Minimum wage

This week we mostly talked about people living on minimum wage. All of the videos really got me thinking about how living on such a low salary would be. The medications for my asthma, allergies, etc would take up probably most of my paycheck if I was one this type of a budget. Another big thing I thought about was the holidays around this time of the year. Most of the kids going to the high school are getting numerous expensive gifts for the holidays and many still remain unsatisfied. Like in The Pursuit of Happyness, many people get little to no gifts at all. It is just hard for me to deal with the fact that I am going to be getting gifts while some families can't even afford food. If you ask me, it just plain out sucks. Even those whose are making it by on their wages still have a very difficult. We talked about how people of minimum wage get treated much poorer than others as people above them consider themselves better and therefore privileged to be rude. I notice this quite often in my grandma. No matter where we go out for dinner she always ends up being EXTREMELY rude to someone whether it is the waiter, the host, or the manager. It is just flat out embarrassing for the rest of us who are there but on the other hand she thinks that they deserve it as they had done her wrong in some way. I really do have respect for those who are living on minimum wage as they work the hardest out of everyone and receive the least in return.