[Catharsis.]

Originally Posted by Pizza Slut

For us regular people the only way we can make anything of ourselves is either to hold out for a lucky break which 99% of the regular population will not get OR we have to work hard to achieve our goals. The majority of employers aren't going to want to hire a high-school drop out.

This.

It's easy for a person from a privileged background to tell us that we're all idiots for staying in school and that we'd be better off dropping out. Unfortunately, not all of us were born into money and slept in a cot lined with dollar bills, so we have no choice, otherwise we won't get anywhere reasonable in life, nor should we expect to, if we don't work to earn it. Simple as.