Serving in Florida

This essay by Barbara Ehrenreich on Serving in Florida, was a very well written paper. I guess that's why it is in our 2010 English book though aye! it starts off rather interesting, I thought. I was trying to figure out where it was going at first, but then it all tied together quite nicely.
I feel that, when in the introduction it states, "If you are considering dropping out of college and settling into a comfy minimum-wage job (or two) please read this excerpt first.." It is obviously trying to get a point across that it is not even close to worth it. Most of us can relate to these types of jobs. when I say these types of jobs I mean the ones where you do mundane tasks and get paid minimum wage, there is not hardly a chance in this life for advancement, and you dread going there because all of the drama and crap that goes on.
It was interesting to read Barbara's points of view and her story of work. As I was reading I kept thinking that spending money and struggling through school for a few years with an end occupational goal in mind, is far more worth it than settling for a minimum wage job. As she continued she talked about the living conditions. when you make minimum wage you pretty much have to have two jobs to make the bare minimum payments of life. she talked about the trailer park and how that's upper class for someone who makes minimum wage. not that there is anything wrong with that, but if you just hang in there with school you can make a ton more money as well has choose the field you want to go into so that you can be happy at work. rather than being told what to do all the time and deal with all the drama like with her slovakian friend. it is just obvious to see, and very well pointed out in this essay, that it is far more worth while to stay in school and and plan for the future rather than take the seemingly easy way out now, because most of the time the easy way now dosent amount to much later on.