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<blockquote data-quote="jrerun21" data-source="post: 3508270" data-attributes="member: 570954">See, this is why education is a big part of the picture.&nbsp; No doubt the majority of impoverished people go to public school.&nbsp; We all pay for that.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the education in that system is not up to par in every district.&nbsp; I had to fenagle the system just to go to school out of my district so I could have a real chance.&nbsp; Unfortunately, if everyone did the same thing, the practice would immediately be halted.&nbsp; Even at this better school, there were teachers that would change a failing grade to an A if a parent complained.&nbsp; Luckily, I grew up in a private school before I entered the public school system and made sure to fight my way out of English Second Language classes I obviously did not belong in.&nbsp; I made sure I didn&#039;t take the easy way out under any circumstance.There are a lot of youth that are forced by parents to quit school to work on account of their inability to bring in enough income.&nbsp; I hope it&#039;s understood that many communities have negative sentiments towards a government that often enacts legislation that is particularly harder on certain communities (i.e. harsher punishment on crack than cocaine.)&nbsp; Since you&#039;re going in to law I pray you&#039;re one of the good guys.I do agree with your point on a lack of role models to exemplify ways to get from point A to point B.The pregnancy issue is not just within the teenage population.&nbsp; My theory is that a baby always brings joy, and impoverished people need something to be happy.&nbsp; There is also education that plays a part.&nbsp; Lack of information on preventing pregnancy, which has turned around substantially within the last couple of years.&nbsp; However, it&#039;s another case where education plays a key role.I know there&#039;s nothing inherently wrong with credit cards.&nbsp; Credit cards are supposed to be a means of paying for things without having to carry around the money you already have.&nbsp; People use it as a means of paying for things they can&#039;t afford, which is the same thing a loan is for.&nbsp; Nobody has a guaranteed prosperous future.&nbsp; So loans and using credit cards without money are a set up for failure.I still stand by the fact that people that choose to work a little less to qualify for welfare and be able to support their family are smarter than those that work harder and still can&#039;t support their family.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jrerun21, post: 3508270, member: 570954"] See, this is why education is a big part of the picture. No doubt the majority of impoverished people go to public school. We all pay for that. Unfortunately, the education in that system is not up to par in every district. I had to fenagle the system just to go to school out of my district so I could have a real chance. Unfortunately, if everyone did the same thing, the practice would immediately be halted. Even at this better school, there were teachers that would change a failing grade to an A if a parent complained. Luckily, I grew up in a private school before I entered the public school system and made sure to fight my way out of English Second Language classes I obviously did not belong in. I made sure I didn't take the easy way out under any circumstance. There are a lot of youth that are forced by parents to quit school to work on account of their inability to bring in enough income. I hope it's understood that many communities have negative sentiments towards a government that often enacts legislation that is particularly harder on certain communities (i.e. harsher punishment on crack than cocaine.) Since you're going in to law I pray you're one of the good guys. I do agree with your point on a lack of role models to exemplify ways to get from point A to point B. The pregnancy issue is not just within the teenage population. My theory is that a baby always brings joy, and impoverished people need something to be happy. There is also education that plays a part. Lack of information on preventing pregnancy, which has turned around substantially within the last couple of years. However, it's another case where education plays a key role. I know there's nothing inherently wrong with credit cards. Credit cards are supposed to be a means of paying for things without having to carry around the money you already have. People use it as a means of paying for things they can't afford, which is the same thing a loan is for. Nobody has a guaranteed prosperous future. So loans and using credit cards without money are a set up for failure. I still stand by the fact that people that choose to work a little less to qualify for welfare and be able to support their family are smarter than those that work harder and still can't support their family. [/QUOTE]

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