“If you live in a house that needs shingles, you will attend a school that needs books, and while sitting in that school's desk you'll struggle to focus because your tooth needs a dentist or your stomach needs food.” PovertyPrivilegeMeritocracy Book:Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Source: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth