"Born-Rich"

While reading "Henry Adams" I have come to believe that his endless search for education is nothing more than perhaps a search for purpose. Adams was born into a life of old wealth. Neither he or even his father earned the extreme wealth that they possess. Therefore, unlike most of us, Adams did not have to work for money, status or survival. Whether we like it or not, most of us will have to work for most of our life because we have bills to pay and lack the money to pay them, because we were not born royalty and must climb the ladders to get respect, and because if we do not work for our own survival, no one else is going to. In a sense, we are given a path and a purpose through our means to survival. However, Adams, like many other rich kids, does not have a set purpose.
I watched this documentary in Sociology 140 called "Born-Rich". It was made by the heir to "Johnson and Johnson" and, basically, interviews kids from very wealthy families such as the Vanderbilts, the Trumps and the Johnsons. Many of the kids/teens will never have to work in their lives and find purpose in other things such as fencing, horseback riding, modeling, or collecting artwork. I feel that Adams uses his search for education to validate his wealth. I compare his search to a line from the interview of Stephanie Erchlentz (a finace heiress), "I've been raised in the lap of luxury, totally lucky going to private schools my entire life, but always knowing that if you ever lose it all, all you have it your [knowledge]".

p.s I posted the doco below. I thinks its pretty interesting, but its really long, about 67 minutes. If you get a chance to watch it, you might want to start at minute 25:30 or so, where they start talking about education, why they go to college and how they view education.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7457140802142500840