Wakeforest22890
Snowpom
I don't believe that blowing smoke up a kid's skirt about opportunities that may not exist is fair to the child nor the best way to go. This is also why I'm pretty anti-religion and anti-Manifest Destiny/American Dream propaganda (and that's what it is - propaganda). I'll always place my money on the kid who has been taught reality over a kid who has been sold a myth. Working hard will certainly put you ahead of equally situated people who don't work hard, but working hard won't always put you ahead of people who start ahead of you. That's what I'll tell my kids, and that's why I will take the kid who has the actual information instead of the myth in tow when he starts working in America.
It's also a loaded question since the sides presented are "work hard" or "no hard work ever puts you ahead." I would think the options are "if you work hard anything can happen!" vs. "even if you work hard you might still not succeed objectively, but working hard is always going to help put you ahead of some others."
It's also a loaded question since the sides presented are "work hard" or "no hard work ever puts you ahead." I would think the options are "if you work hard anything can happen!" vs. "even if you work hard you might still not succeed objectively, but working hard is always going to help put you ahead of some others."