Here's what I understand of why people have an issue with this article. * Life is getting less fair. Inequality is trending way up. Tuition in particular has

Here's what I understand of why people have an issue with this article. * Life is getting less fair. Inequality is trending way up. Tuition in particular has been rising far faster than inflation for our entire lives, and middle-class wages have been flat. * This man is held up as an example of what we should all be striving for. He did a hard thing, clap clap. This is implicitly a distraction from the question of 'why is it this hard' and 'why is it getting harder'. It is a distraction from the numerous people put into his position who failed. * This is natural for a human interest story. That's what a human interest story does - it celebrates uplifting individual achievement in the face of dour odds; But this doesn't occur in a vacuum. Some people feel we should be working on those odds instead of celebrating, that this is an essential function of newsmedia. "Hardworking female jogger successfully runs away from axe murderer" is a story that leaves us feeling somewhat unsettled if the axe murderer is only mentioned in the lead paragraph, if they're treated as a potential threat we're all dealing with whose presence is beyond questioning. * "Colby Itkowitz is the lead anchor of the Inspired Life blog. She previously covered the quirks of national politics and the federal government." What's that say about us? Why are we clicking on this instead of clicking on the other thing? How do I demand change while I'm clapping for this man?