My grandmother had to cross a river and walk for 3 hours to go to school when she was my age. She had to take care of her 4 siblings and yet, she was the only one in her entire school smart enough to get into middle school. It was the year 1950 and it was not unusual to be a farmer or suchlike, but it was unusual to be a scholar. Most people had to work very hard to get enough to eat. Parents left their eldest child to take care of the rest. My grandma had to take care of 4 siblings. At school, while other kids played, she read books and did her homework. Only in the dead of night while her siblings were asleep did she have the opportunity to go over what she had learned. She once accidentally cut off the tip of her ring finger. Her parents replaced the tip back where it had been and patched it up. A few days later, grandma was working again. At that point the tip and the rest of the finger had fused together so that you could not see the difference.

My grandmother had to cross a river and walk for 3 hours to go to school when she was my age. She had to take care of her 4 siblings and yet, she was the only one in her entire school smart enough to get into middle school. It was the year 1950 and it was not unusual to be a farmer but it was unusual to be a scholar. Most people had to work very hard to get enough to eat. Parents left their oldest child to take care of the rest of the family. My grandma had to take care of her 4 siblings. At school, while other kids were playing, she was reading books and doing her homework. Only in the dead of the night did she have the opportunity to go over what she learned since her siblings were asleep. She once accidentally cut off the tip of her ring finger. Her parents put the tip back in place and patched it up, a few days later, grandma was working again. Now, the tip and the rest of the finger had healed so that you could not see the difference.