He claims macroeconomic studies show school performance matters less than parental class: rich parents tend to produce successful children, while poor parents tend not to.
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The deeper incentive of parenting, in this account, is not always child success; it is often fitting the child and family into the surrounding social environment.
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He argues that school reforms based on rich-parenting traits are more effective than self-control curricula but still fail because children's worldview is already formed, and parent behavior itself is hard to change.
The deeper incentive of parenting, in this account, is not always child success; it is often fitting the child and family into the surrounding social environment.
He concludes that schools reproduce this structure: rich schools emphasize freedom, creativity, and good teachers, while poor schools are the opposite because the system is set up for some to succeed and others to fail.
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"Okay? Does that make sense? But just because you have growth mindset, deliberate practice, and resilience, does not mean you succeed. Okay? So the..."
"of course, may lead you to think, okay, well then, rather than construct our schools around self -control, resilience, and self -reflection, we should..."
"I've spent many decades researching the best education possible. And so that's why... That's why we raise our children in this way. And guess..."
"And that's why the school, that's why the schools are the way they are. Okay? Schools for the rich are very different from, very..."
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