Money Talk
The Meritocracy Is a Lie
What really allowed me to climb the socio-economic ladder
7 min readJun 7, 2019
I’m standing in the third grade lunch line. My rural school rests on a large field surrounded by woods beside a creek (or a “crick” where I’m from) and a winding road. I’m trying my best to be invisible, to avoid chatting with the girls in line behind me because I know I’ll have to…