There are obviously different levels of poverty as children in Ethiopia etc are starving to death but I do know where you're coming from.
I was a poor kid in an extremely wealthy school but I wasn't in awe or impressed by my classmates. I saw it as an accident of birth and they hadn't earned their parents' money so therefore they had achieved nothing and were no better than me. I loved to learn and education was very important to the parents of those kids. It was only after I left school that I realised they were prompted to use me and my knowledge to explain any problems they had with homework etc. Saved them paying private tutors :o)
I think that if you excel in a particular subject you will find them gravitating to you, to use your knowledge. It's up to you to prove them wrong and that you are not going to be a 'loser' when you have to stand on your own 2 feet. Just remember that when they leave home, their parents don't just hand over their bank accounts or their homes to these Richie Richs.
BTW even my teachers were extreme snobs and checked everyone's address. They used to talk about people belonging to 'different classes' due to wealth. I shut them up when I asked them what 'class' did Jesus belong to?
Is it normal to hate being the poor kid?
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There are obviously different levels of poverty as children in Ethiopia etc are starving to death but I do know where you're coming from.
I was a poor kid in an extremely wealthy school but I wasn't in awe or impressed by my classmates. I saw it as an accident of birth and they hadn't earned their parents' money so therefore they had achieved nothing and were no better than me. I loved to learn and education was very important to the parents of those kids. It was only after I left school that I realised they were prompted to use me and my knowledge to explain any problems they had with homework etc. Saved them paying private tutors :o)
I think that if you excel in a particular subject you will find them gravitating to you, to use your knowledge. It's up to you to prove them wrong and that you are not going to be a 'loser' when you have to stand on your own 2 feet. Just remember that when they leave home, their parents don't just hand over their bank accounts or their homes to these Richie Richs.
BTW even my teachers were extreme snobs and checked everyone's address. They used to talk about people belonging to 'different classes' due to wealth. I shut them up when I asked them what 'class' did Jesus belong to?