It’s not about pretending that they’re equally capable it’s about affording them the opportunity to be equally capable. I went to school with a lad who was from a broken home and disruptive and you would have wrote him of if you had your way. In his last year at high school a switch flicked in his head and he knuckled down, aced his GCSE’s, earned a place in sixth form at a different school, went onto Uni and last I heard he lives in America, works for NASA and is quite literally a rocket scientist. In contrast a lad I started my YTS with was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, was academically gifted at a young age, went to Laurence Sheriff school, was full of entitlement, dropped out of his YTS, got into drugs and last I heard was sucking cock for £10 a go for his next hit. Yet according to you the latter is the one who should have been the one afforded with opportunity not the former.
Life isn't fair. But you have to make the most of what you have. It isn't down to the government to make a level playing field between the rich and the poor. That is unless you want to hand over most of your wages in tax.
I was the child from the broken home. I was in trouble at school most days. I frequently got the cane. I ended up going to 7 different schools. The last move was with 18 months to go. And of course I ended up with the others that didn't want to learn. But I decided to try a bit. I then only got the cane every couple of months. With two weeks to go I thought I would try learning at school and at home. I nicked text books for all the lessons and spent two weeks solid learning. I crammed all my school years into them 2 weeks.
When I went into school to get my results a teacher stopped me and asked how the f¥#c did I get them results. Didn't have a clue what he was going on about as I hadn't seen them. So I grunted something like 'what?' So he said it again. I just ignored him as I always did and went to get my results. I was easily in the top 5%. I shocked myself.
1, No matter your upbringing the child needs to want to learn.
2, The child needs to have the capability to learn.
I then had to go straight to work. I couldn't afford college. University was certainly not an option in the slightest. Years later I was working up to 12 hours a day up to 7 days a week. Yet I wanted to better myself. I knew nobody owed me a living. So I went into further education while still working full time. It wasn't easy in the slightest. But a few years later it was worth it.
You don't need a silver spoon in tour mouth when you are born. What you need is determination. Yes life is unfair. But if you just sit there blaming everyone and everything but yourself nothing will change. Everyone having a higher education means many will end up in jobs below their education. A higher education for everyone doesn't mean a better job for everyone. All it does is increase your chances.