Honestly? I knew that not everyone could go to the same school I did, but they did have scholarships. It just never occurred to me that other people's parents would have raised them differently- they didn't go to my school, but I just never would have thought that even if they didn't get the same education that their parents wouldn't teach them the same things. I learned the same things at school that I did at home, and I realized on some level that public schools didn't focus on economics, but I thought even if they didn't get it at school, they would get it at home.

I mean, I knew that tuition wasn't cheap. But I also was hearing every day that if I put into practice what I learned, I'd be able to drop huge amounts of cash on whatever I wanted without worrying about running out of money.

It's the same now- the professors are basically repeating everything I've learned my whole life. It just never occurred to me to question any of this. On some level, I knew that I probably wouldn't end up CEO of Microsoft, but my entire life I've been trained to reach a management-level position- it's expected of me. Hell, one of my earliest memories is my dad taking me to the NYSE and telling me that someday I'd be there.

I'm sorry, this comment is really long and rambly. I hope it makes some sense.