And college students who grew up poor are much more likely to leave college midway through, which is an obvious effect of dealing with ever-looming stress, heal

And college students who grew up poor are much more likely to leave college midway through, which is an obvious effect of dealing with ever-looming stress, health problems, and trauma that people from a poor background are much more likely to deal with. So the claim is not that being poor is directly an issue, but that poor people are more likely to have other issues. You seem to strongly disagree with me even though I said basically the same thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8613583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8613583 Relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html