[nobodyandproud]

My high school science teacher had high hopes for a science project and put me on the spot, after I mentioned something on a whim.

The materials alone would’ve cost hundreds of dollars which was unfathomable to me in the early 90s.

He didn’t realize I came from a poor family; but I was too embarrassed to say anything.

Anyway he was disappointed when I came up with a very mediocre (but super cheap) project; he mentioned later he would have paid for materials.

Being poor is limiting in so many ways.