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Source: https://twitter.com/jal_003/status/868219525803671557
May 27, 2017 8:00 PM
SaadZaheer
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Source: https://twitter.com/jal_003/status/868219525803671557
TheHeroOfKavatch
sounds like your country's welfare system is shit.
improbablypooping
Ahhh the good ole humble brag!
WhiskeysQuicker
You have a new listing available in the market place
farawaycircus
I'm not a millionaire, but I make a good living doing what I love and I never went to college. So I don't have one of those fancy dresses..
Xen300
Luxury. We'd get up at 3am, eat a handful of hot gravel, work at th' mill for tuppence a month and Dad would beat us IF WE WERE LUCKY!
Janusha
Americans are so in love with the struggle. Its all about success against all odds... Over here, top education is free, anyone can and does.
LandOrca
I work with a person who has a similar past. That person is genuinely one of the best people I know. Congrats, I am happy for you.
AliBarber
.. This isn't op. But the sentiment is awesome.
Zombiedude101
Forgive my ignorance but why would you need to be able to afford an SAT exam?
handbanana13
I did a backflip one time.
DiggerPlease
I can touch my nose with my tongue. Actually I lied, I can touch my nose AND my tongue. I always get that wrong.
roads88mph
"See? You're just not working hard enough" - every Republican sub-human, probably
hcrooney2012
He's a really good friend from high school, one of the few I keep in touch with.
Mercenarity
Stories about superhuman efforts like this just to be viable is fairly damning for the state of this country.
DogeTheBugBountyHunter
In Finland school is free but people still choose to sit on their ass and play computer games.
TheRealDinotron
This must be that white privilege I keep hearing about.
ChairmenOfTheBored
He's literally Asian wtf
TheRealDinotron
https://imgur.com/utzTCyo
SassyAssSlap
Yeah, but his name is Shannon, so that kinda negates everything.
TurtBurglar
Why? I don't get it.
Jocktopus
His name is Shannon.
ronniefuckindobbs
"I live in a single room above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley."
RealPetChicken
Here's a picture of me in space.
regularnormalguy
Just wondering what part of Ohio. I'm in Cleveland, but congrats guy way to make it out of here!!
ChairmenOfTheBored
He's from Youngstown. I've been best friends with him since high school
boconductsmusic
Youngstown
Gallus1985
This is maximum American freedom. What a fucking shit show.
RetaliatoryAnticipation
Well, we also have the freedom to choose which hand our sex monitoring chip is installed in, so there's that.
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
What? He worked hard and was able to achieve his dreams despite of his station in life...
ISayFuckAllTheTime
Shhh - you're interrupting the liberal hatefest
naytorin
And the latter part of your statement is the rarity. Tons of people work hard and get nowhere.
fragtore
Cool, but should you really have to work this hard to graduate just because your parents were poor? Feels unjust.
MysticLazer
coulda gone somewhere WAAAAY cheaper...fucks sake
ThatsDinoDNA
And he looked damn good doing it, too!
ChairmenOfTheBored
I'll tell him you said so
BeckyGaladriel
kvakajek
This is a very inapirational post, but one thing bothers me - a laptop for 150 work hours? More like 1500 where i live.
ToxicMolluscinity
1500 hours of work to buy a laptop?? Do you work as a slave mining blood diamonds or something?
kvakajek
Well, I guess if you put it that way, in my country we all do. How much money do you consider normal for a laptop?
ToxicMolluscinity
50 work hours for a minimum wage earner for a budget model. 150-300 hours for a high end gaming model.
kvakajek
Okey, i wouldn't even consider high-end stuff. Speak to me in dollars or euro and i will explain the difference to you.
BustyInnocent
I'm from Sweden and here ethnicity, social- and financial status is irrelevant, University is free for everyone. (If you have a citizenship)
n7warrior
I wish I lived in Sweden! I wouldn't have so much school debt. :(
BustyInnocent
We have our issues but I'm proud to be a part of giving people a chance at a good education as long as students behave in school.
somepersondoingsomethings
Don't let people fool youm. The US has a myriad of programs to help pay for school especially if you are poor.
ToxicMolluscinity
It is not free. Just like healthcare here in Canada, it is publicly funded.
