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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I assume you are in your 30's. Your parents and teachers did you a big disservice by not teaching you about the real world. Why not start volunteering at a local food bank so that you can get a taste of reality. [/quote] I find that a lot of wealthy families DO have their kids do this kind of service and they do understand that some people are poor. What their kids tend not to grasp is how middle class kids'--the ones they go to college with, work with, are friends with--lives are very different than theirs. They tend to make all sorts of oblivious assumptions and are like bulls in the china shop when it comes to tact around what others are worried about, need to be frugal about, have to prioritize etc. [/quote] This. I met many people like this in law school. They assumed we were equal in every way because we’d gone to the same grad program. They did not (and still don’t) really grasp the differences.[/quote]
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