Posted by alexandra_k on November 5, 2005, at 23:54:15
In reply to Re: ??, posted by AuntieMel on November 4, 2005, at 12:08:25
because i guess you are from the middle
and know lots of people from the middle
and so you see yourselves as working jolly hard for what you haveand i accept that.
fully.but (from around the age of 7)
i was from the low
and i knew lots of people from the low
and so i could see people with not much hope who didn't believe there was much point in trying because they wouldn't succeed.there was intervention.
and it helped.
we would have been far worse off without it
far worse offi don't know what i would have done
i don't know where i'd bei imagine those standardised tests...
would have ruled out university as an option for mei'm thinking drugs and crime
because it was a close call...
it was a close call for me over here...
but over here...
well...
i have received government assistance
thats what has supported me everyday since i was 7.i remember living on...
$130 per week.
i'm serious.
thats $100 board (+ food / power etc)
$20 cigarettes
$10 bus to school
toiletries were an issue for a while there...
but my choice because i prioritised tobaccoi lived like that for three years and thats how i got myself through high school.
without it...
drugs and crime...
i couldn't work a 9-5 day
maybe...
maybe it is about choosing not to...
i don't know
but i couldn't do it...maybe i should have been left...
maybe i am just lazy...
i don't know.but i guess where we are in the world...
influences our beliefs greatly(a get a little more than that now i should say - but not much. welfare isn't about luxuries. its about basic needs.)
poster:alexandra_k
thread:574039
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