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[quote=Anonymous]This essay is just a summary of Bowles and Gintes - it was a core reading for any pedagogy or social mobility undergrad class back in the 80s.  If you strip out their Marxist rhetoric, there's a fair amount of common sense and those kinds of observations have driven efforts to strengthen curriculum over the past 30 years. Some people think the "executive" style education offered by the msot prestigious and expensive prep schools just produces spoiled trust fund brats.  Yet, the majority of private school parents send their kids to church schools that emphasize worksheets and being "right."

At the same time, this is America and it is possible for kids of every class to excel. The immigrant parents who insist that they can push their kids to memorize everything they need to become a success are just following a traditional working class educational model.  They can imagine what it takes to get a steady six-figure paycheck as a pharmacist or engineer. They just have no clue at what it takes to get a job at JP Morgan, McKinsey, or Cravath. And no parent knows what it takes to help their kid become the Zuckerberg/Brin/Page/Jobs for the next generation. [/quote]

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