I agree with this, I grew up in a family where both parents dropped out of High School (Was possible in the 60/70's in NZ as the unemployment level was almost n

I agree with this, I grew up in a family where both parents dropped out of High School (Was possible in the 60/70's in NZ as the unemployment level was almost non-existent). Education was always second to sporting achievement in our family. When offered a partial scholarship to Uni in my last year of High School I had to turn it down as my parents were starting to charge rent (I turned 18). My brother was living rent free though and had been working for a year as a apprentice baker, this was because he dropped out of High School with 2 years left when my dad got him the apprenticeship through a golf buddy. The weird part of the story is he got the apprenticeship so young because he was the smartest of us 3 siblings. I decided to skip uni and work in the Orchard for a year, I never got the change to take up the scholarship as my career got a lucky break not long after. I know I'm not alone in my situation I have several friends back home with similar stories, its just blue collar or lower middle class living. I think that some people who have been raised by academics don't realize how little encouragement there is for the rest of us to go.