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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PhDs are about family wealth and ideals, not intelligence.  If your child likes school, and you have the money to let them get a phd and then have a low income for life, that is great.  My family all has phd for three generations and I’m married to a PhD (personally I went JD).  If my kids want to go that path, I’d caution strongly against in the current educational climate.  [/quote]

I grew up poor family and I have a PhD in STEM. It was the only higher education I can obtain  without paying a cent. They even paid me a stipend. I
 am surprised that coming from a family with so many PhDs you don’t know this. [/quote]

I think this person maybe meant the family wealth is to buy the PhD holders nice homes and such even if they don't make much? I have seen a pattern on DCUM of UMC and wealthy people saying things like PhDs and nonprofit work are only for people with trust funds because they literally [b]cannot imagine[/b] someone living on a stipend or nonprofit salary, or living in a townhouse in a suburb with average schools instead of an SFH in the best district. They don't realize that people without wealth do this all the time because we grew up poor or MC and can imagine it quite easily. [/quote]

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