Never assume poor means stupid.

I agree with this, it is not good but I like it. Let me explain (kevin hart voice), I have friends who are younger than me who did quite well in their h/sch as opposed to me who slacked around and failed.

I did realise my error and started working on improving my situation but I could not take back the time lost, i was already in college now, i was also not given any scholarships due to my poor past performance. However my so called younger friends that i met later in life worked harder than me and were given scholarships and were also able to get a job which gave them an opportunity to develop and handle more responsibility.

When I was graduating for my bachelors in college I had no work experience whatsoever, my country is a developing country so not much opportunity for working part time and all. By the way my younger friends got scholarships to american universities (they are from my country).

My parents have been very supportive of me and have always liked the idea of me going to america to study and take advantage of the opportunities, so my dad urged me to apply for a masters and I succeeded at getting accepted to a university in america and getting a U.S. student visa.

Fast forward 2 years, I have graduated from the university with a masters, most of the tuition was paid by my family. I got good opportunities after graduating but bad lack made me not take advantage of a job offer by a big company now I am still depending on my family, technically I am poor person with qualifications but nothing to show for it.

My friends by this time are much further in life, they graduated got married, got green cards and went to work for multinationals. I do not even have a car because I had to spend all the money I earned from my school job in student tuition. My so called friends are sometimes disrespectful in that they do not take my opinions seriously and this really fueled my hunger to succeed more. This is what OP is talking about by people thinking you are generally stupid only that I made stupid decisions in the past which I learnt from.

I do not intend to have any substantial relationships with them because of their character but they do not know this. For all they care I'm this older dude that does not have anything to show for in his many years in life, who enjoys hanging with them, little do they know they sparked something in me.

For me its not just about my dreams in life its about not letting them win because of how ignorant they are. Thank you for reading, I am going back to study.

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