3 ms·
"The socially outgoing and confident worker will always outperform his socially awkward counterpart of equal intelligence." I think you missed the point of the
by grammaton 16y ago
"The socially outgoing and confident worker will always outperform his socially awkward counterpart of equal intelligence."
I think you missed the point of the article.
- watty 16y agoOk, how about: "Show me statistics that say rich kids are socially outgoing and more confident than middle class kids."
- grammaton 16y agoThat's a little better. Granted, it's difficult to quantify things like socially outgoing and confident. Also, that's still not quite what the author is arguing here.
- jonnathanson 16y agoIt's not about general social skills or confidence, but about specific (and subconscious) knowledge about how to navigate certain social dynamics that are foreign to some kids and very familiar to others.