tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post8162349944849205143..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: Is Romney wrong about economic mobility in the United States?John Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-14959720629728875182012-09-27T02:29:15.252-04:002012-09-27T02:29:15.252-04:00These studies seem to be skewed toward a conclusio...These studies seem to be skewed toward a conclusion from the outset.<br />They appear to ignore the role personal philosophy plays in things. <br />If you divide people into classes, then, over and over, tell one group that they don't have a chance and anything that doesn't work for them is not their fault, they will not do well.<br />Somehow the definitions of the words "opportunity" and "rights" have been so perverted that these people don't get what it means when you place the word "equal" in front of them. <br />Some people and their parents are proudly stupid and ignorant. That sort of thing is encouraged. To benefit from successful parents is considered bad. That is sick.John0 Juanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075248997178323818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-44869541039164662832012-09-25T03:26:22.465-04:002012-09-25T03:26:22.465-04:00Nah - I don't buy the genetics stuff. Too clo...<br />Nah - I don't buy the genetics stuff. Too close to "natural master class" Aryan race bullshit. Genetics count, but only to the point of getting a standard issue human brain with out mental, genetic or health defects. <br /><br />There is nothing "special" about kids who pull As when that kid attends a great school. Lots of kids with the "basic" brain do very well in good schools. And if kids need more prep, parents pay for tutors or send kids to SAT prep classes. <br /><br />Take Exeter - it's hard to go to Exeter and fail. You don't have to be anything more then an average kid with the opportunity to get a world class education. Of course, that same kid will have attended great schools from very early on. <br /><br />But kids don't need more then an average, healthy brain to pull As at Exeter and Wharton. The level of thinking required isn't too advanced for the average human brain. The most that might come up at Wharton is a tiny bit of theoretical statistics. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com