"Pennies, Nickels, Dimes" What Can I Buy?

This is a first, but I actually like the longer reading rather than the long one. this time! I enjoyed reading Nickel-and-Dimed because it really put things into perspective for me. Reading how Barbara Ehrenreich took enough pride in her job to just leave her life to experiment what another life would be like was incredible and very courageous. It seems like a scarey task, but it kind of makes me want to do something like that. I think that if people did that, they would realize what the people living in poverty feel liek and live like. It could be a new way of understanding. That might just be what this world needs. This reading provided a lot of good facts and issues. On the other hand when I read Pennies an Hour and No Way Up, I didn't feel as interested. It basically was showing the hardships people face in sweatshops. I think that things will never change because people just don't understand.