BustyInnocent
It's paid by our taxes. But that doesn't change the fact that attending an university doesn't cost a single krona (our currency) 1/2
BustyInnocent
Uni is free here in that sense. We pay one of the highest taxes in the world to achieve that with other things as well. I get your point 2/3
BustyInnocent
But going to an uni where it costs money versus going to an uni where it costs nothing is free to me. But yes it's ultimately paid by taxes
ToxicMolluscinity
The danger of 'free to me' thinking is that it can easily end up as a "Tragedy of the Commons" scenario. Each society has to make it's (1)
ToxicMolluscinity
Correction. It doesn't cost the student a single krona but someone somewhere is always paying for a good or service rendered unless they (1)
ToxicMolluscinity
are employing slave labor. Even then there is medical, housing, clothing and food costs . Ain't nothing in life free without cost.
skylin05
Tired of this argument. Everyone know it's not literally free but it doesn't cost money at the point of access. It's a hell of a lot better
FreshWater13
My friend, that's the point of lifting together.
pangaea67
Sorry to nitpick but why did you need to spend $1.1k on a laptop?
teletoad
it was a Mac
hcrooney2012
He was a computer science major.
ChairmenOfTheBored
I think your over estimating min wage in 2011. It was like $7
pangaea67
Federal minimum wage $7.25/hour x 150 = $1087.50
MrMcCookieMuffin
That's literally just $50 less than quoted above
DeityOfSnuggles
Let me be the first to welcome him into the world of unemployment
veritas1980
and student loan debt
EVILtheKAT
I kinda doubt he'll be saddled with that. It sounds like he would've qualified for a ton of grants.
KrondorMocker
popau
He had another post where he specified that his degree is in Computer Science so nahhhh
johnvictor
I can also imagine some decrepit old man telling him he hasn't sacrificed enough to get a good job.
5aminsd
He will never be unemployed
uwantsomelightlyfriedfishfillets
With his work ethic, I would gladly hire him. Harvard is a bonus.
Spidey209
You a McDonalds Manager?
uwantsomelightlyfriedfishfillets
"are you". Stay in school kids.
Spidey209
So "nah?"
EmperorMahaco
He doesn't even say what his degree is in, so who knows what his job prospects are.
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
You could graduate from Harvard with a degree in toilet cleaning and come out making at least 80k a year.
luckylonk
After Harvard with that backstory? Doubt it.
tenebrisangelus
Exactly
fbutt09
And a fk ton of debt to go with it!!
basball6969
What's your degree? Comparative...literature.
dm6776
Sorry, he's not you
redjayhawker
My money says you will stay unemployed and sad but not this guy!
ifiknewiwouldntbehererightnow
That guy will never know unemployment
yadofedop42
Dont worry about him, he will find his way through it.
Craigjan
Depends on what major he graduated with
aninvisiblemaniac
just because people can't find a job from their technical college doesn't mean the same goes for Harvard students. two different worlds
LearningOnImgur
A lot of technical colleges actually boast high job rates after graduation. They're usually labor jobs so people think they don't count
blackmar
Highly doubt someone who could find work in high school will have a hard time finding work with a diploma.
meskarune
This was basically me, years of working 60+ hours a week caught up with me and now my body is totally wrecked and I can't work full time
meskarune
I have college debt I will never pay off and owe thousands in medical bills. College ended up not being worth it. :(
EmperorMahaco
That is an extremely ignorant thing to say. I found work in high school, and it was easy to get a job in fast food, then. After I got...
tonightisanightfordrinking
This as fuck. I'm at 11 months.
EmperorMahaco
That sucks. I'm currently going on 9 months unemployed, but that's just this time. I got my degree 12 years ago, but I've never had a...
EmperorMahaco
...job last much more than 2 years. I've never had a full-time job last more than 3 months.
EmperorMahaco
...my college degree, it has been very difficult to find any kind of a job. I'm either overqualified or underqualified.
odraencoded
Harvard? You are over-qualified to scrub toilets. Sorry.
TheGoodStuffx100
Pretty sure he didn't graduate Harvard to find another low-end job.
