gerhard
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of course everything is based on the choices we make
but why do we make the choices we make? these choices are based on a combination of our genes and our environment. nothing else. of course this doesnt abdicate the individuals responsibility - i cant kill someone and blame it on my genes/environment and expect to get away with it.
but when we can see that for instance, poor children have the same ability as rich children in early years in terms of scores on some test, but then a much larger proportion of the richer kids end up in university, environment must play a role in future choices. a recent study found this exact result.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/poor-soar-at-university/2006/10/29/1162056867076.html
now id argue that as long as you believe that all children should start on an equal footing, irrespective of wealth/class etc and that a childs potential ability should not be based on their parents earnings then you would believe this is a problem
but why do we make the choices we make? these choices are based on a combination of our genes and our environment. nothing else. of course this doesnt abdicate the individuals responsibility - i cant kill someone and blame it on my genes/environment and expect to get away with it.
but when we can see that for instance, poor children have the same ability as rich children in early years in terms of scores on some test, but then a much larger proportion of the richer kids end up in university, environment must play a role in future choices. a recent study found this exact result.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/poor-soar-at-university/2006/10/29/1162056867076.html
now id argue that as long as you believe that all children should start on an equal footing, irrespective of wealth/class etc and that a childs potential ability should not be based on their parents earnings then you would believe this is a problem
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