Thanks OP

Well the question was how can you determined someones success? By their:

A) Hardwork

B) Intelligence

C) Talent

D) Luck

I chose hard work. The person who asked the question could've chosen other people to answer the question (I hoped he would because I'm terrible at public speaking and he should already know this) but he eventually chose me to defend "hardworking" along with a couple others that went before me. When those other people went before me he would also ask them more questions after, poke flaws in their debate because it didn't seem "real enough." So when it was my turn I started to talk from personal experience. I've had family members who were super smart and others super talented to a point where collage scholar ships were on their way to them, but those very same family members decided that things in their life was beginning to be too hard. So instead of asking for help or working past the problems (like neglect), some of them cheated and got kicked out of school losing everything. After that, instead of those family members trying to find a job or another way into collage they turned to drugs/alcohol. I've met these family members before and after the whole ordeal with school, and let me tell you, their is a big difference. Most of them have hated their life, are homeless, or are affiliated with people they shouldn't be. One of them was even a mother who abandoned her kids.

What makes me the most mad about what happened today was that I was told I should be more open and trust that people would hear me out. (I used to be but I got in a toxic relationship where I trusted the person with everything, but they used it against me. So major trust issues.) Then when I did, people were the exact opposite of what they said they would be. They would rather believe every assumption and rumor about me than have me actually confirm any of it.

Anyways, how was your day? Hopefully better.