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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  2537 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Telling children 'hard work gets you to the top' is simply a lie




snoodog  ·  2536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well considering the source I would wounder if his class is the extra crucial activity and the other stuff the students do is what actually prepares them for jobs and the real world

am_Unition  ·  2537 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The author is a political scientist, so I'm not able to comment about his neck of the woods. It could be that the selection conditions for the STEM kids are entirely different these days.

Sorry, I removed the original rant, it didn't belong in the context of OP's article.