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To: elpolvo who wrote (9720)	1/27/2002 10:22:32 AM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104157

LOL (stutter) ... which one, elpolvo? And when and how did you leave the reservation? Or was it your parents who left or are they still there? Re learning humanity and humility more valuable than Harvard (education): I, too, always felt 'lucky' not to have been born into a wealthy family. I went to the high school which supported the wealthiest suburb of Louisville, KY at the time. Large class; many, many classmates were children of the 'blue blood' families in the area ... surgeons, attorneys, Ford, GE, Brown & Williamson, Brown Foreman (distillery) high-level executives, bank presidents/executives, etc. The parking lot teemed with brand-new Cobras (remember them?) ... there was even a Shelby ... and Corvettes. One in particular I can remember so vividly: Judy Waites' bright yellow new Sting Ray. Her dad was president of a fairly large company ... then the Kaiser kids (father owned tire company - might have been affiliated with Goodyear or Goodrich; I can't recall) all drove new cars each year ... At age 16, I felt that these kids' lives ... and futures, likely .. held no challenge. I thought their lives would be 'empty' ... and 'aimless' -- nothing to strive for. Work towards. Goals to achieve. They had 'everything' already. They weren't 'motivated' ... or stimulated ... or 'turned on' by anything ... such as art, or math, or science. Or journalism, which I discovered was what I wanted to pursue when I took the class as a junior from the best teacher in the school. Three weeks into the school year I KNEW I was going to do something with my life/career based on journalism. Thirty years later (reunion last June), indeed ... many of those (like me) who were from 'average' middle class socionomics 'status,' were the ones who built careers and lives on what we stumbled on in HS. One man was in the 'geek' outcrowd ... is now a scientist @ NASA. The rich kids still appear vacuous. Not mentally challenged, etc. Many simply married doctors. -g- Others are very unhappy running their fathers' companies. Bores 'em. Find it a 'hassle.' One, whose Dad handed him and his brother a cool one million bucks each ten years ago is on his third marriage and is unhappy in it. He's dabbled in all sorts of things ... landscaping co in Dallas...didn't like that... now has his own little ad specialties biz. Selling logo coffee mugs, key chains ... you know. In other words, it seems to me that those of us who didn't 'have it made' through our parents' wealth were much more aware and interested in -- motivated -- to find something that really 'turned us on' to learn more about. In order to pursue a fulfilling job career. We knew we had to -- LOL -- my parents made VERY CLEAR that after college, which they bankrolled (about 60%; remainder I worked throughout college to pay), I was going to very definitely be 100% responsible for supporting myself. Humanity. I identify with the 'lower classes.' Strongly. Adamantly. I'm one. That's why I despise George W Bush, his father, his grandfather, and all of their 'pals.' ha. Much more than you really wanted to know, eh? -g- bia