It wasn't until when I went to the high school that I found out my parents were biased. They spent a lot of money and went to great lengths to send my brother, who was doing poorly in his studies, to the best high school in the area and enrolled him in various special classes. On the other hand, even though I could have attended the best high school in the county based on my grades, my dad insisted on sending me to another high school in a rural town. It was only because that rural high school promised to waive my tuition for three years, and also provide me with an additional 200 dollars in monthly living expenses based on my good grades.
Mom and Dad told me that it was because I was smart and a good student, and that I could get into a good college anywhere. But if they didn't send my brother to a good school or enroll him in special classes, he wouldn't be able to get into college. And since I had grown up, I should reduce the burden on the family. Other girls from other families had already graduated from junior high and gone south to work. I should be grateful that they were willing to send me to high school.