Growing up in a Jewish family, I can tell you that not only did my parents preach about education, but there was enormous presure on me to perform well in school. Even a "B" was not considered an acceptable grade. I was expected to get straight A's, and when I did not there were consequences. I was expected to get into a good college, and it was made clear to me that my parents would pay for college if I got into a good school.

And then there was my best friend from high school... He was from a poor family, grew up in the bad part of town, and had parents who never said a word to him about education. He once told me that in his family, not only would his dad not even help to pay for college, but at age 18 he was expected to move out of the house and support himself. I doubt his parents even looked at his report cards. The only time his parents would get angry at him or his brothers was if they got in trouble with the law. Out of 5 kids in his family, only 3 graduated high school, 2 ended up in prison, and only one (not him) graduated from college.

Your parents have an enormous influence on you. Those who come from a good family may take that for granted. As they say, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Lousy parents usually means lousy kids. Not always, but usually.

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