You clearly don't have much exposure to the outside world.
I know a lot of parents, basically almost all parents that I know of, enroll their kids in all sorts of things.
They are admitted into schools where you speak only English, they are admitted into swimming school, karate, painting, singing, dance class, you name it.
My cousin's kid is enrolled into five extra-curricular classes. She is 7.
I have been seeing this for decades now. Despite being born into upper middle class homes, and having their parents shower money on stuff, most kids grow up to be vastly uninteresting individuals.
- Most of them speak grammatically incorrect, Indian-style English.
- Many struggle to find jobs even in the low-paying strata of the private sector.
- Most of them don't go to top schools since almost any college that matters takes admission through meritocratic channels (academic test scores and/or admission tests)
I have seen a lot of these rich babies fail in life.
Privilege never equals achievement.
There is always some element of genetics involved.
Hard work matters more than genetics, I believe so. But the influence of genes is not trivial.
Genes + extreme hard work + good environment provide a baseline for true genius.
I know a lot of parents, basically almost all parents that I know of, enroll their kids in all sorts of things.
They are admitted into schools where you speak only English, they are admitted into swimming school, karate, painting, singing, dance class, you name it.
My cousin's kid is enrolled into five extra-curricular classes. She is 7.
I have been seeing this for decades now. Despite being born into upper middle class homes, and having their parents shower money on stuff, most kids grow up to be vastly uninteresting individuals.
- Most of them speak grammatically incorrect, Indian-style English.
- Many struggle to find jobs even in the low-paying strata of the private sector.
- Most of them don't go to top schools since almost any college that matters takes admission through meritocratic channels (academic test scores and/or admission tests)
I have seen a lot of these rich babies fail in life.
Privilege never equals achievement.
There is always some element of genetics involved.
Hard work matters more than genetics, I believe so. But the influence of genes is not trivial.
Genes + extreme hard work + good environment provide a baseline for true genius.