> I’m so jealous of people from good families. Like when I hear so and sos parents went to Yale so they did to.. here I am like: my dad sold drugs :/ Don't fee

> I’m so jealous of people from good families. Like when I hear so and sos parents went to Yale so they did to.. here I am like: my dad sold drugs :/ Don't feel envious! My dad was also a small time drug dealer when I was a kid, and it taught me a lot about class and policing and corruption through direct experience. Going through DARE propaganda in my public school with dad in jail for selling weed was an especially potent lesson. I hated school with a passion, but realistically what is the alternative? My parents did their best and it sounds like we had similar situations, but of course they didn't help with school or homeschool, because how could they? Too busy working and paying the bills. I literally have no clue what the equivalent of this pandemic would do to a family in their economic situation. It certainly would have been worse than going to school, though. I never went to Yale, didn't go on to become famous or do great things. But once they were able my parents got a computer and a modem so I could follow my passion despite their economic situation - more than a lot of kids had, for sure - and I learned a lot along the way. Maybe rich and connected parents would have eased my path, but I doubt it would have made me a better or happier person.