BS - came from very poor - a shack for a house - started working the fields and farms picking and planting at age 11 - heat came from a 2 burner stove for which it was my job to cut the firewood from the woods on our property - full-time adult job at 16 at Owen's Corning while still in high school - when she could get the work Mom worked the packing houses - I got into the trades and ended up by choice as a Journeyman Lineman - had to move to Florida for an apprenticeship and then all around the country for work finally moving to So Cal for the opportunities there -  in constant dollars I never made less than 6 figures - take some personal responsibility