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When you succeed where your peers didn't

I'm a teacher in the district where I grew up and seeing my old elementary school friends struggling with addiction and poverty makes me feel guilty for escaping.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The complex emotions that arise when personal achievement highlights the arbitrary nature of life circumstances.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and community — who we are in belonging?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.