Nickel and Dimed

As i began reading the description about the author that comes before the story, it somehow brought me back to what i'm currently learning in my intro to social work class. Currently we're learning about the welfare system and what you must lack to be able to receive any kind of government help. Also, we're discussing how hard it would be to survive living in Hunterdon or somerset county when categorized under welfare; you just couldn't do it because of how high finances are in the area. I don't think that Barbara Ehrenreich knew what she was getting herself into.

The adventure she decided to take, is not something many of us would ever think about doing. She literally gave herself the chance to walk in someone else's shoes, and in this instance, it would be a single mother on welfare trying to survive by working on low minimum wage, and high rental costs for living.

Barbara is a middle class journalist who wanted to explore living under welfare in America. She found it very hard for anyone to survive in these kind of conditions. The only way out of these horrible livings would be to have somewhat of a high education degree. Without that, hopes of moving higher up, aren't too strong.

I liked reading her story and the experience that she underwent. She helped me see how tough some people's lives can be. We all are human, and no matter how hard we try not to, we all judge. But after reading this story, it made me sit back and think; Don't judge a book by its cover because you really don't know how hard they can have it. Just because we're living comfortable, doesn't mean that everyone else around us it too.