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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This sounds like such an exhausting way to live. There's a lot of black and white thinking in this entire thread. Do you ever question your assumptions?[/quote]

I agree with this and with 9:33.  Many people on this thread and in this area fail to recognize there is more than one way to succeed.  I grew up on a farm in the midwest, one of the few in my class to graduate from college (state school) and even fewer to have a graduate degree (MBA from another state school).  I know people who have dropped out of high school (we're in our 50s), barely made it thru HS, work in factories or trades or in the retail/service industry.  I also know a number of people who've served time.  I'd say by the time they're 40, most have a comfortable lifestyle.  They aren't raking in the dough but they are homeowners, have vehicles, multiple TVs, cell phones, plenty of food and take vacations every year or so.  How is that not successful?  Some of the people I grew up with who do not have college degrees and make far more than I do.  They generally work in the trades, have vacation homes and travel extensively.  What sets them apart from the others is their work ethic and good choices (financial and lifestyle).

Some of my kids with learning disabilities will never be on the honor roll but I have no doubt they will be successful.  They know the value of work and effort.  So many on DCUM would be appalled that we celebrate Cs but we know what it took for our kids to earn them.  We're teaching them to keep working hard, persevere and not to let setbacks get them down.  They only way they disappoint us is if they aren't making an effort.  When they don't achieve the results THEY want, we help them plan how to get their.  It may not get them to HYP but they'll be healthy and happy.[/quote]

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