My Parents Paid for My Sister’s Tuition Because She Had ‘Potential’ — Four Years Later, Graduation Day Made Them Question Everything.

blazer from the thrift store that almost fit.

The interview waiting room was full of polished candidates — designer bags, parents hovering nearby, the easy confidence of people who had never had to count bus fares.

I looked down at my secondhand outfit, my scuffed shoes, and thought: I don’t belong here.

Then I remembered what Dr. Smith had told me.

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