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> I came from a middle-class family where my father was a phone installer for AT&T/SWB and barely made enough to make ends meet with three children and a wife
by clipsy 1y ago
> I came from a middle-class family where my father was a phone installer for AT&T/SWB and barely made enough to make ends meet with three children and a wife
I don't want to be disrespectful here, but this seems like a contradiction in terms. Can you explain how you'd define "middle-class"?
- bigjimmyk3 1y agoI believe my situation was similar to GP's: family on the lower end of middle class, and enough younger siblings to make it a stretch. I was accepted to a reasonably prestigious university, but ran out of money after the first semester, so I wound up coming home and finishing my degree at a state school. It's also important to note that the student loan system back then was very different: different guarantors, and non-infinite money.
- orionblastar 1y agoYes, that was the case, lower-middle-class, and three children with a wife on my father's salary.