8. "RE: Biggest difference I see between the Poor & the Wealthy/ Robert Peac..." In response to In response to 0
this is true for me and i'm not even first generation. >
>it's clear to me >the biggest thing missing in his life was someone to mentor >him and tell him exactly what he needed to do after he left >Yale. Dude was groping around trying to figure out what to do >with that Yale degree and all it would have taken is someone >to point out how he could have leverage that to make the type >of money he wanted. A lot of first generation college don't >realize that making it to college is really just the start of >it all and they have all sorts of decisions to make after that >to obtain a Good Life. > >Meanwhile their wealthy counterparts are being advised on what >courses to take, where to intern and have jobs lined up when >they are done with school. >
> >Personally, even though I come from a good family and have >done pretty well for myself, I still feel that I am about one >generation behind my white counterparts. Considering My >father's grandfather was a slave, that's damn good. But yeah. >
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