Higher education has become more and more the most important statistical predictor of financial success (though by no means the only one). Social mobility is restricted to the extent that access to higher education is restricted.
later tonight i will try to find a link that backs up the fact
that more and more people with higher degrees are not working in their field
because book smarts hardly translates into practical work abilities
anybody who wants to can get ahead
I have
life is what you make of it
especially when all you do is make excuses and blame 'whitey' for keeping you down
My father is a retired cop
instead of sitting in a house drinking his retirement away, llike alot of his crew, he picked up a hammer
next thing you know, in about 6 years he is building Million dollar second homes for Wall St types
he drives a Bentley Flying Spur and Continental GT, a mercedes 500 series and 3 other 'normal' vehicles
his clients think he is an *******, but he says what he does and does what he says. When he screws up, he eats it, when his clients screw up he bans them from their own home until it is completed
and they are pleased with the results because his entire business is generated by referrals
virtually anybody willing to do what it takes can make it
in my experience tho, like Kelzie said, most people are looking for security and stability. Therefor the earn modest incomes
I have only had a couple of jobs that paid salary in my life
I earn what I generate, and i go hungry if i dont
my neighbor is a surveyor. He has a tremendous people personality, more knowledge of the local are than I do, and would make a tremendous realtor, even better than myself
but he can not live life on commission
and while he makes a very respectable paycheck, he could easily quadruple it by becoming a salesman
He chooses not to, out of fear and insecurity
and will remain middle class for life because he is not willing to do what it takes to get ahead
