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Genius is also loaded. It's a fact kids in poverty have lower test grades, so the ACT of giving them UBI will in fact RAISE test scores and maybe move them up t

Genius is also loaded. It's a fact kids in poverty have lower test grades, so the ACT of giving them UBI will in fact RAISE test scores and maybe move them up to the 'genius' level, or at least give them a better shot. It's hard to focus on schooling when you're tummy is growling, or there's a ton of stress at home, or abuse, etc.

wankle 4y ago
We grew up poor in the US. We worked hard in school and had above average to excellent test scores. Being poor does not directly support bad test scores or whether society can or should bear the burden of UBI. Conflating growing up poor with growing up with abuse is incorrect.
- akie 4y ago
  And assuming wealth and poverty do NOT correlate with test scores and professional success is equally problematic.
  - torstenvl 4y ago
    No, not when the correlation is used as an argument against such measures (see, e.g., this thread). Such arguments are perniciously classist, anti-meritocratic, and anti-poor.
    - akie 4y ago
      Fair point.
- Taywee 4y ago
  Poverty is directly statistically correlated with poorer test scores and lower IQ. Your hard work and test scores don't contradict those statistics.