US citizen, grew up in a small town in North Carolina until 10, then moved to South Florida. I lived in a single parent household (with Mom) and the only invol

US citizen, grew up in a small town in North Carolina until 10, then moved to South Florida. I lived in a single parent household (with Mom) and the only involvement in my education was making sure I didn't miss the bus. She never even asked about homework (which was good, since I never bothered doing it). For rough socioeconomic condition I would say upper lower class (section 8 housing in North Carolina) to lower middle class (by the time I graduated high school). If I wanted to learn something, I was pretty much on my own. I found school to be largely a waste of time but I had little say in attending elementary, middle and high school. I still felt the same way by the time I was graduating college, but I wasn't quite ready to enter the Real World and college was a good excuse to avoid it. I received a Pell Grant for the first semester of college, but the paper work was insane so I ended up working my way through college. In this, I was fortunate that cheap (as in "too easy to get") student loans had yet to flood the market with money so tuition wasn't insane. That, and I attended a Florida State college as a resident (cheaper than going out of state) and it was only a few miles from home so I saved money there.