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ASM; have you read the article cited? Because he does mention middle class people and their superior genes.
It would, for example, have been difficult for my parents to discover their potential because they were never given the chance to; if they were clever (good genes) or thick (bad genes) didn't matter. They were poor working class people in an education system that had them labeled as factory fodder. They weren't expected or asked to excel. Admittedly these low expectations can become internalised and I guess I was lucky that they had more ambition for me than many of my friends' parents had for them.
In the end I turned out a bit of a disappointment because I share Plurabelle's views on what education is for and never used it to get the ''good job" they would have wanted me to.
So overall I find Woodhead a very dubious character.