Few
things could be funnier than a serious academic piece that demonstrates
the absurdity of academia. From the U. of Chicago Chronicle sent to
alumnae. Based on a study done by the School of School Service.
“In Chicago, almost 80 percent of the high- and extremely high-poverty neighborhoods are in areas with low levels of service accessibility,” he said. In Los Angeles, 72 percent of extremely high-poverty neighborhoods have low levels of service, while in Washington, D.C., 63 percent of the neighborhoods have low levels of service.
“That means that in a poor neighborhood there may be five or six people in line for every client slot, while in a better-off neighborhood, there only may be one or two people per slot,” Allard said.
To me the two funniest (most ludicrous) parts of this report are the blind failure to understand the problem: (1) Hey, dude, even social workers aren't stupid enough to go to work in dangerous neighborhoods.
(2) This U. of Chicago department is one of the oldest in the world on this subject. It has nearly 110 years of never having made a dent in poverty or improved the lives of poor people. Never. Yet it is still operating, much like a government agency that has never produced any benefits.
Funny, in a sad way.