I grew up poor & didn’t really know it because most people in my first school district & then my second school district when I switched schools were pretty poor as well.
At any rate, grew up in the woods in what was originally a one room log cabin with a loft. We didn’t have electricity…
I was considered “gifted” in high school. I was valedictorian. The only problem was I worked my ass off. I was incredibly disorganized, had trouble paying attention, regularly fidgeted, often broke things without meaning too, was a terrible driver, etc. Being considered “gifted”…
I took out an unsubsidized student loan for my mom to help pay for my sister to go to a new college for a degree in “parks & recreation” so my mom wouldn’t have to take out a parent plus loan. It was over $6,000 & my mom “promised” she would start paying it back when I finished my…
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