Lesbiansass
But Ive been unemployed a year! Please help! NOPE sorry overqualified.
applesforjuice
I had tons of jobs in high school and 2 throughout college and the only job I found after mostly employs state school graduates
applesforjuice
Not saying the state school guys are dumb but my school was ranked #5 in the country for engineering and I did better than most there
RocketRodster
Not good enough for the big leagues, too good for the minors.
liliantbn
What school is that? Are you saying that with an engineering degree you can't find work?
Souljah42
And crushing student debt.
MoldyCheeseburgers
Just because people don't want to hire graduates from 2nd rate colleges means its the same for the Ivy League ones.
playingdead2022
back to mcdonalds it is
liliantbn
He graduated from Harvard, so there will be a lot of jobs lining up for him.
SullyParty
Yeah his Facebook shows a CS major. Dude will never be unemployed.
tenebrisangelus
He'll rise to the top. He's a man with dedication and i truly believe he'll be a successful in life.
NotAPervert
"Sorry, with your attended university you're overqualified for this position. We wish you the best of luck seeking employment elsewhere."
Memes4Cheap
when you think you hit the finish line but you actually just got throught he intro
QuantumSupersexposition
is this like that part at the "end" of the LotR:RotK when Peter Jackson wrapped everything up, but the movie just kept going?
BeesechurgerProductions
When you thought you beat the game, but then you suddenly see the title card.
MoldyCheeseburgers
Yeah this guy graduated from Harvard though, not Western Alabama CC.
DevinNatTyv
Motherfucking Nier.
Raeun
Damn straight. Doesn't give you the title card till you've beaten it twice.
PolarNog
Is the USA so awful that university educated people can't get work? What the hell is wrong with your country?
Penguinsandbroadswords
Unless you pick a golden ticket degree that's hiring when you graduate, yes, this can be the case. When I started college in '02, 1/2
Penguinsandbroadswords
everyone was being told we needed teachers, nurses, and computer people. 4 years later so many people qualified that it lowered wages.
notme222
@orfdorf is right. This post is celebrating a guy's accomplishment, and the most-upvoted comment is negative. Imgur is a hatefest.
sleepynotsleazy
Harvard and unemployment are two words that usually don't go together.
AliBarber
@sleepynotsleazy and jokes are two things that definitely don't go together.
Trexel
My thought exactly.
fbutt09
In sure there must be Ivy League middle/upper class folk whose parents paid for it all and yet they still don't work or aspire to achieve.
thr0wthrowthrowaway
Not working /= unemployed
valen00
Most western countries don't require superhuman efforts to do better than your parents, fix your crap America.
SolidusPliskin
Is having a minimum wage job in high school and having to study really hard considered superhuman? High schoolers don't have jobs in the UK?
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
He didn't need to go to superhuman efforts to do better, he did it because he wanted to own his achievement.
twominutesforhighsticking
Most of America doesn't either. That's the problem with systemic poverty, it tends to keep the same people/areas in poverty.
flamingflamingo
The problem is that a story like his is what Americans tend to admire,perpetuating this idea that you have to work and bleed for your dreams
superscout0233
He did more than just better than his parents. Most people couldn't get into or afford Harvard.
marsgoose
Didn't you just read they are immigrants, do you think they immigrated to US because they are stupid and don't know it's easier elsewhere?
Fahargo
The vast majority of people born into poverty will not stay there int he united states. It's up to us to help the rest
DrMcTouchy
It's still possible for a large portion of the population. You may not do what you want, but opportunity rarely arrives on your terms.
mrsmjb
Harvard costs between 40 and 60 grand a year. This *is* a bit of an extreme example.
ZOMGNO
It is! But it doesn't HAVE to be Harvard to be a higher education that pulls you further from poverty.
mrsmjb
True, true
aclaec
Lol, neither does America
EmperorMahaco
I was the first person in my family to go to college. My parents grew up poor and remain so. It took only the barest minimum effort...
EmperorMahaco
...for me to get into college and eventually graduate. Unfortunately, I am still $100k in debt (my parents didn't pay anything), and...
EmperorMahaco
...haven't made any payments because I can't seem to hold down a job or get full-time employment. The guy in the OP isn't typical and...
EmperorMahaco
...neither am I.
fbutt09
American Dream is now looking more like a nightmare for the next generation.
somepersondoingsomethings
Lmao. So dramatic.
DrMcTouchy
It won't be that bad if people learn to seek work in in-demand fields, instead of some fluff job.
