> I feel like poor kids actually have an advantage because they have a natural instinct to try harder to survive. Anecdotal evidence Not to take away from you

> I feel like poor kids actually have an advantage because they have a natural instinct to try harder to survive. Anecdotal evidence Not to take away from your achievement BUT you are sadly the exception. You are not giving yourself enough credit. I have adopted and fostered children from abusive impoverished lives. They are great and are in college but they still struggle to achieve it in a timely manner. They also struggle with grades though they actually are above average in intelligence. PS Top .1 % income children are also impacted negatively but they have an easier fall back (Grow up and financial means to give themselves unlimited supply of alcohol and drugs) Where I grew up these rich kids were having 3rd world diseases like scurvy since they just ate what they wanted.