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[–] [email protected] 146 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Be Me

Ask mom for $20 for school field trip

Get kept home that day because we couldn't afford it

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

bruh they made us sit in the library and do homework for the whole day if we couldn't afford the trips bc our school would lose some funding for lower headcounts per day. they essentially threw kids in jail for a day for being poor. I remember there was a weeklong science camp our whole grade went on... except the kids who sat in the library for a whole WEEK for being too poor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The poor kids at my school got to play games all day, I was almost jealous!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be me.

Only child of single mother

Ask mum for $20 for school field trip

She looks like shes going to cry

"Get in the car anon"

We drive into the city

She parks and tells me to wait

See her talking to man on corner. They go into his building and she comes out 30 minutes later

"Here's your $20 anon."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You're welcome, by the way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Ouch... After all these years this still hurts. Remember my mom asking the neighbors for a bit of money for my class trip.