| Castille, no wonder school for you was "overrated." School for you was CRAP. But learning to take care of yourself does not get you into college, and your method takes twice as much effort and determination than most people are required coming from a good school. Either way, kids in your neighborhood are most likely not going to get far.
Hell, kids in my neighborhood aren't going to get far - but I had the benefit of having two college-educated parents and private lessons that got me into a 'magnet' public school and found me the resources needed to get into a good college. It's a self-serving prophecy - that much I can see - which is why I'm placing so much importance on improving general education, because there is none.
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