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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a highschool teacher and this week we had some career volunteers/ life couches come and talk to the kids. One guy made his speech about being a first generation college grad and did a list of "things poor kids dont know but need to." My kids liked it and there has been a lot of chit chat about it this week.   I decided to reverse the topic and ask them what they think might be some things rich people dont know and these are some kid bits of that convo...

1.) flatbread is really just pizza. "I was so confused about that word but every time its literally just been pizza."
2.) its awkward/embarrassing when you associate having a license to having a car.  "Me turning 16 means nothing, Im poor"
3.) We dont grieve not having a father. We dont know another family structure.   "Thats like crying because I dont have a brother, when Ive never had a brother. No one does that."
4.) One kid thought it was odd that the people who have the most clothes usually have washer and dryers at their house so in reality they need the least clothes. "If i didnt need quarters to wash I would only need like 3 shirts"[/quote]

How time-sucking being poor is. Waiting for the bus. Having to take clothes to the laundromat instead of being able to throw them into a machine downstairs while you do something else. Walking because you don't have the money. Not ever being able to afford the "right" tool, container, anything so every job takes twice as long and is never done quite right. The bureaucracy. I could go on...[/quote]

To add onto my initial post. Being poor is expensive. When you have no or poor credit everything costs more. If you bounce it costs a fee. If you rent because you can't buy it's costs tons more. It is way more expensive to wash clothes at the laundromat than at home (in a non-rural environment - h/t to the rural poster that was eye opening even for me). Late fees are expensive. Money orders are more expensive than checks. Cabs because you have no car are expensive. Getting groceries because you have no car is expensive. Working instead of school is opportunity cost expensive. I could go on. 
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This.  I have a girlfriend who married a really rich guy.  She also came from a well to do family.  They ended up losing everything.  She would talk about how expensive it was to be poor.  Everything cost more when you have bad credit.  Rent is expensive.  Insurance is expensive.

Now, they were able to get back on their feet because they moved to Vail, CO to work with his family.  However, I think it changed her forever.[/quote]

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