It is expected of most adults to be financially stable and take care of their family, whether they are the breadwinner or not. As a person that earns her own money and pays for her own bills, I understand the middle class difficulties that adults tend to complain about. I do not earn enough to pay for what I want versus what I need, nor do I get enough sleep at night because I am busy trying to keep up with chores, homework, and my job. Mantsios presented three charts describing the income and lifestyle of three different individuals and two of them contrasted against each other more than the other combinations: “Harold Browning spends more money on his horses than Cheryl Mitchell earns in a year” (340). A common trend among schools is the
