I&#x27;m always split when reading stories like this.<p>On the one hand, I really feel for the person and appreciate her sharing. Problems like these rarely consider the practicality of the situation and shouldn&#x27;t be taken lightly.<p>On the other, I know there are kids out there who never got to go to a good school, always had problems at home and never got to feel the joy of learning. They can&#x27;t write this kind of story and even if they did no one would read it. They can&#x27;t travel somewhere, don&#x27;t have anything to be cut off from nor will ever meet someone who saves them. They can&#x27;t stop doing things that hurt them and if they become depressed they might very well end up being homeless.<p>Or the high-performing poor kids who might have to work or in other ways face academic death from a thousand papercuts. Many times because families with better resources uses all their power to make overexertion a desirable thing so other kids can&#x27;t compete.<p>Or just the normal kids who already knew from the beginning what was important and the limits to being productive. Maybe they went to a good state school and now regardless of merit have to live with being last in line after people from private schools time and time again.<p>I guess my point is that when we contemplate a fix to these problems I hope we also don&#x27;t overlook the people in different situations with similar problems.