This money does not grow on trees, as we are often reminded at home; we have to earn it. How can we expect to work at the Waterbugger or the Chronic for minimum wage until ten at night to meet these obviously necessary needs and still get our homework done? Teachers need to understand that the world has changed since the days of “Buddy Can You Spare Me a Dime.” A Coke no longer costs a cent in the pharmacy. If knowing how to read is so advantageous, why does a half-dressed J-Lo make more in a video than Shakespeare makes in a video?