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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inescapable fact.  "Base" school tells you the geography of the students.  The wealthier areas have smarter kids.  Now we can debate all day the root causes for that, but you can't deny the correlation.[/quote]

^this sums it up.[/quote]

the wealthier areas have smarter kids - not so sure
academically more advanced kids, sure.
wow! what a revelation.[/quote]

Why do you think that is?

I mean, sure, kids who are in poverty are not going to do as well as kids who have a stable home and money for tutoring or whatever, but why would there be such a gap b/t financially stable kids at a school like West Springfield or Lake Braddock vs. financially stable kids at Langley/McLean/Oakton?

Is it really about wealth?  Is it that the parents of the Langley/McLean kids pour a lot more money into prep classes?  Is it that the teachers have higher expectations and therefore bring kids up to a higher level?  Is it that the wealthy professional parents at Langley/McLean types of schools really are smarter (thus resulting in their higher-paying jobs) and their kids ARE genetically smarter?  Is it that the parents of the second-tier schools just aren't as intense about education?

Once kids are in a financially stable home where they want for nothing -- what then is the difference b/t the schools with the most TJ kids (or SAT scores) and the schools where it isn't as high?[/quote]

For better or worse, wealth CAN be correlated with intelligence.  (Don't go off about trust-fund babies, etc. as those are not common situations.)  So it's not surprising that those in the upper income bracket are more intelligent.

It is also a fact that there is a genetic component to intelligence.  So it's not at all surprising that the higher-income areas have kids who are likely just smarter.   No, that's not saying all wealthy kids are smart or all poor people aren't.  But let's not play the PC game of all people have the same potential but some are just disadvantaged and don't have good schools, etc.

If you want intelligent kids, the best chance of that is if you are intelligent yourself.  [/quote]

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