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Originally Posted by meaghanchan
The problem is that different people start in different places. I grew up in a home where education was valued. Going to college was very important, doing well in school was very important. I was reading before I got into kindergarten, my parents always helped me with their homework. I graduated college, and if my job doesn't give me health insurance, well, that's kind of my own problem for choosing the field I did.
I have a friend who is a teacher in middle school. Most of the kids he teaches don't have the advantages I had. You can not get the same amount of learning/skills out of your education when your family is homeless or your mother is addicted to crack cocaine. You've got bigger things to worry about then your multiplication tables. And when you don't have access to health care-- when you have to worry every time you get sick because you can't afford to go to the doctor-- don't tell me that you're in the same position starting out in life as someone who can go to the doctor every time they have a cough.
It's easy to say 'everyone should pay their own way' when you do have health insurance. I have yet to see someone who doesn't espouse that opinion.
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Two things to consider.
1. I'm not suggesting that charity should be outlawed but that it should be a personal choice rather than a mandatory one. It is quite possible that there would be free schools or free hospitals operated on a charitable basis for anyone to use.
2. There is an assumption that everyone should succeed. This simply isn't possible and there will always be those that are better and those that are worse. This is a natural thing and indeed evolution works on this uneven distribution of skills.
The main point for me is that people should take responsibility for their own life first and foremost and take pride in doing the very best that they can with their life. If you think about it the chances of each of us being born are absolutely miniscule yet here we are. So you sure shouldn't complain about your circumstances because you can achieve great things if you try hard enough. If some people have poor lives because they don't try then I have no sympathy for them.