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Message: [QUOTE="Ubercroz, post: 2344373, member: 56929"] 100% yes. That all goes in to the 10,000 hours though. If you have natural talent at something at an early age you are more likely to be selected at that thing and be given the opportunity to do it more often. You get the dedicated practice time with a good coach, or mentor, earlier and more often. If you are not in an environment where you have access to getting dedicated meaningful training and practice then it doesn't matter how talented you are. If it is a skill based thing, then you will need that time. Quality of education is important, but I think that it is more the student in the quality education system is more likely to be pushed based upon social influences rather than the education model. If you live in a high class home, then you are more likely to go to a high class school. If you live in a high class home you are more likely to have parents that value education (because they likely had it as well). If you have parents that value education you are more likely to be pushed to pursue and value education as well. If you pursue and value education you are more likely to put in the necessary time to get better at the thing you are working on. The school is a by product (at least in america) of the tax structure of the homes around it. That is why independently motivated students can perform at a similarly high level regardless of the social class they come from. However, when taken as a whole you are looking at the social strata of their environment, rather than the individual. EDIT - I wanted to point out that I am not talking about a binary model. There are a lot of factors that come in, but the most important 2 things, the two things that will make a difference fundamentally - are if you have the talent threshold and if you work hard enough for it to matter. Everything else can give a little temporary bump, but not enough to over come those two things. [/QUOTE]

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