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>>51047866
>grew up poor as fuck
>section 8 housing, neighbors were all African immigrants
>so poor, never had birthday parties or brought my friends over
>join the Army because I was a shitty student and had no real hope of going to college
>get out after a few deployments as an infantryman, shitty ASVAB
>go to school on the GI Bill
>applied myself with the bit of discipline and ethic that carried over and got a degree in electrical engineering
>make very comfortable money in a low cost of living city in a secure job field with excellent benefits