ThanosWasNotWrong
Yup. We have a fetish with "pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps". Yo I don't even have boots!
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
Neither did this kid?
lyricallove
I feel like if someone hasn't run themselves into the ground, people will think you didn't try hard enough. Even then you can still be lazy.
Storm5
Get you some then
TanithRosenbaum
Yea I wondered what was up with the "It should be hard, or it isn't earned" fetish. And the fact that no one sees that isn't working.
VikingInOz
If they don't see it they need to try harder! American dream
valen00
People see one story like this and figure it's the general case. It's the same reasoning behind the anti-vax stuff. Humans suck at stats
Nomtombouts
America doesn't either
DLTBGYDCU
The struggle to succeed in America has made us the strongest nation. It is best for us as humans to struggle and succeed.
DrMcTouchy
Holy shit, I'm not sure why the downvotes. It's like people want everything handed out, with no challenges or hardship.
DLTBGYDCU
Look at the people that are 3rd generation welfare recipients. No incentive to get off your ass when you are given everything.
darkdragonempress
That's not true. Struggle is an aspect of life, but it's far more advantageous to remove as much as possible for at least the young. That 1
DLTBGYDCU
Look at all the people living on Dad and Grandad's trust fund and doing nothing with the opportunity.
darkdragonempress
That's a work ethic problem. There's plenty of people that had parents pay for their life and school and still worked hard.
DLTBGYDCU
They are few. The struggle for success is better. Ask the butterfly after he struggles to emerge from the cocoon.
darkdragonempress
Guy is impressive but there's plenty of people that are smart but it takes more time and effort for them to learn things they don't have if2
darkdragonempress
They have to work to survive and go to school. It's far more beneficial to nurture as much potential as possible. You get much better 3
darkdragonempress
Rewards that way. All struggle does is squander that potential. 4
DLTBGYDCU
Millions on welfare disagree. They are given food, housing, education and do nothing with the opportunities available to them.
darkdragonempress
Actually a large part of the problem is the huge donut hole that exists. Getting 50 bucks extra a month can disqualify you from hundreds 1
DLTBGYDCU
Lost me on this one. Is this a reply to one of my comments?
darkdragonempress
Of benefits. So you will cut back hours or turn down a raise because it will put you in a worse position. 2
Gallus1985
We can't. We need more money to kill more brown people.
odraencoded
If you keep killing brown people, one day brown people are going to end. Then you won't need money anymore. So maybe this is the right path?
Gallus1985
The military spending hike alone would pay for tuition free college. But hey, do you want the most educated citizens, or dead brown people?
valen00
25% of the military budget would fund a reverse income tax that would end poverty. And leave 2.5x china's military budget to play with.
Gallus1985
Yup. The amount we spend on military hardware is pretty insane.
thatcrowyouknow
Ok, totally neglect welfare and a variety of things that are in place to help. The real killer here is violence bred into cultures
Gallus1985
No shit? But why feed and educate people when you can buy fighter jets and bombs dude? Fighter jets are so much cooler than bread and books
thatcrowyouknow
Because we are trying to protect the right to live over the other amenities. Yes I agree I wish we had enough money and resources for every-
thatcrowyouknow
Thing, but that's partly because Europe is not contributing to help either. Yes they take in refugees, but then what? Will these people
TheProLoser
This story does not speak to all Americans being at a disadvantage, it speaks to the ability to do ANYTHING DESPITE your disadvantage.
Lilshadow48
My disadvantages are debilitating social anxiety and issues with depression. How do anything? I mean damn, I shake just saying hi.
valen00
Most places you don't need a superhuman effort because the people have decided they don't want to live around stupid sick people so the
valen00
govt helps you get started, then you pay taxes. Then everybody can see a Dr or get an education when they need to.
somepersondoingsomethings
I just went to school and got my degree. If financial aid didn't pay for it, the deductions on my taxes did. It's silly to say the US doesnt
somepersondoingsomethings
Cover education at all. They cover it pretty damn well, the only problem with it is they are slipping into quantity of quality in education
drepark78
I wonder what kind of person he is . Generous or cheap? Bighearted or bitter.
DickDastardly404
I mean he's sucking his own dick pretty hard right now...
