All my life , especially in this country- I've been raised to be self sufficient, hard working, intelligent and achieving. I notice constantly- time and time again; repeatedly- that others around me react to my "ambitiousness" negatively, either with a passive sort of disdain or a neglect, sometimes to an outright confrontation toward me. I've never understood the reasons for this fully, I think I do understand it, but I don't understand WHY. What ever ...