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The system is less about ability than which social class one belongs to. Affluent -> Gymnasium Poor -> Hauptschule Realschule gets some of both
by zwirbl 5y ago
The system is less about ability than which social class one belongs to.
Affluent -> Gymnasium
Poor -> Hauptschule
Realschule gets some of both
- hackinthebochs 5y agoIs the stratification by social class an example of correlation or causation?
- zwirbl 5y agoThis could be rephrased as: Are poor people less able?
- hackinthebochs 5y agoYou seem to discount that as a possibility a priori. Why? There is a plausible connection between one's ability to thrive in a knowledge or skills-based economy and one's socioeconomic status.
- zwirbl 5y agoI don't want to discount that as a possibility, it is much more a matter of fact. A lot has to do with wealthier people being able to afford better education and generally being able to invest more time in the offsprings chances on the jobmarket. This all leads to very able people having worse chances because they had bad luck in the socioeconomic class lottery when being born, thus unnecessarily restricting mobility between social classes.