Zamm005
'Motivational' is probably a better fit. He is one of the few people his generation that understand Work=Reward and Excuse=Failure
NoGoodComments
Prolly a big douche. His name is Shannon.
MerToo
And he steals WIFI.
ResumeAccount
Probably generous I don't know any americans willing to work 150 hours just to increase apple's profits when they could buy a PC and car
Trumps6no6populist6
Not entirely humble
AtlasFutureOverthrowsAmerica
That's actually a really good question ...
terps2002
Is this inspirational? My parents overcame poverty to make a great life for us. Wouldn't be caught dead bragging about it.
Azrael715
But people can be all four of them at the same time
glozinglocal
Exactly!
boconductsmusic
Super nice. Played in youth orchestra with him
JustAnotherFurry
Looked him up, he is big on social equallity and a activist to better his hometown, also trying to enable more people to go to colledge.
PopulationControlBabyAids
bitter af, his name's shannon.
AmaIthea
Really I would have though having to say "It's Little with a Y" would be the sticking point.
TheThoroughbredOfSinBadHorse
From the way it's written, it seems like he's big-hearted but probably wouldn't just accept laziness or excuses from others. Which is 1
TheThoroughbredOfSinBadHorse
Perfectly acceptable when you've worked so hard to achieve something. Man, I don't even know this guy and I am proud of him. 2
dogsrulearmystrong
Why do you care?
NoGoodComments
Never fucking mind someone beat me to it. *snaps fingers
WadeWilsonAKADeadpool
I went to high school with him. Definitely generous and big hearted
iliketoinvitepeopletowestvirginia
He seems to be generous and bighearted, just based on this. But if you like, we can discuss it over drinks in West Virginia tonight.
TZO2k15
Username checks out, magnificently I might add!
SchmifSchmurphinWippenFlanYen
There's nothing to suggest anything of the sort.
LookingForWorkInColorado
I agree. He worked hard but I don't see where it says he is a good person.
JoeT85
would be an interesting conversation. I'll bring some Gentleman Jack. When is the party/group discussion of a person not present?
LauraLinseedOilMeUp
Generous based on "I'm poor and pinched every penny for an education?"
elbdms
"Fed and cared for my three baby siblings"
LauraLinseedOilMeUp
Well, at that phase he seems to be talking about high school. I didn't have much choice in the chores I did at that stage.
LauraLinseedOilMeUp
I mean, I could be wrong, but you might be mistaking circumstance for character.
PokoOnoandtheJamJams
Just want you to know, you are absolutely my new favorite imgur account
cocoacreamcheese
What's your username from? Sounds very familiar
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
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PokoOnoandtheJamJams
Fake band name. Friend and I had plans for it to be our stage name
DrCryptid
What part of West Virginia
AtlasFutureOverthrowsAmerica
Username checks out. Also, pretty sure he wants to eat you. It's a WV thing...
twoticketsforthatthingyoulike
Like "eat" or "( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) eat?"
AtlasFutureOverthrowsAmerica
525600minutes
I actually laughed
Gayforbae
*banjoing intinsifies *
ByTheLightOfTheMoon
I passed through WV once. On the way to a horrific hell hole. They called it Pittsburgh.
spookyu
Ahhh, you went to the dark side of PA, should went a bit more east. Still awful but in a more quaint and rural way.
GrandpaRossysOldManDongs
I'm pretty sure Pennsylvania is the gateway to hell, and that's why Ohio has so many damn astronauts.
HD2composer
Cannot wait until I have some level of wealth and can hop on flights to randomly meet up with people on here. It would be fun... I think
NoGoodComments
Until you got raped with a ball bat
ratchet3789
Can I come?
IBlowForALiving
Cum. I haven't cum in years.
Rowee
in the drinks?
iliketoinvitepeopletowestvirginia
Of course you can! Bring everyone else too! Let's all discuss this post over drinks in West Virginia!
ColtTheKid
I'm in Texas can I just meet y'all up there
NoGoodComments
They say yall both places. Except one state is real dumb and the other state is REALLY FUCKIN DUMB.
APenguinInATuxedo
Where in West va?
AndreasEriksen
Then they all fucked.
ColtTheKid
The end.
OtterlyKim
Can you guys wait while I do 150 hours of minimum wage job first? I can't quite afford the flights just yet.
