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Spoiler Alert: Smart Kids Become Successful Adults

itwbennett writes "Researchers from the University of Edinburgh set out to test the long-held assumption that kids who performed well in school at a young age carried that early success through to adulthood. And prove it they did! Specifically, 'Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later.' Early success even correlates 'over and above associations with intelligence, education, and socioeconomic status in childhood.'"

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  1. Re:Correlations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well if you are expecting to find a word that you didn't even spell right you might as well just skip the first four steps and go straight to "nothing of value"...

  2. Re:Correlations by jon3k · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best part is his username. Really makes the whole thing that much more hilarious.

  3. Re:Performing well in school... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe if you focused better in school you wouldn't mix up your possesives and plurals.