... high I.Q. derives from a longer duration of education. They also claimed that the higher the social class of the persons parents the longer the duration of education, however, the education system will propose that success is attained through hard work and intelligence. Bowles and Gintis suggested a 'Correspondence theory' between schooling and career. This theory claims that school and careers are closely related and that this correlation is essential for the production of an efficient workforce. One factor in this relationship is hierarchical structure, with the headmaster or headmistress at the 'top' and the pupil at the 'bottom' or the manager or boss at the 'top' and the manual staff at the 'bottom'. Pupils also have little control over what they learn, when they learn it and how, this is, to some extent, decided by the teacher and the curriculum. This is much the same in work where ...

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