DoesItThough
I might be moving to the tri area this fall. I might hit ya up if you're down around there.
ImMisterMeeseeksLookAtMee
What bar?
pierresito
My brother and I are both very much like him. He and I are basically polar opposites politially, philosophically, etc.
EsanVoid
his eyes say ""eat shit world I did it"" to me
Jabberwotchi
As someone who started working for what they have when they were only 12. It is really hard to respect people who complain about their lot>
Jabberwotchi
>in life when they blame it on everything but themselves, and do nothing to improve it.
itsacarpediemkindofday
My friend knows him pretty well. Sounds like he's generous, kind, and compassionate.
SJohnson23
In fifteen years, he'll be a hardcore Republican, insisting nobody gave him anything and why should he pay for lazy poor people's education.
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
I mean, I hope not
OptimisticDownvoteLover
Yikes :/
LookingForWorkInColorado
In Australia or UK, we'd tell him to get over himself. Everybody overcomes challenges.
METAAAAAAAAAL
Wouldn't that be an argument for his position though, that everybody overcomes challenges.
hakunamatatas
What "position" is that? He was just talking about his life and the struggles he went through.
LookingForWorkInColorado
So why mention it?
ZimGenzko
Yeah because you're cunts, mate.
LookingForWorkInColorado
No regerts.
professionalpootalker
You sure about that?
nolanurse
"Traveled the world..." I'm betting there's more to this
AVoiceOfReason
"So I could travel" is the right quote. Don't literally change the words and tense and misquote him for your idiotic point.
nolanurse
The entire post reads as occurring in the past, until "Today I graduated". Past to present.
zma123456
People who gloat about their own life usually say things that will get them more sympathy from others
warlord7
So he could travel the world. Hasn't yet, plans to. Which is why he worked his butt off.
Doog111
I checked him, he lives in house worth $35K in a bad neighborhood in Youngstown, let the guy be proud he made it.
DeusExSpockina
Harvard provides for a lot of "extras", available due to the size of their endowments. He may have had travel or study abroad paid in full.
shmachero
Someone's hiding their trip to Thailand where they banged a 7 year old!
tenebrisangelus
That's disgusting.
shmachero
I totally agree. Outsourcing American labor.
amoeba15
If you/your parents make under $60,000 a year (which is likely the case in this post), then tuition is free.
Canadiankittytitty
In Canada. Not the states
MichaelaWeasley
That is not true. My parents are dirt poor and I am in $13,000 worth of debt for school. I payed for the other $25,000
MichaelaWeasley
Don't see why this is being downvoted. Just stating a fact that in Canada school isn't free if you come from a low income family
amoeba15
He went to Harvard. Harvard has free tuition for low income students.
amoeba15
To specify: I mean at Harvard. Low income students get free tuition at Harvard.
0TheFirehawk0
Tha flippity-fuckin'-do-da?!...why didn't I know about this? I'm almost done with my in-state degree and it isn't free at all... :( oh well
amoeba15
I have no idea if it applies to graduate degrees or if it's just undergrad, but if it does then go get it. Also, hehehehe, pumpkintoot.
SolidusPliskin
You have to be reeeeeeeaaaaaaallly good at school to get into Harvard without rich parents buying you in
OutlawAggie
Or a minority/athlete with good enough grades
FreshWater13
that's cool and all, and I'm not trying to downplay his hard work, but fuck, it SHOULD NOT be that hard. RIP his childhood.
chickeninthebushbush
Everytime I read posts like these, as a European, the US seems such an incredibly backward country with education that expensive
Arcian
The US treats its own people like cattle.
FullSpeedAhead
People immigrate to this country for the OPPORTUNITIES. He was willing to work, study to attain his goals. Good job, fellow American!
Doog111
Who will actually appreciate the education more though, him or trust fund Jessica with her BMW and gig in daddy's corporation?
doglad
how about we get a happy medium going haha
fragtore
Life is not that black and white
randomfan276
I had financial security during uni, and I'm eternally thankful to my parents for providing that. So who knows? It's not that simple.
ZazzySayWhat
I think he was referring to rich people as opposed to thise who had the money for what they needed.
randomfan276
I think my point still stands. You don't have to be poor to appreciate what you have eg education. Not all rich people are entitled snobs.
