Sandra Newman @sannewman

THE SEVEN SECRETS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

  1. Private school
  2. Legacy lvy admission
  3. Nepotism hire
  4. Seed capital from family
  5. Club memberships
  6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghost writer answer
  7. Journalists who ask, “What’s your secret?” and uncritically publish the
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    We were not wealthy, but not poor. Basically, they could afford the school but not afford a lot of expensive clothes. And since the school didn’t have uniforms, I never wore the designer clothes other kids wore, which really sucked when they bullied me for it.

    • pomodoro_longbreak
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      11 months ago

      Wow I can’t imagine. I always thought that was made up, but I went to a poor person school, so everyone dressed like me more or less.