I shopped at J. Crew in high school I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd now I'm a music-nerd.
I respect newspapers but the reality is that magazine 'photojournalism' is finished. They want illustrations Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.
Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows.
I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.
If you improve education by teaching for competence eliminating schooling and connecting with students the test scores will improve.