However, he backs up his statement with research done to test this, but he seems to ignore why intelligence, brilliance, and success are based on class. With each income level comes a different level of what to expect from that child. The higher your family's income, the richer the student is expected to be. Families only expect students to meet the same standards they have achieved. These standards broadly define how much help you get, how much you try, how much you push. A lower-class family probably won't be there to push you, pay for the best education possible, or expect you to be a straight-A student living a C-average life. This is reflected in SAT scores: the higher your income higher, the higher your score. Students who must live up to their family's lifestyle will score higher because they must strive to be what the family is. The lower class level you are, the lower the score will be. This has been reflected in my life, I am a middle class kid; therefore, I lived a middle-class life. My parents worked a lot so they weren't always there to push me to become a straight-A student. They expected me to keep my grades above a C average. I mostly kept all A's and B's and scored in my class 113 out of 226 exactly average among my classmates. My SAT scores were also reflected in my class on average