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   From: andrewrichardwainwright@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   Let's remember here that kids from poorer and less educated backgrounds   
   generally will not perform well in an academic environment, however   
   intellectually capable they might be.   
      
   Middle class kids of professional parents will grow up surrounded by   
   books and an atmosphere of learning within the household. For instance,   
   the more educated parents are going to be able to help their children   
   with their homework and so forth.   
      
   Genetics alone in general have little effect on academic performance in   
   comparsion to culture and class.   
      
   Factor out social class and culture- it should be remembered that some   
   cultures certainly do put a greater emphasis on education than others-   
   and academic achievement becomes purely based on the individual   
   concerned. Demographics are only of use as part of a strategy to find   
   the reasons for successes and failures of various social groups.   
      
   Black and Latino genetically as opposed to culturally mean nothing   
   significant at all, that all depends on the exact tribal linages involved.   
      
   Here in England, 100 years ago the same prats were saying the same about   
   the Irish. It seems some people just seem to want to have to be above   
   the smiths and below the joneses. Monkey dominance traits carried over   
   into human societies the world over.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)