learn” with me you punk!
You have long way to go to get where I am.
NICE! GROWN MAN FIGHTING WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
JONATHAN, FIALA HATES THE WORD LEARN AS HE IS HAPPY BEING IGNORANT.
AT YOUR YOUNG AGE YOU ARE ALREADY WAY BEYOND WHERE FIALA IS. FIALA DOES NOT KNOW THIS BECAUSE HE LIVES IN HIS FANTASY WORLD.
Art Lomeli,
What makes you think Stanley is a grownup? He talks like a 9 year old bully on the playground (albeit, a Stasi playground). AFAIK, no one has ever seen Stanley. How do we know this isn’t some “Wizard of Oz” production?
Jeff,
Fiala is real. He shows up often at Council meetings to give advice in the same disrespectful method he uses here.
He is a political refugee from the Czech Republic. Apparently he has involved in the overthrow of the government running Czechoslovakia at the time and applied and was accepted as a political refugee receiving all the social giveaways given to refugees that he criticizes and has contempt towards individuals that recieve social aid.
He is married to a Mexican has half Mexican children even though as you read he states that Mexicans have genetic low IQ and possess a culture of being lazy.
He beats his wife ……was jailed for spousal abuse.
YOU GET THE PICTURE HE IS A CARTOON.
“JONATHAN, FIALA HATES THE WORD LEARN AS HE IS HAPPY BEING IGNORANT.”……. Hmmmmmm
Dr. Amalgam, I believe that in my prior comments I have sufficiently explain to you that acquired intellect does not increases nor it has any effect on the intelligence quotient (“IQ”).
There is a limit how far you can train a monkey to become Dr. Amalgam.
To believe otherwise is gravely deficient assumption which is clearly apparent from Jonathan behavior who gets about 250K+ scholarship and is totally incapable (based on his low IQ) to figure out how to obtain $900 for a registration fee, thus adopting same techniques as a mentally retarded (politically correct – “challenged”) beggar on the street.
Your comments are only an opinion of a quasi intellectual who so wishes had the intellect not to sound completely stupid.
“Your comments are only an opinion of a quasi intellectual who so wishes had the intellect not to sound completely stupid.”……. Hmmmmmm
I never claim to be intellectual nor quasi intellectual nor I need any intellect.
However, mi high IQ in the wold of the monkeys is priceless.
Wow. You’re right, Art. I was too… about the Stasi thing…
29,000 BC: Bones with Neanderthal traits from this time were later found in a cave in Mladec, Czech Republic. Some scientists believed they represented interbreeding between Neanderthals and Home Sapiens. http://timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=178&title=Czechoslovakia
“Some scientists believed they represented interbreeding between Neanderthals and Home Sapiens”…… Hmmmmm
Exactly!
However, today you do not need to dig out bones in some cave you can run a DNA test and determine who is a carrier of the Neanderthal gene.
High IQ like mine does eliminate me to be such a carrier, so who is left here?
The Neanderthal/Homo Sapiens remains were found in your homeland Stanley.
“The Neanderthal/Homo Sapiens remains were found in your homeland Stanley.”…… Hmmmmmm
That is clear Neanderthal like thinking (if any), Admin.
If that would be true you would found Mexican remains only in Mexico.
The Czech name “Čechy” is derived from the name of the Slavic tribe of Czechs which settled down in this area in 6th or 7th century.
And these people aren’t your ancestors?
Stanley Fiala says:
February 9, 2012 at 7:26 pm
“Some scientists believed they represented interbreeding between Neanderthals and Home Sapiens”…… Hmmmmm
Exactly!
However, today you do not need to dig out bones in some cave you can run a DNA test and determine who is a carrier of the Neanderthal gene.
High IQ like mine does eliminate me to be such a carrier, so who is left here?
Another example of your low IQ. Scientists have found this. They have scientific proof. Your response is just your low IQ from ignorance and stupidity.
“The Czech name “Čechy” is derived from the name of the Slavic tribe of Czechs which settled down in this area in 6th or 7th century”
Yes they were the founding population and is your ancestors you carry their DNA……why the country has the name”The Czech Republic” go figure.
Argument not from some one with a high IQ. Fiala you keep exposing your low IQ.
“And these people aren’t your ancestors?”…… Hmmmmm
That is second Neanderthal like thinking (if any), Admin.
Well, I will concede that the Czechs were conquered by just about all of their neighbors, so Lord only knows who is in your gene pool Stanley…
“Yes they were the founding population and is your ancestors you carry their DNA……why the country has the name”The Czech Republic” go figure.”…… Hmmmmmm
That is third Neanderthal like thinking (if any), Dr. Amalgam.
Please notice you moron mongoloid that it states: “Slavic tribe of Czechs which settled down in this area in 6th or 7th century.”
That is long time after 29000 BC, infarct 600 or 700 AD
The Slavic tribe came from different place but you are too stupid to understand Europe and its history.
See if your monky bran can figure that one out:
The Slavic influx was divided into two or three waves. The first wave came from the southeast and east, when the Germanic Lombards left Bohemia (c. 568 AD). Later immigrants came from the Black Sea region, as shown by Iranian place names as “Dudleb” (today in Prachens region, South Bohemia) and “Charvat” (Choroathos). Soon after, from the 630s to 660s, the territory was taken by Samo’s tribal confederation. His death marked the end of the old “Slavonic” confederation, the second attempt to establish such a Slavonic union after Carantania in Carinthia.