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It’s still a great accomplishment but I think it’s easier for your next generation to jump a class. I think the harder idea is to personally jump a class after

It’s still a great accomplishment but I think it’s easier for your next generation to jump a class. I think the harder idea is to personally jump a class after being in one. But then again, it might just be that when someone has a child, they set them up to move up instead of themselves. They sacrifice their chance for their children. Otherwise they would have the capital to do it themselves. Obviously I’m just thinking out loud. It just seems that it’s more common for someone’s child to get an education and eventually rise above their parents. If you have children, they might have a chance at an Ivy League school or something like that which they will then have the chance to rise above you.

zitterbewegung 9y ago
Yea, I mean my parents couldn't really afford to be in the house we were in until I started to have a job. I bought my mom a Minivan. Sometimes they couldn't pay for heat to get fixed. Or all the times I ate Ramen. Or the fact that I wanted to be a MCS major but really had to have a CS degree. But, I know many people that I went to school with who were unable to do so and had the same opportunities that I did. Or had more money than me and couldn't get a job after they graduated. Even the people that I had the same high school weren't able to do that. They had more money than me. They were smarter than me. The only thing I can see that I had more than them was grit and determination. My intelligence wasn't even in their league. I chose CS because I knew that an average person in CS could get a average job and the demand would be there when I graduated. My life is a constant hedge against the future.
ProfessorLayton 9y ago
This is absolutely the case for many poor families. My parents worked very hard so that their children could have a better life than they did. I am more educated, and wealthier than they ever were thanks to their hard work, and I am extremely grateful for it. Additionally they're also very happy their hard work and sacrifice has paid off. Growing up poor has kept me grounded to the struggles of the working poor, even as my income has gone up many multiples since I started working.

zitterbewegung 9y ago

Yea, I mean my parents couldn't really afford to be in the house we were in until I started to have a job. I bought my mom a Minivan. Sometimes they couldn't pay for heat to get fixed. Or all the times I ate Ramen. Or the fact that I wanted to be a MCS major but really had to have a CS degree. But, I know many people that I went to school with who were unable to do so and had the same opportunities that I did. Or had more money than me and couldn't get a job after they graduated. Even the people that I had the same high school weren't able to do that. They had more money than me. They were smarter than me. The only thing I can see that I had more than them was grit and determination. My intelligence wasn't even in their league. I chose CS because I knew that an average person in CS could get a average job and the demand would be there when I graduated. My life is a constant hedge against the future.

ProfessorLayton 9y ago

This is absolutely the case for many poor families. My parents worked very hard so that their children could have a better life than they did. I am more educated, and wealthier than they ever were thanks to their hard work, and I am extremely grateful for it. Additionally they're also very happy their hard work and sacrifice has paid off. Growing up poor has kept me grounded to the struggles of the working poor, even as my income has gone up many multiples since I started working.