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firemonkey
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19 Dec 2019, 6:52 am

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Whether children will enjoy academic success can be now predicted at birth, a new study suggests.

The study, led by the University of York, found that parents' socioeconomic status and children's inherited DNA differences are powerful predictors of educational achievement.

However, the research suggests that having the genes for school success is not as beneficial as having parents who are highly educated and wealthy. Only 47% of children in the study sample with a high genetic propensity for education but a poorer background made it to university, compared with 62% with a low genetic propensity but parents that are more affluent.



https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases ... 121819.php



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19 Dec 2019, 1:22 pm

Teasing: How much of the 62% is illegal? (referring to US scandal)

There is a study that indicates higher socioeconomic levels teach entitlement to their children and lower levels don't. I certainly fall into the former. Example:

A parent taking a child to a doctor's appointment (which assumes a certain socioeconomic level):

Parent: "What will you ask your doctor?" (you receive service)
Parent: "Do what the doctor says." (you provide service)

The first child will more likely go to college.

That said, circumstances are powerful too. For better or worse.