Indeed, the former corrective is more what I wanted to get at. I wanted to point out that the "you can be anything if you put your mind to it" narrative is doub

Indeed, the former corrective is more what I wanted to get at. I wanted to point out that the "you can be anything if you put your mind to it" narrative is doubly harmful as children very much observe the contrary in reality but nevertheless still have the naive platitude repeated to them. I think this contradiction contributes to making the first bump in the road, never mind getting into AP Trig or something, so much more intolerable.