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This is an important point. I came from a less well off family in Scotland and when younger considered many of my peers to be lacking intelligence or ambition i

by ck425 7y ago

This is an important point. I came from a less well off family in Scotland and when younger considered many of my peers to be lacking intelligence or ambition in life. Then a while ago I dated a girl also from that town and got an insight into just how lucky I was. It never occurred to her that she could possibly go to uni until the last month of school (despite being one of the most intelligent people I've ever met) whereas my dad and godmother explained it and encouraged me when I was 10. We might have had similar-ish circumstances in many ways, but just a few early role models made us vastly different in our views of what was possible. You may think people have lots of opportunities but that's not useful if they're not aware they have those opportunities.

mywacaday 7y ago
Neither of my parents finished the Irish equivalent of High School but both appreciated the value of a third level education. Even after dropping out of my 1st course and going working in a factory my Dad reverse psyched me into starting again. After my 1st job a colleague/friend that had left poached me to move with a 80% pay rise. Ten years later same thing happened with another colleague/friend. It would be easy to see how I could still be on a manufacturing line, some of the people I worked with are still there. With out a bit of help from friends I would not be where I am today. Being extremely talented/a .1%er will get you far but having good role models and a bit of luck is almost as good.
C1sc0cat 7y ago
That's interesting about 20 years a go one of my Female friends moved away to one of the poorer parts of the UK. She has now moved back primarly because her v smart daughter saw her career as working on the check out in a supermarket as there are not many high paying jobs out in east Anglia. Which is the problem of moving from SV to some where cheap you could be limiting your kids opportunities.

by ck425 7y ago

mywacaday 7y ago

Neither of my parents finished the Irish equivalent of High School but both appreciated the value of a third level education. Even after dropping out of my 1st course and going working in a factory my Dad reverse psyched me into starting again. After my 1st job a colleague/friend that had left poached me to move with a 80% pay rise. Ten years later same thing happened with another colleague/friend. It would be easy to see how I could still be on a manufacturing line, some of the people I worked with are still there. With out a bit of help from friends I would not be where I am today. Being extremely talented/a .1%er will get you far but having good role models and a bit of luck is almost as good.

C1sc0cat 7y ago

That's interesting about 20 years a go one of my Female friends moved away to one of the poorer parts of the UK. She has now moved back primarly because her v smart daughter saw her career as working on the check out in a supermarket as there are not many high paying jobs out in east Anglia. Which is the problem of moving from SV to some where cheap you could be limiting your kids opportunities.