Preparing for my Final

Since I have a final in the morning over a book, I just decided to do my last couple of bloggs on the book. In the introduction Ehrenreich has agreed to take on the lifestyle of a minimum wage worker and experience the hardships. In her experiment, she sets herself some ground rules. The first rule is she could not fall back on any skills from her past work or education in her quest for employment. The second rule is she had to take the highest paying job and do her best to hold it. The third rule was she had to find the least expensive shelter that provided safety and privacy. The last rule was to survive on her income, the best of her ability. Throughout her experience, Ehrenreich faithfully attempted to stick by these basic rules although all were bent or broken at particular times. Ehrenreich's first problem was how to present herself to potential employers. She solved the issue by describing herself as a divorced homemaker re-entering the job market. She used former housemates asn a friend in Key West(her actual home community) as references and confined her education to 3 years of college, listing her real Alma Mater. Amazingly, no one questioned her fiction and only one employer out of a dozen bothered to check her references. Finally, Ehrenreich se limits as to how much she would endure for the sake of the article or book: 1. She would always have a car, a "rent-a-wreck" obtained in each locality. 2. She ruled out homelessness as an option. 3. She would not go hungry. 4. She would begin with an initial bankroll of 1,500-a cushion totally outside the lifestyles she was about to assume.