NO Excuses!

[2Slow4U_Noob]

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this..but anyways..

Im tired of people always complaining about how poor they are and making excuses for why they are poor especially blaming it on their race... I'm half mexican although I look 100% white.. and I grew up poor as can be living in a 2 bedroom apt with 6 people, having to sleep on the floor all through highschool and not having a family car. We were without electricty or phone alot of times. I'v had guns and knives pulled on me in my neigborhood. When we left the apt, we had to stay at friends places or hotels until we could get money to get a new place. Through all this I was able to graduate with honors from high school, graduate college with a computer science degree, and now I am supporting myself and even helping my parents out with money when they need it. My sister took some college courses too and lives well off with her husband and 2 kids. My brother is currently a sophmore in college as well. If we were able to do all this then i dont see how anybody willing to work hard can't do the same. There should be no excuses to get out of the slums.

-if your poor and especially if you aren't white you can have a good deal of your college paid for for free, maybe even all of it if you make the grades

-if school isnt your thing, you can go to technical school, play sports, or stay at 1 job long enough to make manager or something

-work hard. no ones going to give you anything if you don't work hard for it

-most importantly DON'T DO DRUGS(even weed thats still a drug and costly too), DON't DRINK EXCESSIVELY, and DON'T HAVE KIDS

[Raz_Kaz]

Originally Posted by 2Slow4U_Noob

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this..but anyways..

Im tired of people always complaining about how poor they are and making excuses for why they are poor especially blaming it on their race... I'm half mexican although I look 100% white.. and I grew up poor as can be living in a 2 bedroom apt with 6 people, having to sleep on the floor all through highschool and not having a family car. We were without electricty or phone alot of times. I'v had guns and knives pulled on me in my neigborhood. When we left the apt, we had to stay at friends places or hotels until we could get money to get a new place. Through all this I was able to graduate with honors from high school, graduate college with a computer science degree, and now I am supporting myself and even helping my parents out with money when they need it. My sister took some college courses too and lives well off with her husband and 2 kids. My brother is currently a sophmore in college as well. If we were able to do all this then i dont see how anybody willing to work hard can't do the same. There should be no excuses to get out of the slums.

-if your poor and especially if you aren't white you can have a good deal of your college paid for for free, maybe even all of it if you make the grades

-if school isnt your thing, you can go to technical school, play sports, or stay at 1 job long enough to make manager or something

-work hard. no ones going to give you anything if you don't work hard for it

-most importantly DON'T DO DRUGS(even weed thats still a drug and costly too), DON't DRINK EXCESSIVELY, and DON'T HAVE KIDS

Point 1, agree
Point 2, agree
Point 3, agree
Point 4, agree up until the NEVER HAVE KIDS part

[2Slow4U_Noob]

haha..im not saying never..at least have a job and some money first..don't be like my high school..we had the highest pregnancy rate in the county, our county was the highest in the state, and our state is the highest in the country! We had a 9 month waiting list for the day care center at the school so as soon as girls got pregnant they had to sign up to get in. That doesnt mean you can't have fun just be careful

PS just because you have kids early doesn't make you a slut and your are now hopeless! People make mistakes and this is a very common mistake. My mother had 3 kids by the time she was 21 the first before marriage and my sister had her first before she was married, it just makes things a lot harder, but they did it and that means anybody else can do it too!

[Raz_Kaz]

I vote for 2Slow4U_Noob for president

[jon@af]

Moved to stress-release

[RSX-S777]

I agree. It's easy to make excuses, blame others and turn to the drug game for easy money etc- it's hard to do what you've done. Very admirable.

[freakonaleash1187]

just like i had to work for my car. the only thing my parents help me with is $75 of my insurance a month (i pay $100). other people are like, mom i want a better car, get me one, no, work for it yourself.

[TexasF355F1]

Glad to see someone who feels the same way.

[Jimmiz71]

-Jimmy

[YogsVR4]

Welcome to the world of libertarians

[2Slow4U_Noob]

I agree..this thread definitly goes in stress relief not philosophy

[Raz_Kaz]

Originally Posted by 2Slow4U_Noob

I agree..this thread definitly goes in stress relief not philosophy

If he rewrote it, it could have fit very nicely in the philosophy forum...either way...DONT HAVE KIDS!!! jk

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

Welcome to the world of libertarians

Already there.

Now if only people realized it doesn't have to be a two party system....

[jajimo]

Im tired of people always complaining about how poor they are and making excuses for why they are poor...

Out of curiousity, what happens when you work in the same job for 27 years and then your company decides to outsource to India and lay you off? Oh, and you have a wife, and two kids in college.

Or perhaps, your husband leaves you with two daughters, forcing you to get two jobs just to pay rent and keep them in school, only for you to get laid off by the first job, and subsequently a year or so later, laid off by the second? How do you pay medical insurance? Car insurance? Gas? Food? Rent? Want your kids to go to college? What about birthday and x-mas presents?

The poverty of this country isn't caused only by drugs and laziness. I hate people who make excuses also, but that doesn't mean all of them are unwarranted.

[Steel]

Originally Posted by jajimo

Im tired of people always complaining about how poor they are and making excuses for why they are poor...

Out of curiousity, what happens when you work in the same job for 27 years and then your company decides to outsource to India and lay you off? Oh, and you have a wife, and two kids in college.

Or perhaps, your husband leaves you with two daughters, forcing you to get two jobs just to pay rent and keep them in school, only for you to get laid off by the first job, and subsequently a year or so later, laid off by the second? How do you pay medical insurance? Car insurance? Gas? Food? Rent? Want your kids to go to college? What about birthday and x-mas presents?

The poverty of this country isn't caused only by drugs and laziness. I hate people who make excuses also, but that doesn't mean all of them are unwarranted.

but a lot of them are