> My parents, being highly educated and well off financially themselves, put enormous pressure on us to do well in school. Sorry, this is BS. I come from a com

> My parents, being highly educated and well off financially themselves, put enormous pressure on us to do well in school. Sorry, this is BS. I come from a competitive family. My parents put enormous pressure on me to do well in school, too. Pressure I could not handle. They wanted me to do 2 years in 1 to save 2k EUR on travel costs. I failed. If they had a tad bit more savings and listened better to me, I believe I would've succeeded. I'm good now, after a long struggle, but I should've learned a trait at age 12 instead. Not everyone is meant to take a traditional, higher education road to success. Not even when they have a high SAT score, or rich parents. Mine were average wealthy, though I had a chronically ill father. My cousins had no ill parent, and I suspect this is why they lack a general compassion for human beings in need.