The issue focused on the role of social status in being able to learn to read. The article looked at the students of an Italian school and their average reading performance. The students with the highest social status were better than the others in their ability to read. The higher the social status, the better the students were at reading. The higher the social status, the less would be the students' performance in reading. The higher the social status, the less would be the students' performance in reading. The higher the social