Some pretty steep odds

So my boss.... well my ex-boss anyway... was talking to me today about college. He was telling me that money for college was a sure shot thing because only 10% of certain kinds of kids actually make it to college and only 1% of those certain kids actually receive a college degree. I've never really given it much thought but come to think of it now it's true. A lot of those kids are idiots. They don't care about school, they smoke, they drink, some even have kids of their own. But not me though I'm going to be that 1% I'll show the world that you don't have to come from a rich family to get a degree, that you don't need parents that have college degrees. I'll prove to society that you CAN go from rags to riches! Just wait and see when I get my Electrical Engineering degree I'll be driving a benz in no time and when that time comes the world will know that with determination and hard work ANYONE can make it life. I'm tired of being considered a 2nd rate character and tired of people judging me on a stereotype that was created by the worst of us. People think that I have a grudge against IB kids because I laugh at them and I nail them on the head when they don't do work. Well they're wrong they don't know what I think. To be honest I actually enjoy them. I just get irritated when they decide to waste their life and not turn in work. I guess this is because they sort of remind myself of me. IB classes are difficult and I'll give them props for taking it that's something that I was interested in but couldn't do because I'm a senior. They're like me because like myself they have a goal but they have all of these extremely difficult tasks waiting in front of them. I look at them like my family and I want them to get their diplomas as much as I want to get my Masters Degree and that's why I get mad or irritated or laugh at them when they don't do their work. It's not because I find it funny or that I don't like them its just that when they don't do their work they're getting further from their dreams. I won't tell them straight up how much I care but I really hope some of them get their act together and I'm really looking forward to seeing how some of them improve next year. As for me though I'm going to be that 1% just you wait and see. I'm going to break that stereotype and prove to the world that ANYONE can get a college degree and become successful in life no matter what your situations is!