I come from a middle class family, born and raised in suburbia. As my father always said, you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, boy. While that is not entirely accurate, the saying does ring true in many aspects of my life. I have never had to fight for anything in my life, I have never had to worry about the next time I would get a meal, and I have never worried about where I would sleep that night. In a certain sense, I am spoiled.

Based on this premise, neither I...