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I think the key point in this article, which I really enjoyed reading, is the difference between expectations vs. reality.

The truth is that our educational system at its highest levels - private schools through university and then most universities - makes students believe that anything is possible for them. That knowledge itself will be rewarded with monetary and societal returns. It's just not true.

Most people end up making great sacrifice either financially, socially (think moving away at 18), or both, and achieve an outcome that could've easily been replicated without that amount of effort.

It took me a while to accept that I did this, but once I did it made me feel better.