Re:The Last of the Tiger Parents
by coldtea on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:23AM
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>Following your dreams is a luxury for people in the global top 5% (mostly in the west).
You'd be really surprised.
People follow their dreams even in the bottom 5% -- including as refugees, in times of war, and in all kinds of bad situations, and in all kinds of cultures, not just "the west".
The "starving artist" (who does or does not make it) is not something out of fiction, and neither is the piss poor bootstrapped entrepreneur.
You'd be really surprised.
People follow their dreams even in the bottom 5% -- including as refugees, in times of war, and in all kinds of bad situations, and in all kinds of cultures, not just "the west".
The "starving artist" (who does or does not make it) is not something out of fiction, and neither is the piss poor bootstrapped entrepreneur.