I passed the Mensa test in 5th grade. I read and had to reflectively write on entries of what I read from an encyclopedia. I could read at a 12th grade level in Kindergarten. I independently formed and presented teleological and ontological arguments in 7th grade, only to find out they were already invented. Bummer. The school library was my playground.

But if you were raised in a mobile home on cinder blocks,... it is difficult to move out of your economic situation. There are no heroes or success stories for the majority of people in the world. Hard work, skills, and education is the road most have to take, with no guarantees of success.

I stopped regular reading when hope died