The narrator tells us that he's not angry at his family for not understanding how he feels. He's angry at them because they didn't understand what he was going through when he told them about his financial situation. He tells them that he was planning on finding a job after he graduated from high school, but that his sister saw his financial plan and decided that he shouldn't go to college. The narrator says that his family's financial situation got worse when his parents got divorced, and that's when his sister dropped out of college so that she could find a job. Now, the narrator says, they're too poor to pay for college, even though the cost is so high. He also says that he knew someone who was like him, and he knows that there's a reason behind his decision.