Your story makes me think back to years ago when Michael was in Middle school. We were so dirt poor is would make anyone today sick. I bought everything we needed from the Goodwill
I do not know really what happened after that day but something big changed between the teacher and Michael and Michael and us. I have always thought never really been told but thought this teacher thought Michael's family had money so he was treated as if he did.(Special) Teacher's pet kind of a thing. When she found out we were as poor as the other kids familys maybe more she stopped treating him special, As a kid he liked being treated special when it stopped he blamed me.
I don't know about today but in years pass in the inter city schools many teachers treated rich kids better then poor ones. Rich kids parents would complain if their kids were treated badly. Many times poor families were afraid to make a fuss so teachers didn't care so much how they treated their kids.
I know one thing for sure he never wanted us in or around that school again. And over the years he has made statements like my mouth getting him in trouble. So something did happen I will never know just what.
I do think that a lot of people judge people on how they dress and the homes they live in. We got dress for success here in town They dress and make up poor women to look rich before they go out to apply for jobs. Why because bosses look at how the woman is dressed. Not what she says or what is inside. Maybe it is just human nature who knows but it is true like with your friends and family they are judging you by what you have and where you live not knowing what is really going on behind closed doors as they say.. It is all in the eyes of the beholder.
You were ahead of your time, Maryann! These days, to point out to someone that your entire outfit cost less than $10 is quite impressive. I love doing that at work when people compliment me because all of my clothes come from thrift stores, free from MIL,
Thanks for the kind words. We were just dirt poor and we didn't want our kid to be made fun of. So even though we had nothing I always made sure he looked nice going to school.
Sometimes when I look back on my married life I wonder how we made it this far. When Raymond and I married He was in the Army made 98.00 a month bring home. I was working in an office for 75.00 ever two weeks. When I got 8 months preg. I got laid off company rule.
We bought our first house for 8600.00 with a payment of 69.00 a month including taxes and insurance By the time we sold it 8 years later our payment had been raised to around 80.00 a month. Almost lost the house twice because we got behind in payments. The day after we signed the papers for the house. Raymond was out of army by then and working for 1.35 an hour He got laid off. So we moved into the house with a husband not working and me about 6 months preg.
Then he started working for a hospital for 1.66 an hour. He was there for about a year Finally he got on with the city starting at 2.88 an hour. His first month we got our lights back on after three months of living on candles. And we got the house payment caught up within the first few months too.
I know what hard times are and being dirt poor was like. Been there done that. Don't think I could do that again. Don't want too. Being lower middle class and in debt I can live with being dirt poor and in debt is totally a different story.
As I write this I remember this car we bought for 50.00 After we had it for a while I don't know what was wrong with it. Never been good with car stuff but every time we turned the corner with it the back wheel would come off Not the tire but the whole wheel. We didn't have the money to fix it for a month or so So every time the wheel would fall off Raymond would get out of the car Jack it up and put the wheel back on. Then we would go on our way until the next time it came off.
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Your story makes me think back to years ago when Michael was in Middle school. We were so dirt poor is would make anyone today sick. I bought everything we needed from the Goodwill
Oooh that's interesting on a couple of levels for me.
I do not know really what happened after that day but something big changed between the teacher and Michael and Michael and us. I have always thought never really been told but thought this teacher thought Michael's family had money so he was treated as if he did.(Special) Teacher's pet kind of a thing. When she found out we were as poor as the other kids familys maybe more she stopped treating him special, As a kid he liked being treated special when it stopped he blamed me.
I don't know about today but in years pass in the inter city schools many teachers treated rich kids better then poor ones. Rich kids parents would complain if their kids were treated badly. Many times poor families were afraid to make a fuss so teachers didn't care so much how they treated their kids.
I know one thing for sure he never wanted us in or around that school again. And over the years he has made statements like my mouth getting him in trouble. So something did happen I will never know just what.
I do think that a lot of people judge people on how they dress and the homes they live in.
We got dress for success here in town They dress and make up poor women to look rich before they go out to apply for jobs. Why because bosses look at how the woman is dressed. Not what she says or what is inside. Maybe it is just human nature who knows but it is true like with your friends and family they are judging you by what you have and where you live not knowing what is really going on behind closed doors as they say.. It is all in the eyes of the beholder.
Mary Ann
DH = dear husband
DW = dear wife
SD = step daughter
SS = step son
DD = dear daughter
DS = dear son
MIL = mother-in-law
FIL = father-in-law
You were ahead of your time, Maryann! These days, to point out to someone that your entire outfit cost less than $10 is quite impressive. I love doing that at work when people compliment me because all of my clothes come from thrift stores, free from MIL,
Thanks for the kind words. We were just dirt poor and we didn't want our kid to be made fun of. So even though we had nothing I always made sure he looked nice going to school.
Sometimes when I look back on my married life I wonder how we made it this far. When Raymond and I married He was in the Army made 98.00 a month bring home. I was working in an office for 75.00 ever two weeks. When I got 8 months preg. I got laid off company rule.
We bought our first house for 8600.00 with a payment of 69.00 a month including taxes and insurance By the time we sold it 8 years later our payment had been raised to around 80.00 a month. Almost lost the house twice because we got behind in payments. The day after we signed the papers for the house. Raymond was out of army by then and working for 1.35 an hour He got laid off. So we moved into the house with a husband not working and me about 6 months preg.
Then he started working for a hospital for 1.66 an hour. He was there for about a year Finally he got on with the city starting at 2.88 an hour. His first month we got our lights back on after three months of living on candles. And we got the house payment caught up within the first few months too.
I know what hard times are and being dirt poor was like. Been there done that. Don't think I could do that again. Don't want too. Being lower middle class and in debt I can live with being dirt poor and in debt is totally a different story.
As I write this I remember this car we bought for 50.00 After we had it for a while I don't know what was wrong with it. Never been good with car stuff but every time we turned the corner with it the back wheel would come off Not the tire but the whole wheel. We didn't have the money to fix it for a month or so So every time the wheel would fall off Raymond would get out of the car Jack it up and put the wheel back on. Then we would go on our way until the next time it came off.
Hugs
Mary Ann
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