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Originally Posted by Rikao4
Stijn,
good friend of mine & wife's boss,
10 siblings from the rural south
5 Very successful
5 either prison,coming out , drug's,on the dole
? I ask,
'some of us wanted more, the others didn't even try '
Rika
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sure, that's possible too
but not all bums are bums because of lack of trying
"Anyone" is a big generalization , that's all i'm saying
my own sister, works in a sheltered workplace
maybe her dad's genes, or lack of oxygen at birth, who's to say
but she just has difficulties with things, she's not retarded, she's just not that smart, doesn't pick up things as fast
we both had the same mother, same defunct upbringing, i won't go into details on that, but in retrospect, we got a ****ty deal
i'm not crying about it, i'm doing ok, i am pretty sharp, and i find workarounds
but my sister, she cannot find those workarounds for those problems
and even if i give her the workarounds, they don't work for her
if she were without family to check up on her, to help her out
And if she were left to fend for her own, and no organization would help her out...She'd be easy prey for all sorts of bad cats, she'de be robbed blind, and screwed over till she was nothing but a puddle of misery and finally gave up ...
If my sister and i would have had a stable home and upbrining
she'de be a lot better off now, she would not have to overcome all the pent up frustration, the inability to socialize, to feel comfortable around people
She wouldn't need to workaround unneeded problems, and just live a normal and more simple life , unlike now, where she has to fight life with hands tied behind her back
If y'all say "anyone" can make it
then i beg to differ, because i'm sure that there are people in the US like my sister, that don't have the abilities
And i'm also sure that there are other categories of people who just don't know what we know, who can't think in terms of "one year", because they are busy thinking how they are going to make it through "this week"
This kid, with 1 year, started off with 25 bucks, education, and a plan
Maybe he can try the same thing, with 20 grand in heavy interest debt, and no education... dunno how he can simulate that, maybe Meth could work in that respect....
Maybe that would make the "anyone can do it" concept more realistic...