ZazzySayWhat
You are right, but the comparison still stands. Odds are the more you work for something, financially/schoolwork, the more you will
TheYoungGod
This is gonna be super unpopular, but I feel like this is a bit over dramatized. I mean in college there's plenty of financial aid...
TheYoungGod
You definitely don't need to struggle that hard to get a laptop. Hell 150 hours at minimum wage is way more than a decent Toshiba laptop.
TheYoungGod
Over 2/3 of my class had a waiver for the SAT fee.
darkdragonempress
If you're at a really bad school they may not let you know the fee waiver is an option.
TheYoungGod
That's possible I guess... But my school was pretty shit. Three kids got stabbed during my time there. Also had a drive by and a shooter.
ommnoms
He also said he helped support his family with his part time job so maybe that's why
TheThoroughbredOfSinBadHorse
100% of my college was paid for. But I still had to work 50 hours a week to buy food, pay rent, computer, etc. Unless you can live off 1
TheThoroughbredOfSinBadHorse
Your parents, and have them provide the basic necessities of life, you can't just make it on student loans and financial aid. 2
TheYoungGod
Definitely. But that's not unusual. Everyone I knew worked for living costs. But finaid easily covered our books, laptops, software, etc.
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
Getting into one of the greatest universities on the planet should be that hard.
junkhead412
Harvard sets a race of students on a pedestal, a race that used to fight against segregation now they are having their own graduation to 1/2
junkhead412
Segregate themselves. harvad is far from great
maximuminnovationstevejobs
Hard academically but not hard in other ways.
MexicanRainbowSprinkles
I disagree. This person had to overcome major obstacles whereas a wealthier person would have greater access to resources and by >
MexicanRainbowSprinkles
Extension an easier time achieving their goals.
MexicanRainbowSprinkles
Also, the wealthy may also 'buy' their way in through a 'generous donation' to the school before applying.
FancyGiraffes
So what? Because rich people have it better, we should remove all disparity and become communist russia?
fragtore
Iff so then it should be like that for everyone and it isn't so
ZazzySayWhat
It sucks, but he is a stronger person for it. I'm 32 and going to school with 21 yr old entitled brats. The things they complain about......
FreshWater13
I feel like that's because it's what you're listening for. The vocal minority and all that.
ZazzySayWhat
Kind of hard not to hear it, I'm surrounded by it. Of course not all 21 yr olds are that way, but some of the brats I'm around need to know
ZazzySayWhat
struggle to understand and appreciate what they have.
SoapyMammaryMasturbation
I don't think struggling that hard makes you stronger. It's simply that only those that are strong enough can make it.
ZazzySayWhat
If not that, it atleast makes you appreciate what you accomplished more.
fbutt09
Everyone has a different and unique family setup. Life is hard and more people struggle than what you perceive.
fragtore
What he probably means is lets make society more equal so less have to do this.
VisuallyDriven
You think if we don't have to work hard or strive for anything in life that is going to make society better? I think you don't have a clue..
FreshWater13
I'm saying he shouldn't have had to give up his entire childhood in order to get higher education
fragtore
Word.
tzap
I don't think one should have to work extra hard to have even the chance at getting good education.
fragtore
USA is so incredibly unequal. Some get no chances and have to fight like crazy, some get everything. Struggle can be good, but not like that
StoptheInfamousElGuapo
look at what we have now: an entire generation of kids who are spoiled rotten, who have NEVER been forced to endure any hardship, never
StoptheInfamousElGuapo
forced to take ANY responsibility, who can't tolerate the tiniest bit of criticism and expect someone else to just give them what they want
fragtore
This is just not true. Every generation ever felt that the nest one was useless.
fragtore
Putting words in my mouth. I say it should/could be more fair from the get go, not that we should have NO struggle.
CoderWithoutCaffeine
I struggle to finish HS while raising my family, because of that I'm a better person. If people don't struggle they won't appreciate life.
fragtore
There are different levels of struggle. Today some have way too much, some almost none and some a normal amount. Should level playing field
StoptheInfamousElGuapo
I don't understand why this was downvoted....the harder you work for something, the more you appreciate it when you get it!
CoderWithoutCaffeine
Probably people that have never worked hard for anything.
fragtore
This is not a truth