• pH3ra@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    As a kid I wanted to go to music school but we couldn’t afford it because my single mother had two jobs and other three children to take care of.
    I did free lessons at the community center, borrowed my first instrument and got library books. No one encouraged me to do it, I just did it because music was something I wanted in my life.
    Now OK, that was me and I was just a kid with a lot of spare time right? What about adults?
    Well, if I graduated while working full-time (and I’m not exactly “Good Will Hunting” level of smart) everyone can do something as trivial as learning basic Spanish if they want.

    • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      You were fortunate to grow up with such a helpful community center and people willing to donate an instrument to you, and a library you had access to. That’s more than many.