In my life, growing up, I have felt I am different from other students attending school because I have a different background than others. I grew up in a poor family and drug/alcohol induced life. I grew up faster than a child should and my brothers practically raised me to be my own person. Statistically speaking, rich children have a better chance of completing school and continuing to a degree than poor children do. According to Julia B. Isaacs on Brookings Institution, fewer than half of the poor economic class children are ready for school at age 5. This is due to their lack of reading, behavioral, and learning-related skills not being practiced at home before preschool. Children in preschool have a 9% higher advantage of being school
