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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up pretty poor, though not nearly to the degree of what some on this thread experienced. One of five children, stay at home mother, father working assorted blue collar jobs (sometimes a carpenter, sometimes a truck driver, etc.).  Our father divided up every space in our house other than the kitchen into small bedrooms.  I didn't have access to a computer until I went to college (in the mid-90s). We took camping trips for vacation.  Never ate out.  A trip to McDonalds was a huge treat.  I worked summers and weekends from the time I was about 13, mostly doing farm work.

Somehow, my parents managed to put all five of us through college. I worked for a while, then went to law school at night.  My HHI is now between $500-600k, mostly from my income.

One of my sisters split her time in high school between the regular public high school and an occupational program.  She became a pilot, went to a college geared towards aeronautical engineering, and is now a commercial pilot for a major airline.

My much younger sister worked for a few years after graduating from University of Chicago, and is now putting herself through law school.

One of my brothers managed to get himself through an MBA program and is in hospital administration now.  The other is struggling financially, and works restoring old cars.

Overall, I think it's pretty amazing that four out of five of us ended up so far from where we started.  My parents did an amazing job of making the most of what they could give us.[/quote]

What do you think happened to the one brother? Was it a learning disability, personality disorder, or...?[/quote]

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