This story is very close to what it is like for home schooled kids going to college. Especially how they describe the Starbucks job. She has experienced a privilege that the others did not. They all know it but are not sure what it is exactly. She is sandwiched between two worlds and fits into neither.

Notice how she was able to figure it out in the end? I guarantee you it is because she did not go through the public school system.

If she had and her parents went down a class she would have been too broken to recover. She would have not developed a proper sense of Self. The money would have been her false one. The fact she failed a bunch in the beginning and bounced back is the thing our education system destroys in us. It destroys our resilience because it makes failure not allowed. But failure is extreme learning. Failure is required to figure your self out. It is key to finding your way. Especially if you are a creative who must make their own path.
The rich send their kids to schools that teach them how to use their emotions and intellect. So they can move through the world able to see the big picture.
But our public schools take that away from the average kids. They destroy their ability to find the big picture.
But we need to give that ability back now. Their lives and future depend on it.