Tammy

There were many parts of the video that were sad, surprising and even shocking, but it was the story of Tammy and her family that I found myself thinking about days after watching. I mean I knew people lived like that, but I guess I really hadn't ever met someone living in poverty. Getting to know her family in the video made me appreciate my life more and more. First of all, Tammy has 21 siblings! That's crazy, but no wonder her parents didn't have enough to go around. This resulted in Tammy rasing her own family in the lower-class because that it the class she was born into. Our society tends to think down upon people of the lower-class because we think they're lazy and don't find a way to go to school and get a decent job. But the truth is they can't go to school because that takes away from time they could put towards earning money - something they desperately need. And Tammy works very very hard. Her job as a janitor at the local Burger King might not be the hardest job on the planet, but the fact that she walks 10 miles each way to get there and back is remarkable and shows the effort she is putting in to provide for her family. While I was watching this, I kept thinking that her life could never possibly happen to me. First of all, I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to college and this will hopefully get me a good job. But even if it doesn't and I end up with no money, my parents will always be there to help me - a luxury Tammy doesn't have. I hope that Tammy's son Matt defies the odds and ends up going to college and getting a better life for himself.