It is incredible in light of where he came from. Most people tend to move only slightly up from their starting point. Poor people usually stay poor and middle class usually stays middle class.
It takes a lot more work to start from poverty and end up middle class than having been born into middle class and maintained it.
“It takes a lot more work to start from poverty and end up middle class than having been born into middle class and maintained it.”
Very true.
Its so easy to make excuses and remain at your level than to push to excel. This young man had the extra problems of gangs, section 8 housing and downward peer pressure to overcome. That peer pressure seems to keep too many from succeeding.
I know nothing about the business college referenced in the article but I’m sure he will have ignorant required first year reading assignments and pressure from the “Studies” crowd to deal with.