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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Right, but it's pretty obvious from all the academic research that performance in school tracks very closely to socioeconomic status, and kids from lower socioeconomic classes have to work harder to catch up. [/b] In the US, we recognize it.  In other countries, it is purely exams and academic performance.  Which is more of a meritocracy?  I don't know.  But coming from a privileged background myself, married to someone who grew up in a working class family, I realize just how easy it is to take these cumulative advantages for granted.[/quote]

this research comes from the USA. working class families in europe are in a different position. in my country of origin, for example, there is no such thing as "bad school" - everyone can go to elementary school they wish (wherever it is) and they are all state funded. this is not the end of it all, of course, but it is one of the great equalizers. my parents were highly educated upper middle class and i we lived in the same building with policemen and truck drivers (as well as doctors and lawyers) and i shared school desk with a roma.[/quote]

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