Being a son of a fisherman, my parents could not send me to school. Thankfully, a charitable institution took me in, for which I had to sacrifice not seeing my family for four years, and there, I finished high school, graduating as one of the top students. I wrote as story about this. Check it here. I went on to win a scholarship and graduated as Magna Cum Laude in College. Now I'm a practicing mechanical engineer in a 5-star hotel. ..
You may check my story featured in an international magazine GineersNow here. :)