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Originally Posted by Slava
I want to agree with you, and I guess partly do. Thing is that in Canada education and hard work really are the great equalizer. I have a limited amount of sympathy for the "bad childhood" argument and how its basically a domino affect on people not being able to do A,B,C things with their lives.
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As someone who worked summers as slave labour hand-picking rocks out of a field for $400 a month, I agree.
I remember walking into our garage where my father, who worked two jobs to support us, was working on his car. I said: "I want to go to college and the tuition is $946 for the year."
"AAAAAGGGH!!!. What the hell do you want to do that for!!!???"
That was exactly the reaction. I'd stabbed him through the fiscal heart. I'll never forget it. It was a hard sell. He was trying to get ahead as well and money didn't grow on trees.
If you're still young enough, there isn't any neighbourhood you can't dig yourself out of if it means enough to you.
The advice the Old Withered, Rich Cow gave is sound. Disqualifying it due to her position in life doesn't make it less so.
Cowperson