In Class Today

I just received my second paper back today that I explained the differences between high school and college. I got an A on it and I am so excited. I worked so hard on this paper and my hard work paid off. I'm hoping that when I get my research paper back that my grade is no lower than a B. I worked hard on that as well. In class today we suppose to be discussing a book we were assigned to read called Nickel and Dimed. It was a good book but it wouldn't be something I would of read for fun. I read it because it was a grade! It was about this woman named Barbara Ehrenreich who took on an assignment that involved working at low minimum-wage jobs for one month at a time to see if she can match her earnings to her expenses. She has three rules that she sets up: first, she cannot rely on skills derived from her education or her work as a writer; second, she must take the highest paying job possible and actually work; and third, she must find the cheapest living conditions for herself. In retrospect, she admits these rules were not always observed. Ehrenreich sets up other parameters as well: she will always have a car, will never go homeless, and will not go hungry. She is financially comfortable and can walk away from her experiment if she wants.