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		paulpauper on Feb 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Childhoods of Exceptional People Think of how many kids were tutored by wealthy families over the past 500 years. How many achieved close to anything of noteworthiness like the examples in the article?

Jill_the_Pill on Feb 20, 2023 | [–]

How about the siblings of these people, with presumably the same upbringing?

ip26 on Feb 20, 2023 | [–]

At the same time it’s still instructive to note, however, all the wealthy kids who were not tutored and who do not show up in the list.

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