People, especially parents, believe that once a child is educated, he will make it and say bye to the company of the poor. All he needs is to continue to work hard. That is why parents put in all they can to get their children educated. Good as this thinking is, it is only half of the truth! Every pupil or student needs to be taught how to become rich. This is called financial education. It is yet to be taught in many schools. What is the way out?
You, as an individual, should first create wealth in your mind. You should have it deep in your mind that you will be rich, very rich and successful, even if you are from a poor background. Whatever a person believes deeply in his mind always come true.
Apart from having your mind on becoming wealthy you should always save at least ten percent of the money you earn and give out another ten percent as gifts to the poor. Spend 80 percent of your income to take care of your needs. This may be difficult at the beginning, but after some time it becomes easy. Students do not earn money that does not stop them from forming a habit that will make them happy for life. Money comes in for them every now and then as gifts, especially during major festivals as pocket money. After all, our different cultures teach us to form the habit of saving and not eating with the ten fingers.
Finally, you should make the ten percent saved to work for you and bring interest after a period of time. This happens if you trade with the money and make profit.
I liked the part where you talked about how most parents mentality are. They always believe that education is the only road to wealth and success, and they only care about that often times forgot to study the child and know what he/she is good at.