Is being poor all that bad?

when i was in college i was like the poorest person in my class and while my classmates would have coffee at Starbucks i would be hanging out at my office (student publication) and convince myself i'm not hingry. that was a tough time for our family but i think i became a better person because of that. i was the only working student in my class and i had the best grades. i learned to do things i don't really like like cleaning up and eating vegetables. and most of all, i learned to have fun even if i can't go bar hopping or partying like others. i learned to appreciate meaningful conversations and learned how to make the most of my time doing what i'm good at.

Well on parts i would agree with u ... but i dont agree with the part that being poor makes u cleverer!!! People are rich mostly cuz they cleverly invested their money at one point in time .. so theyre rich cuz theyre clever ... take for instance bill gates!!

I would say that I am totally agree with waht you have said and I also do not think that being poor is that bad as long as you are happy with the way you are and the confidence in your self to make things haapen for you. If you have that guts then you will be never feel bad about the way you are

What you are saying is partly true.. but its more of the spirit, irrespective of rich or poor that makes one change his/her destiny. I have seen many poor who bask in their poverty, not because they dont have a choice or opportunity.. and then there are some, who really come out of their difficult situations and make it big on their own. So it really takes all kinds to make this world.

I don't think being poor is humiliation. Sometimes, being poor is not your fault and it is not a shame. But, you can always make youself rich by your hardwork and cleverness. Being poor would let you know how hard the life is, and then you would not waste you money on the useless thing and help more poor people when you are rich. Poor people are easily to achieve success. Because poor life force them to think how to change the poor situation of life. Opposition, I think being poor is a good thing in some ways.

Hypothetically speaking,being poor can prove to be beneficial in many ways. But in today's time where we can buy about everything and anything with money I wonder how far a poor person can advance.Degress,college seats everyhting is bought by money these days.Even if a poor child works hard,studies hard he might end up not having a seat at all because of the scams. But yes,it does release the creativity within one.When we have to do something we just do it by some way or the other. Like when we have to submit assignments and all we don't touch it until the last day and on the last day by hook or crook we complete the assignment and submit it. And I personally believe that how ever rich our parents might be,we are born poor.We shouldn't declare ourselves rich based on our parents money.Its only when we have earned with our own hard work we can claim to be rich!

My life has been always working hard for what I needed to get by, would not say I was ever poor, but quite broke sometimes but it does make you appreciate what you have as you seem more content with less! Because of this my children have grown up to appreciate what they have now and I think that says it all!

I hope you never see how it's like! I ensure you it's not so funny!

Some of the poor people are really inteligent and at the end they make their own path in life with hard struggles

Being really poor must be bad I assume, but I'm sure people who don't have much can also live a very happy life! Wealth can come in handy but it's no guarantee for happiness for sure! xx

It is quite a relative topic. Even a rich man feels him poor and inferior in front of a more richer man. And a poor man in a state may be living in more satisfication and peace than a quite rich man. A man may be poor in money or worldly assets but may be rich in imaginations and powerful thoughts! Just take glance at the lives of noble men or saints. They always keep distance from materialistic property. Rather intellects and the entire humanity is the real property all time for all as illustrated by them. Thanks.

No not at all... cuz when a child is born, no one can decide wether it wants to take birth in a rich family or a poor... it all is on nature. But wat imean to say in short is 'To be born poor is not a bad thing, but to die poor is a big big mistake of one's life'... so "be rich before u die", dat shud b d aim in one's life....

i dont think so. Being poor makes u become a hard working person, a creative person.

Let me put it to you this way, and in the words of Robert Kiyosaki: "Being broke is temporary. Poverty is permanent." (or something like that) If it releases the creativity and ingenuity of the poor, then it could be out of desperation knowing that they're trying to keep up with the Joneses. Being poor might not be bad, but it is temporary. You don't have to be poor all your life. If it releases creativity and ingenuity, then make it so that you can move away from being poor and living in poverty.

true it doest matter if you poor its how you used your mind to get long in the world

I hate being poor. it's terrible. So-called friends & relatives shun you. Unless you are scheming enough or know how to 'butter up' to people, you generally find yourself being left out & forgotten by the group. While the rich ones didn't even need to put in any effort to get to where they are, you have to slog your a** off & not even get anywhere close. I've been there & I hate it.

No not at all, it is not as bad one would think of. In fact they have many advantages over the rich. Even the rich will have money but you cannot sleep well with all those money behind him and always thinking of how to save them or other things like tax, etc, hence he will lose his peace of mind. But there is nothing like this sort of problem with the poor who can live their life carefree, except if they dont have enough money even to pass off the day.

no it is not that bad, but doing wrong being a poor like having many children and drinking are really bad

yes poverty is bad in every sense.

being poor is not bad or not good. when u r poor then u will know the value of the particular thing like money, women etc. if u r a richer person, then u don't understand the difference, that is only one problem. it is always good to move from poor side to rich side.