Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University

A country such as?

I started lower-middle class, and am now in the very top of the upper middle class income bracket, with a realistic shot of breaking into the Upper Class.

America has social mobility but if you follow a few specific paths. Deviate from that path, and it's hard to move up.

That's why I am curious about the authors life story. When I was in high school, I worked on getting good grades and getting into college, while many of my other peers fucked around. Most of them never really understood the consequences of their actions.