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Thank you for the piece of writing. I would expand more on being pre-judgmental towards a person's success and ability that determines acceptance in the Society making it an important factor worth mentioning and considering when making an individual acceptable and successful. Also speaking in the context of genetics in terms of inherited and acquired traits and balancing them with the theory of nature vs nurture that certainly shape certain traits that manifest later in life those are indicative of greater potential and ability irrespective of the fact whether or not the ability was demonstrated early in life or not e.g. doing well in exams in later education as an adult but not early but at the same time possessing a specialized skill that may make someone successful in other aspects of subjects. Such as writing, and working with data that requires working memory and not a piece of information that can be retained for long. A cognitive skill that is required to succeed in exams.

Apart from this, a thin line difference exists between being perfect and excellent and what a Society accepts from an individual. As one may not be perfect but can excel in few situations and vice versa depending on the context and situation. Let's say an academic institution who considers international students different from them in many ways. In what manner do they want these students to succeed or appear successful. Stressing on the point of pre-judgment that should not mar the thinking of these institutions to judge an international student's ability to succeed when considering structural racism in place. Also applies the rule of being lawful and not unlawfully restrainful of these institutions to force their thinking on the student just to prove their point close to being more cynical than rational. For eg. without having any policy asking a student to change the chosen track of study when one is about to graduate in just 4 months and making the student take an extra course load that is not required in the changed track that adds to unnecessary pressure thus affecting the mental health of the student by making things purposefully hard. So the question arises is the extra load given to the student is required to build the muscle or to break the muscle? This a point that makes sense when making an attempt to assess or judge someone's effort and ability that accounts for greater success when reconciling context and also to appear just and reasonable.

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Impressive work..There is a lot to think about here.

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