Don 'T Do Better Than Others, By Matt O' Brien

“America is the land of opportunity, just for some more then others.” Matt o'Brien was right on the money saying that in his article “Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong.” The amount of money you are born into changes how you view others your whole life and above all yourself.
Being born into less money can change how you view people born into a higher status. Lots of things can contribute to this statement. One of which Matt o’Brien also addressed stating, “Rich kids who can go to work for the family business… or inherit the family estate don’t need a high school diploma to get ahead.” While this is happening majority of America has to work hard to get through high school, and pay for college. So that when they graduate they can use their newly earned degree in trying to find a stable job. All while hoping you save enough money for a good retirement. Due to this it becomes increasingly difficult to view someone who has more than you with respect. When they haven’t had to work a minute in their lives and are still better off than you.
I grew up around my cousin who was born with Cerebral palsy, my cousins and I grew up learning these feelings by being with her, and treating her like all humans should be. What better way to teach children about such feelings then plunging them in. They don’t know that they are learning such advance feelings when they just know them. Paul Piff did a talk in “Does money make you mean?” about his study in human emotions in relation to money. What he found was that the more some people had the less they felt sympathetic to those lower than