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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
Have you ever actually spoken to any of the people that we're talking about? Their entire state of mind and mentality toward education is very different from what yours appears to be. Many of them come from families who have never attended college, so who is telling them about the benefits? You?
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Like I said,
no one told me, or helped me, I just started asking questions, went to the guidnace counselors at my HS, called the Universities I had applied to find out about work study programs. It isn't rocket science and if you are too ignorant and lazy to take some iniative, then maybe you
should lie around and 'cry poor poor me no one will do it for me'.
It is a ridiculous argument to say that because no one told them they had options, they can't be faulted for not finding them. If I waited around for things to be handed to me my whole life, I would be in a shelter too.
It is insulting to say that because I don't come from that background I can't understand. Yes, I came from a comfortable background, but had hard-a$$ parents who wanted me to think for myself, do for myself and make something of myself. And I
did it myself. And I teach the same thing to
my children.
But I also know lots of people who didn't even
have strict parents teaching them a good work ethic, and they managed to figure it out, too. Because they wanted the education badly enough. It's up the individual to take the initiative and quite blaming their circumstances for their problems.
While it is true not everyone is afforded the same privileges in this country, education is available to everyone, regardless of money or social class, and in many cases regardless of intelligence. Some of the biggest idiots I know have post-grad degrees.
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