Anonymous
01/07/2025 14:24
Subject: Re:Hillbilly Elegy
Anonymous wrote:I actually think it was an inspiring story, if you ignore everything he’s said & done since 2017. The author went to very high poverty, low-performing rust belt schools (high school had an avg sat of 1000). He completed a 4 year stint in the marines, graduated from Ohio State in only 2 years with a double major while paying his own rent, graduates from Yale Law.
Yes, but he accomplished this because of a genetically high IQ and genetically high motivation quotient. Most people are not in the 1 %. However, I enjoyed the story, interesting how he was uncomfortable with mom constantly wanting the limelight, and doing anything for it..sound familiar?
Anonymous
01/06/2025 09:01
Subject: Hillbilly Elegy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think there is a new book coming out I read about in the NYTimes this week about women in poverty in the US. I am scanning the NYTIMes book section and not finding the title or the author - aargh!
Poverty by America, written by Matthew Desmond?
No its written by a women, who left poverty for success and goes back and sort of does a number on her best friend who slid backwards into teen pregnancies and drug use.
PP here. I found it. Monica Potts' The Forgotten Girls (set in the Ozarks)
PP who recommended The Forgotten Girls - thank you! Just finished it and it was excellent.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 16:30
Subject: Re:Hillbilly Elegy
I actually think it was an inspiring story, if you ignore everything he’s said & done since 2017. The author went to very high poverty, low-performing rust belt schools (high school had an avg sat of 1000). He completed a 4 year stint in the marines, graduated from Ohio State in only 2 years with a double major while paying his own rent, graduates from Yale Law.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 12:29
Subject: Hillbilly Elegy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think there is a new book coming out I read about in the NYTimes this week about women in poverty in the US. I am scanning the NYTIMes book section and not finding the title or the author - aargh!
Poverty by America, written by Matthew Desmond?
No its written by a women, who left poverty for success and goes back and sort of does a number on her best friend who slid backwards into teen pregnancies and drug use.
PP here. I found it. Monica Potts' The Forgotten Girls (set in the Ozarks)
Anonymous
04/24/2023 21:02
Subject: Re:Hillbilly Elegy
I liked the book when it was written and anything political about it went way over my head. I was like, “wow that’s so impressive.”