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But I don't think that they have as much pressure as we do to get a perfect transcript, to win state or national awards (local competitions are useless for the privileged at my school), to score perfects on the SAT.
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<p>that's because they have other, more difficult and much more real problems to deal with. I'm not saying those things you mentioned are easy by any means, but you continually compare academic struggles to those of the impoverished who fight to survive. Your logic my friend, is very, very flawed.</p>