> ... for anyone with intelligence willing to seek them ... As I said: > Not everybody is fortune enough to be born into such an environment where he/she is a

> ... for anyone with intelligence willing to seek them ... As I said: > Not everybody is fortune enough to be born into such an environment where he/she is able to get a reasonable education ... And it is not even only about intelligence. If nobody showed you how to learn, you will not be able to just know how to do that on your own at the library or on your computer at home. You will not know where to start or who to ask for help. I also assume that this is why children of academics study at the university while working class children don't. Their parents don't know how to teach their children to learn. And then there is this study too: "Study finds poverty reduces brain power" http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-poverty-brain-idUSBRE97S10W20130829 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-poverty-brain-i...