Poverty: A Solution To Tom Cruise's Success?

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Poverty has been a hot topic for at least over half century now. Thousands of research, survey, study are being done, yet people have not found a solution to poverty. Poor people are still being judged in different ways, but there are many real life examples which demonstrate that there is no correlation between one's socioeconomic status and his or her intelligence. Firstly, Tom Cruise is an excellent example. Tom was born and raised in poverty by his abused father. But poverty did not eliminate his intelligence in acting. After his parents divorced, he moved to America and became an actor at the age of 19, and now he is worth $250 million. Tom’s success clearly demonstrates that poverty will have no effect on one’s intelligence. Furthermore,

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