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.

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."

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

My school gave the authorisation papers including the value of the trip

I was so honest (dumb) on so many occasions

Yeah what school is just telling the kids to bring in money. That's asking for trouble.

When I was at school you actually had to pay for your lunch with cash. On the day.

Yeah, we didn't go to the school canteen.

Proceeds to use the loan to pull himself up by his own bootstraps.

2018 feels like two years ago