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[quote]I don't get this "entitled" business at all. I am of western European background and my family has been among the poorest of the poor for generations. Most Americans of European background came to the U.S. because they had ancestors who were so poor that there was no future for them in their country of origin, so they crowded into tight quarters in steerage to come to America. Have you heard, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore"? That describes the ancestors of many, many Americans of European heritage. Most had very little or nothing to start with but they knew how to work hard and that is what they did. They were entitled to nothing.

My own parents had very little but worked very hard. I was a National Merit Finalist and went to college on financial aid, for which I am very grateful. My children have been in the AAP program and one is at TJ right now. No "test prep" for any of us.

We have never felt that we had the right to certain things. My parents worked hard and taught me to be honest and I am teaching the same to my children. Sure, it's possible to achieve success by bending the rules and engaging in questionable practices, but I was taught that that kind of "success" will not pay in the long run. 
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People do not need to come from families with money to get a good education here. Lots of very poor people get an education and work hard and provide good lives for their families. There are studies that show that while the percentage of poor in the US may not change much over time, the actual people represented by those numbers do change. Many who were considered poor move up into a middle class level income, while some on the border may move down, but then move back up again.  I had ancestors who had nothing in Europe, came to this country in steerage and, within a few years, owned a house.

No one is stuck at one income level for life because of their situation at birth in this country. We have free education that is available to all. Many of us from working class families used that free education, without any private tutoring or "test prepping" to go on to higher level degrees and professional school programs.

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