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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False. Intelligence is a myth.

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Correlation != causation.

People only succeed because of privilege. If they read well at age seven, it is because of privilege.