Should colleges have the power to refuse a student based on his moral history? Should colleges take the role of the justice system from the courthouse and punish a student with a criminal record? Dawn MacKeen suggested colleges should not disqualify students based on their criminal history or moral history with an example of David Cash, “The Bad Samaritan” in her article, Creeps on Campus. I completely agree with her opinion on this matter. College shouldn't take away the right of the Higher Education because education is not only the solution for those who have troubled history but it is also one of the human rights.
David Cash, a 17-year-old freshman at UC Berkeley, was hanging out with his friend, Jeremy Strohmeyer, in a casino. He witnessed his friend luring a 7-year-old girl named Sherrice Iverson to the bathroom. Soon after when he saw his friend taking her to the stall he peeked over and saw him molesting the girl. After this part of the story, anyone who doesn't the know the rest would expect Cash to stop his friend or report to the security. Rather he just walked away and let his friend kill that poor little girl. He also stayed with his friend on road for three more days.
Jeremy Strohmeyer has committed a crime. But what about David Cash? He didn’t…show more content… She suggests that “Shifting the burden of dispensing punishment beyond the walls of the courthouse to the grounds of a campus may do more harm than good.” (McKeen). Moreover, Colleges can’t make “remorse” a required qualification to be accepted in college. No one can tell what’s inside one’s mind. Some felon may really want to improve their life. Taking away that opportunity directly contradicts the purpose of education and ethical ideals. And it’s the duty of the criminal justice system, not the educational institutions. On other hand, people can easily fake their remorse So it's’ an impossible scale of
