According to a group of guys smart enough to find somebody to pay them to do this research at this point:
In a study, researchers found that a woman’s education was a stronger factor in her husband’s risk of dying over the next decade or so than the man’s own level of education. And a husband’s social class based on his occupation had a greater influence on a woman’s survival than her own occupational class, Drs. Robert Erikson and Jenny Torssander of the Swedish Institute for Social Research in Stockholm found…
…Men living with a woman without any high school education were 1.25 times more likely to die than men living with a college graduate…while a woman’s own occupational class had little effect on her risk of death, women married to unskilled manual and routine non-manual laborers were 1.25 times more likely to die.
Wow, this is crazy!! Did you also hear that people who eat a lot of food are known to get round soft stomachs??
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Well, isn’t this a news flash…. I guess I am not too conventional (which is a good thing… but I hated it when I was younger)
Ok… long rant coming up on this:
1) Smart does not equal finishing school. Smart means having the ability, drive and ambition to learn what you need to know (and then some) so you can make better decisions. School is only part of that..
2) Rich and educated people do better because of their drive, motivation, continued education of themselves, and the want and desire to do the research to get the best out of life.. Poor people tend to think that they are not smart enough or skilled enough and they stop trying after a few years or more of disappointing results… but you can never stop trying – EVER.
There are many reasons why poor people are poor, but the biggest I think is that poor people get too stuck on being poor. There are many physiological reasons for that of course (one being that your fighting just to keep a roof over your head and food on the table). Poor people and working class people can do better if given the tools to do better with AND if they are told that it is commitment, research, due diligence, and knowledge that leads to being successful… whether you finish school or not.
I just wanna be… I just wanna be successful…
Most importantly whether you are poor or rich, it is how you think about yourself and your willingness to do your own due diligence to be a better person and have a great life is up to you for the most part. You are the only thing that you have total control over.
I am tired of the debate that goes on with Rich Vs Poor and the obsession over it. The best thing to do to help the poor is to educate them on how to become enriched. The school system is one way but its not the only way.
lol @ the tittle, makes sense though.
The rich can afford better health care than the poor, one reason. They can get the treatments they need when they need them.