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

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.