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When education creates family tension

My brother dropped out of high school to work and now he acts like my college degree makes me think I am smarter than him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Academic achievement can become a source of division rather than pride when it implies judgment about different life choices and circumstances.

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