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CMV: We should be focusing on impoverished people who show innate talent and potential, just lack the resources

I think a lot of people in poverty are brilliant, just lack opportunity, and while I’m not saying abandon the poor who aren’t talented, I think we should be focusing resources on kids with potential. For instance, in Germany, by age 12 it is determined whether or not you are able to attend university. While this is a result of rationing in the more socialistic way, as most German Universities are public (to my knowledge), however In the US such a system would never be allowed (nor should it). 

However, kids who perform very well from the inner city or rural communities should be given access to good schools, funding, etc. These are the people that will make a difference in the world. I know everyone would love equality, but that doesn’t exist because humans aren’t equal. I have family members that didn’t go to college because they simply (despite being able to afford it) weren’t academically talented enough, and went into trades. I believe that when we talk about improving the lives of the poor, this should be considered. My cousin may not be smart enough for university, but he’s a damn good plumber and makes a great living. 

On top of this, so many kids have student loans up to their neck because they study things that don’t provide solid career paths (shout out to all the gender studies majors, im sure what you learn is interesting and important, but nobody will hire you)

Is it wrong to support people differently based on talent? Because I feel like that’s the best way to approach it with the smallest amount of waste. Focus kids where they should focus, don’t tell them they’re screwed if they don’t go to college, or that college is the only way out of poverty because it definitely isn’t 

People are different, some are more talented, some are better looking, some are more creative, some are smarter, why shouldn’t we focus public spending on these attributes instead of blanket funding public schools that never seem to actually get better, or use the funding properly? (Im looking at you, Baltimore schools who had no heat all winter, and somehow afforded to bus kids to DC with a free lunch to march in the gun rally, give me a break)
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Some of the largest social effects from education come from the most basic things. For example, illiteracy alone is massively associated with all kinds of bad outcomes. Same with basic math skills. You may think we aren't doing anything for the guy with a 90  IQ who never goes to college or fails out the first year, but most likely that person still has received enough education to fill out a job application, read his mail, pay his taxes, and probably operate a personal computer. When people fall behind in those basic things into adulthood, it costs our society a lot. 

This is in addition to the fact that we already have a lot of programs and tracks dedicated to people with gifted abilities.