[Chgogal]

I don't think America teaches children about the Puritan Work Ethic. Chicago Public Schools taught it in the 60’s and 70’s. I remember my third grade teacher, Mrs. Booth saying, “That is what made America strong.”

Now we are allowing our children to be taught nonsense by idiots who can't add.

[ctdonath2]

Named or not, explicit or not, it permeates a subculture which is wildly successful and perpetuates that success by passing learned behavior on to their genetic offspring. Unfortunately, those not successful often confuse the behavior for the generic correlation.