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when will this "gates was a dropout so he don't know nothin' about skool" meme die? the man went to prestigious private schools and Harvard and was well on his
by pgbovine 16y ago
when will this "gates was a dropout so he don't know nothin' about skool" meme die? the man went to prestigious private schools and Harvard and was well on his way to graduating when he chose to drop out. it wasn't like he was a poor kid who had no opportunity to ever know what it was like to be in a proper skool
- varjag 16y agoNotice how I didn't say anything about wealth. He did drop out of Harvard, no? Every dropout has an excuse in the end, I'm not going into that. I just don't understand what makes people so upset about this point.
- ig1 16y agoI assume it wasn't your intention, but your comment implied that he dropped out because he was academically weak, which is why I presume people are upset.
- pgbovine 16y agoi think it might also be because people often conflate two types of drop-outs: 1.) those who dropped out of school due to lack of financial or social resources, or due to personal emotional problems 2.) those who dropped out of school because they had an incredible opportunity to capitalize on their natural talents and take advantage of their favorable surroundings many successful 'drop-out entrepreneurs' fall in the latter category ... they came from middle-class or upper-middle-class homes, their parents had advanced degrees, they often attended private high schools and prestigious colleges, etc. etc. etc. i'm afraid that if the meme of "dropping out is cool, just look at zuckerberg, gates, brin/page, etc." keeps propagating, that will give kids who aren't as advantaged (those in the former category) misguided expectations for what awaits them when they drop 'outside of the system'