[Veto!]

My dad couldn’t afford to finish high school, yet I grew up in the best neighborhood in the 7th wealthiest suburb in the US. One neighbor was Charles Kettering, son of the founder of General Motors, and his daughter was my friend.

Blows the statistics to hell, doesn’t it? Dad always liked doing that :}

[marktwain]

Blows the statistics to hell, doesn’t it? Dad always liked doing that :}

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I see it differently. It probably means you and your father had excellent genes, as well as a willingness to work and excel.