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So maybe it's not about having something handed to you; I think the PP was off the mark about that.  But if you worked your ass off to get where you are, you had to start with a belief that you could get there, and then get some knowledge of how.  That's what's missing for a lot of these kids.  There's not a lot of long-term thinking when you're just trying to survive today.  The will to push past obstacles isn't in everyone (I know some lazy ass, criminally-oriented, unprincipled kids from six-figure families); but those who have it should at least get a shot.  Communities and parents already hamstrung by those obstacles can't do it without the help of outside influence that can marshall the resources.  [/quote]

I appreciate your thoughtful post but I'm PP -

I DO think it's about having something handed to you. This person who worked her way out of poverty had someone (parents or other) in her life that gave her life skills that she later used to get out of poverty. This happened to me too.

I see far too many kids who have no real world coping skills. They only have street skills. Street skills will not take you far in life.

My frustration is with posters who project their own circumstances on others and then look down on them for not rising above it. Maybe the hole is a lot deeper for someone else?! To assume, I did it so that entire group of kids over there that are not like me and have very different issues should do it to is totally unrealistic to me.[/quote]

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