I agree with the author but think that where you end up in life is more complicated. I grew up in an immigrant First generation neighborhood where most kids came from working class families. My best friend and I had fathers with Professional degrees and were fish out of water. My friend moved when we were in 5 th grade and we never saw …
I agree with the author but think that where you end up in life is more complicated. I grew up in an immigrant First generation neighborhood where most kids came from working class families. My best friend and I had fathers with Professional degrees and were fish out of water. My friend moved when we were in 5 th grade and we never saw each other for 20 years. At 30, I changed my career and moved to Los Angeles for a prestigious job in the Entertainment business where I coincidentally found my childhood friend who had done the same.!
We reunited as if no time had elapsed. We actually had taken similar career paths having gone to graduate school in counseling psychology. And suddenly we were in Los Angeles a long way from the Bronx where we grew up. Everyone we knew from childhood had never left the NY area and had gotten married and started families.
I agree with the author but think that where you end up in life is more complicated. I grew up in an immigrant First generation neighborhood where most kids came from working class families. My best friend and I had fathers with Professional degrees and were fish out of water. My friend moved when we were in 5 th grade and we never saw each other for 20 years. At 30, I changed my career and moved to Los Angeles for a prestigious job in the Entertainment business where I coincidentally found my childhood friend who had done the same.!
We reunited as if no time had elapsed. We actually had taken similar career paths having gone to graduate school in counseling psychology. And suddenly we were in Los Angeles a long way from the Bronx where we grew up. Everyone we knew from childhood had never left the NY area and had gotten married and started families.
It may not be just environment/culture.
Sometimes “you are what you eat. “