Re: OT : what is middle class poverty?

Posted by Dave from MN on January 11, 2007 at 06:55:22 from (74.60.85.81):

In Reply to: Re: OT : what is middle class poverty? posted by M Nut on January 11, 2007 at 06:14:15:

Nice to see what people say here. Good people here. I grew up with a 1 income household. Barely over 15,000/year in the early 80's. I am 36v years old. Bought this farm from a neighbor. Was able to get the loan due to the fact that I was making about $100,000 year the previous 2 years,but I was promoted to that position from a general production emplyee over the course of about 10 years. It was difficult for me as I never graduated high school. I was one that thought I could get by working hard, so I would take off school whenever there was a job during the week, that I could make cash. Well, I missed more that 8 days in a semester and with grades ranging from a's -f's, i lost all my credits for that year, it was school policy, it was my senior year. I dropped out. I worked different jobs making what I thought was good enough. I lost touch with old freinds from school because of my shame of quiting. At 22 my girlfreind got pregnant and I started a job in a factory. At 24 our relationship soured and a few months later I found my self fighting for custody, I was driving a $200 chevy citation, had $200 in savings and was 1 month behind on rent, and she came to live with me. I decided my daughter needed a good life and even better examples of how to live. So I never missed work for any reason other than her health. I tryed to be the best I could and over 10 years went from GP to maint to supervision to management eventually running 50% of the plant, then resigned. I now have this place, a awesome wife, 3 great kids. I never realy let anyone know about no diploma, only my HR person knew. I still dont have one, too ashamed and embarressed to go back and get it. I have worked hard for what I have and really need to instill education and investing in your future to my kids. I was fortunate as a high school drop out to survive, but I am an exception to the norm. Keep your kids in school and teach them that having everything is not all that important. Spoiling them will only make it harder if they are in a pickle like I was, growing up poor and not having what all my freinds did allowed me to climb out a hole.

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