"If you made 110 points on my test then you can afford to give some to the person who made 72"

[GiaGiovanni]

144. The basis of the argument is that both grade points and income are connected to MERIT and hard work

This is clearly false. Grade points are directly connected to merit and hard work. Income is not. Some people can be extremely good at their jobs and work extremely hard and make much less than others due to the family they are born into, the college they can afford. the company they end up working for, racial/gender discrimination, the field they are in (socially responsible fields pay much less than corporate raider positions), etc. People can also lose their jobs through no fault of their own, despite their merit and hard work.

I think I would explain it to a child by saying that school is a special situation, where, if you work hard and are intelligent, you can get what you deserve in terms of grades (or close to it.) However, the real world is different. The money someone has sometimes has nothing to do with hard work or merit. Some people work very hard and really do deserve what they have. Others inherit their money or have privileges that others don't. Some people work in fields that do no social good and just take the money of other people (the finance "industry&quot .