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It's definitely not anything to do with being poor. It's a confidence thing and having a will to learn and improve.

Throughout life we always learn from those who are more experienced. Your seniors are there specifically for seeking guidance.

You 100% should have spoken to teachers or tutors throughout school. Their job is to teach you and many of them enjoy sharing their knowledge and seeing someone want to better themsevles by going the extra distance to seek out information outside of the classroom.

Yes, sometimes people do have more important things to do. But no one is going to say "Go away, I don't care, I'm busy". They'll say "can we schedule this for another time?" and then you plan that.

Like, one of the most enjoyable things about my job is teaching other people things that I know and I think they can benefit from. I'll always have time for someone asking me question, it's never a bother. If someone else is blocked on work because they need help then I'll drop what I'm doing to aid them.



> It's definitely not anything to do with being poor. It's a confidence thing and having a will to learn and improve.

Sure, but being poor often means "just do what you're told" in jobs, schools, etc. and definitely can lead to these kind of confidence issues.




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