Hitting the Bank

[DaBurglar]

[QUOTE=Tedlark] I would also wonder how you wasted the opportunities available to you given your educational background.


Like you Ted, we don't know if the bank robber was an Ivy League grad, but I read in the Washington post they are in the 75th income percentile 10 years after starting school. It also stated that by the time they were 32 were earning upwards of $250k.

It's hard to imagine how anyone so smart, with an Ivy League degree, earning that type of money, over say 20-30 years, wouldn't be set for life. But, I guess anyting can happen.

CK



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Nah....You either are misinterpreting what you read, leaving something out or just lost. You also need to read the whole thread from the beginning to understand what exactly is being discussed here, not to mention all the issues and questions Ted has dodged along the way while attempting to manipulate the flow and theme of this thread....Your quote above is a prime example.

First off, what constitutes "set for life"? You follow that up with anything can happen so you basically are uttering a pointless meaningless statement. Second, what about yourself? Are you set for life? Third, since when do you read and quote a liberal leaning rag like the Washington Post?


I myself can honestly say I'm set "for now and probably for this year...." My Harvard degree and follow-up educational career never conferred "set for life" on me or anyone else I know who went to school with me....Kids who showed up at Harvard already wealthy perhaps might fit your narrow definition.   But it's all about what a person does after one graduates, how they utilize their talents and resources and opportunities, while at the same time minimizing or avoiding altogether bad breaks and unforeseen trouble... Sometimes, crap simply lands on you because that's life, just as some people succeed despite themselves or in ways that simply are outrageous luck.

Also, money is one component of "success", but only in A very limited and conditional way....A whole lot of other things must also be present and part of the mix for financial success to really mean anything. That's neither cliche nor minimizing money, that's just reality....

But this guy in the picture above, regardless of what he did or what happened before he put the 25 dollar chip down, the fact he chose to do what he did from that point forward means his failure and predicament is sadly all his fault.

[Casino Knight]

Can't help the way the way the thread flowed DB.

As for me, I'm pretty comfortable. Despite, all the trials and tribulations that comes from making my own way since I was 18.

I've never believed in "luck", rather, in Divine Providence, and never giving up on myself.

He probably only saw one set of foot prints in the sand.