Only in America

THE PROMISE OF AMERICA: In America, we can have anything; anything is possible; and dreams do come true.
Yes, anything is possible given the right circumstances. Anything is possible with the right attitude the right guidance, the right connections, and plenty of resources. Some of us get lucky and manage to acquire these thing whether by pure accident or by hard work, but some others are not so fortunate.
The biggest flaw in our country is the prospect of a "working poor." These people can work just as hard as anyone else and still barely get by. They are the people that could try and still just begin to level the playing field and by then are too exhausted to play the game.
The sad truth is that so much of every single individual's life/future is left to chance. Chance let's one child be born into a perfect family-wealthy, well-connected, educated-while the other child is born into no family at all-druggie mother, absentee father, no money, connections to people that will only dig the hole deeper, and education being the last thing of relevance. Chance gives the first child plenty of love and attention and a solid foundation, while it gives the second child abuse/neglect and head spinning in constant confusion. The first kid gets great nutrition, home-cooked meals and healthy snacks but the second child get junk either because it's all they could come up without help from a parent or it was all their parents could afford. The first kid adjusts well and excels in school because he/she has people telling him/her their is nothing standing in the was while the second kid has given up because he/she only sees disappointment and uneducated people all around.
YOU GET THE POINT
Not everyone gets the same opportunities. Not every kid gets the option to worry about a future because the present and past are so overwhelming.

I'm sure we can all agree that this is unfortunate and that something should be done about it. So the big question is what can be done to fix it. Helping the kids will only go so far because their circumstances will always be there, no matter what you try to tell them. Telling them that school isn't a waste of time and that learning is fun only works until they get home and realize they have to try to feed their brothers and sisters because Mom has disappeared again. Can't start with the parents though. They're set in their ways, with addictions and bad habits. And what could this country really do about circumstances, so many sucky things that need to be fixed; it's impossible to fix them all at the same time.

The solution is a collaborative effort that seems near impossible to coordinate. So what do we do?