August 28, 2000 at 12:00 am #23788
Carlton-B19253
Participant
I am ‘relatively successful,’ and yes, I feel that anyone with a work ethic could get where I am. However I feel that it would also take a lack of obstacles like race or mental impairment. I don’t feel like my poor relatives are lazy or immature but they certainly have different priorities than me. I feel like this is what holds them back. I feel that they envy my success but do not see the sacrifices I made to get where I am. I offer them all the help that they ask for, but they seem to be doing OK without me.