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I grew up in the ghetto. While my friends smoked dope, I studied with free resources from the local library. All the books were old and outdated, but I didn't c

• BoiledCabbage 9y ago
  >I grew up in the ghetto. While my friends smoked dope, I studied with free resources from the local library. All the books were old and outdated, but I didn't care. The drive to learn and improve is still with me today. And thousands of others did the exact same but didn't make it out. That's the entire point of this conversation. Hard work isn't a sufficient condition. If it were tons of people would easily make it out. But instead it's a lot of luck along with it.