Kids that are allegedly better students are in an elitist class in first and second grade and then … - Paul Orfalea

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Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play the piano.

Paul Orfalea

Kids that are allegedly better students are in an elitist class in first and second grade and then they go to their high schools, they go to their universities and the normal dumb shits like me are down at the bottom. These people go to elitist schools and they replicate their elitist thoughts in the corporations.

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