people enjoy being stupid. i know that growing up in a poor neighborhood, it was considered more "cool" to be stupid and get in trouble than to behave and do your work. especially if a parent does not encourage learning, but only believes that a child should only go to school until they can get a job or have a baby. cycle of ignorance. some people don't want their children to acheive more than they did because it makes them look like a failure. or the idea of acting above your station in life--that you have a set place in life and should stay there. then again, i could be talking complete nonsense.
this would be typed better but my glasses are broken and i am waiting for them to dry after being glued together.
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Date: 2004-03-01 01:59 am (UTC)this would be typed better but my glasses are broken and i am waiting for them to dry after being glued together.