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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 whet

by 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.