We all have to agree on this point.
By the way, I know you lazy bastids haven't looked up Damon Jerrel Dunn yet. He grew up in the ghetto part of Arlington, Texas, won a scholarship to play football (but really study) at Stanford and is now a millionaire business man.
I kept waiting for someone to touch on my point, and this is about the only one who did. A couple just ignored it and said something about eventually everyone can make it in this country with hard work, which was agreed on all along, by everyone, so, what? So, I'll stick with the thought that my point still stands - people don't have the same chances starting out, so it's not the same thing. The poor have to overcome and rise above obstacles and the lack of opportunity moreso than the wealthy. Of course, most of us think that's what they should try to do, and I agree with that. But they don't have the same chances starting out.
I also said that yes, the success stories, like the one you mention, should be highlighted and admired. If more people like this were spotlighted on shows like "Cribs" or any shows frequented by the younger generation, then maybe it would start to have an effect on culture change.
But we do not all have to agree "All however, are given an equal opportunity for an education." If this were true, there would be no need for private schools, the idea of school vouchers, a difference in funding, because there actually would be equal opportunities for all. Yes, 99.5% of kids (just throwing out the number) have an opportunity for an education, but they don't have the same schools, the same environment in the schools (or on the way to and from the schools), or the same home life, or the same books, or computer access, etc. If the opportunities are the same - rich white folk - why don't you send your kid to inner city minority majority school environments? Why do you send them to private schools? It's all equal, right?
They all have opportunity for education, yes. But they simply do not have equal opportunity for an education. If they work HARDER than the other kids, they can OVERCOME and be a success.