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I find myself falling into this sometimes. I came from a relatively poor area and family (at least by US standards), and sometimes foolishly get the attitude briefly when confronted with poverty of "I got out of that, they should be able too. They're just lazy and/or are happy living that way. Which may be true, but I doubt it. I certainly never was.


So why did you get out and they didn't? Was it luck?


No, but not everyone has the resources (encouraging parents, teachers/community leaders that help, etc.) to do it that I did.




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