[bfaviero]

I grew up as a dirt poor immigrant. The only reason I got into MIT, and am successful today, was because of the gifted programs that allowed me to stand out from the other mediocre students at the schools.

Were most of my gifted classmates wealthy? Yes. But being among them did more for my social mobility than anything else the school ever did.

[SpaceManNabs]

I posted my similar story in a separate comment. It is truly a shame that we walk two worlds that people refuse to understand.