>You can't really explain good debt >and bad debt to someone >who's had stuff cut off >and reposessed. It's beyond >their scope of experience.
that's real...
and the point about culture is important too. If I had a nickel for every person who told me their parent said this: "as long as I don't get a call from the principal & you don't have to repeat a grade, I don't care what you do," I'd be rich.
With that thinking, the value of an education--be it personal or simply the opportunity to better the quality of life--can fall by the wayside.
"The entire world is being driven insane by this single phrase: "My religion alone is true." ...Who can make a system from Divine Mystery? But if any sincere practitioner, within whatever culture or religion, prays and meditates with great devotion & committment to Truth alone, Your Grace will flood his mind and heart..." ~~Ramakrishna
"Ignorance: The Verbal Airborne Disease" (c) my friend Ty
"cats pop champagne/over misery and pain/like slaves on the ship/talkin 'bout/who got the flyest chains" ~~Talib Kweli
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