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I think that's a little extreme, although I understand the points of the articles and acknowledge the problem. You can recover from your choices at any time in

I think that's a little extreme, although I understand the points of the articles and acknowledge the problem. You can recover from your choices at any time in life, although it certainly gets harder the older you get, whether or not you realize it. The notion however that your future path is set because of your past choices is part of the myth that the poor need to have destroyed through education. Tomorrow is about what you do tomorrow, not about what you did yesterday.

lutorm 17y ago
"The notion however that your future path is set because of your past choices is part of the myth that the poor need to have destroyed through education. Tomorrow is about what you do tomorrow, not about what you did yesterday." More blame-the-victim rethoric. Suppose what you did yesterday was give away all your belongings save what you wear, erase all higher education and job experience from your brain, and teleported you and your family to a city where you don't know anyone. You are now in an equivalent situation to many poor people. Now tell me with a straight face that what you do tomorrow would be unaffected.
- run4yourlives 17y ago
  I'm not blaming the victim, I'm recognizing the only real solution. I never said it would be easy, as it certainly wasn't for me. It is however the only method of success, period.
  - lutorm 17y ago
    I think we should focus more on why people end up in poverty than trying to "make them not poor". Prevention is likely to be more effective than correction. Things like living wages and abandoning local funding of schools would probably help.
socjus 17y ago
The notion however that your future path is set because of your past choices is part of the myth that the poor need to have destroyed through education. Tomorrow is about what you do tomorrow, not about what you did yesterday. Only if you don't believe in causality.
- run4yourlives 17y ago
  Making forward progress in the future has little to do with your current starting point. The time to achieve a desired end-point may vary, but until you've instilled day-to-day habits, the end goal is not achievable.

lutorm 17y ago

"The notion however that your future path is set because of your past choices is part of the myth that the poor need to have destroyed through education. Tomorrow is about what you do tomorrow, not about what you did yesterday." More blame-the-victim rethoric. Suppose what you did yesterday was give away all your belongings save what you wear, erase all higher education and job experience from your brain, and teleported you and your family to a city where you don't know anyone. You are now in an equivalent situation to many poor people. Now tell me with a straight face that what you do tomorrow would be unaffected.

run4yourlives 17y ago
I'm not blaming the victim, I'm recognizing the only real solution. I never said it would be easy, as it certainly wasn't for me. It is however the only method of success, period.
- lutorm 17y ago
  I think we should focus more on why people end up in poverty than trying to "make them not poor". Prevention is likely to be more effective than correction. Things like living wages and abandoning local funding of schools would probably help.

socjus 17y ago

The notion however that your future path is set because of your past choices is part of the myth that the poor need to have destroyed through education. Tomorrow is about what you do tomorrow, not about what you did yesterday. Only if you don't believe in causality.

run4yourlives 17y ago
Making forward progress in the future has little to do with your current starting point. The time to achieve a desired end-point may vary, but until you've instilled day-to-day habits, the end goal is not achievable.