The development challenges posed by wealth inequality was quantified in numerous studies: "Outliers: The Story of Success" (Malcolm Gladwell, 2011) https://www

The development challenges posed by wealth inequality was quantified in numerous studies: "Outliers: The Story of Success" (Malcolm Gladwell, 2011) https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930 https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwe... And the psychological impact on vulnerable children has also been studied: "Inducing learned helplessness: video fragment" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqBP-x3yR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqBP-x3yR0 Notably, the advanced mathematics guidance programs from the institutional outreach for children were usually by invitation only. Thus, unless you were identified as "gifted" early on, the academic content for your development is very different. Personally, I think grade-school kids in grade 7 should be introduced to physics with calculus, discreet mathematics, and linear algebra. However, the content should not be part of a graded curriculum, but rather a set of trivial daily puzzles to solve. The current academic institutions are often engaged in all sorts of policies that have nothing to do with science, or students cognitive development. YMMV, and hold out hope for tenure... lol =3