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>US education fails boys significantly starting all the way back in elementary school. It has absolutely nothing to do with doctoral degrees. Why even bring it

• unethical_ban 5y ago
  Elementary schooling has no bearing on the likelihood of someone making it into a doctoral program?
  • pasquinelli 5y ago
    i'm actually not so sure it does. if elementary school performance had a significant impact, that would imply to me that phds performed better in elementary school than others by a significant margin. i don't know if that's true. another way to put it is that it implies that phds are selected from high performing elementary school students, but i would bet, for some elementary schools, even their highest performing students are much less likely to eventually get a phd than equally performing students at other elementary schools.
• giantg2 5y ago
  Generally, these lower levels of education are considered pre-reqs for a doctorate, and poor performance may prevent people from being accepted to the program.