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Because on average the children of urban/suburban professionals have more academic support, higher expectations placed on them, and more competition, and as a r
by jacobolus 5y ago
Because on average the children of urban/suburban professionals have more academic support, higher expectations placed on them, and more competition, and as a result end up with more academic practice/preparation, compared to rural or working-class children.
- jeffbee 5y agoYou're saying it would be easier if you imported the support and expectations with you? Otherwise I still don't get it. If rural school students as a class are poorly supported and have low expectations, and you are a member of that class, I don't see where your advantage arises.
- jacobolus 5y agoThe same amount of effort spent on academic pursuits (or the same amount of external support) will get you further on a local–relative scale in a less competitive environment. Even the 75th %ile students at many schools filled with children of upper-middle-class professionals work insanely hard. But sure, being one of the few academic strivers in a less competitive school has its own challenges. I think making the system more equitable by supporting kids from all backgrounds is socially beneficial, even if it sometimes makes suburbanites complain.
- bilbo0s 5y agoI think he's saying if you're in a bad urban school, it's hard to see how you're any less likely to be in the top 6% than if you're in a bad rural school given the same academic abilities. (Academic abilities which don't always need to be very highly developed.)
- madengr 5y agoThat must be why many of the rural, flyover states have higher standardized test scores than the urban ones. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/sat-scores-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/sat-scores-...