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Originally Posted by multiweb
They all had the same opportunities to learn,
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That is very far from the truth, even here in Australia.
If you talk to teachers, psychologists and other professionals working in our schools you'll get a better idea of how differing home and school environments send kids on different trajectories.
Children from functional middle class families in good neighbourhoods have a much better chance; they don't go to school and talk about when their brother is getting out of 'juvy' and they don't come home to be put down or abused by their parents. It is a rare individual who can thrive without good role models and a school environment focused on success.