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> So this study is kind of saying "The children of ambitious and effortful parents have higher rates of upward mobility than the general populace of US people"
by tathougies 7y ago
> So this study is kind of saying "The children of ambitious and effortful parents have higher rates of upward mobility than the general populace of US people"
But this is also important to note, as the common zeitgeist of the day says that upward mobility is impossible, but it is clear that with ambitious and effortful parents, children can have higher rates of social mobility. That is encouraging?
- datashow 7y agoNot really encouraging. You can't make parents more ambitious and effortful. This is basically saying personal efforts matter. I believe this is not most upward mobility advocators want to hear.
- huherto 7y agoIt is encouraging because these particular children have upward mobility.
- leftyted 7y agoIt only fails to be encouraging if you're ideologically opposed to the theory that "personal efforts matter".
- tathougies 7y ago> This is basically saying personal efforts matter. I believe this is not most upward mobility advocators want to hear. Surely you're not implying that 'upward mobility advocates' mean that people will magically become richer while doing nothing?
- datashow 7y agoThere are people thinking all need to be done is just "fix the system" and then people who were making efforts will be selected.