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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did great in school but couldn't afford many academic and extracurricular opportunities so it did effect my career and confidence but now in 50's it all feels so unimportant. [/quote]
I'm a child of poor immigrants.  I didn't have any of that either growing up. I certainly didn't play sports.  I managed to start earning six figures by 30; I'm now 55 set to retire in a couple of years after having saved diligently most of my life.

I did well in HS but didn't have the money to go to a good college.  My sibling went to a public ivy through a GI bill.  We both had to work our way through college.  I have been out earning my  sibling for most of our adult lives.

Education can get your foot in the door, even if it's a lower paying job (that was me), but after that, it's up to you to hustle and use your skills, including EQ and communication skills to further yourself.

Some of it is luck, to be sure, but some of it is you.[/quote]

Same here but I wish I had actual human needs in high school, such as wanting a stuffed animal, having couple sweatshirts from wet seal, and going out for birthdays. No amount of money in your 40s/50s can make up for the scarcity minded youth. We were not that poor but my family made me go to college at 16 with full scholarship to save them some money, like 2 years of grocery for a disorderly eating teen. I also only ate 1 meal per day during high school because needing to eat breakfast is a huge burden to them. [/quote]

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