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wasoxygen · 3687 days ago · link · · parent · post: Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
I did not mean to impugn the data, only the interpretation. I think the data tell a good story. Do you have reason to doubt the accuracy of the data?what quintile poor kids who drop out of school end up in
If we found that many poor dropouts become rich, or many rich graduates become poor, it might tell us that there's more to the story than family wealth and education. But I think that the data provided already contradict the thesis that "Making good choices doesn't matter, all that matters is starting out rich."