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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, one thing is true. The odds are "stacked in your favor" coming out of Yale, but chances are they were stacked in your favor long before that. Unless you are asserting it was your smarts and hard work that birthed you into an affluent family who could get you in and pay for it. What you have to realize is that for some, no matter the intellect, their resources and "odds" are on a totally different scale.[/quote]

The "odds" are never even at birth - of course some start out with an advantage.  Even people born in the worst possible circumstances in THIS country start off better than 2/3 of the people on earth.  Virtually every "affluent family" can trace its wealth to someone who had a comparatively humble start and took advantage of the opportunities available in this country.  I did not grow up in an "affluent family," but my children will - why? because my family invested in me and provided the best education and other opportunities that they could.  They sacrificed a vacation home for my education and now they go on vacations that only dreamed of.[/quote]

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