
A score of 631 on the College Entrance Exams didn't earn me congratulations, but a notarized IOU. My mother said, 'A married daughter belongs to another family, so accounts must be settled clearly.' My brother got a house worth over five million, while my 15,000 in tuition was used by her to pay off a car loan. I spent three years paying off the 280,000, and with it, all hope I had for my family. From then on, we went our separate ways.