Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Middle Ground

I definitely think there's a middle ground. At the hospital I volunteer at, there are a lot of single mothers who work as receptionists at the front desk of the emergency department. One of the "greeters" is in her late 20s, divorced, with a son. She works in the ER 5-6 days a week for 7 hour shifts and is attending school to become licensed in radiology. Although her parents help her take care of her child, they don't provide her with much money so she works at the hospital because not only does she need the money, but she gets free health insurance as well. In situations like this, I believe vulnerable populations are "victims" of an unfair life. 
However, there are many individuals who would not be this devoted and hard-working. For example, there's this new show on E! about models that are hired in music videos (I forgot the name). I watched part of an episode where one of the characters got upset because she thought she was going to get paid $700 for a video shoot but the pay ended up being $150. Rather than doing the shoot anyways because she's a single mother with a child, she didn't complete the shoot because she wasn't getting paid enough. I'm sorry but if you have a job that is paying you any sort of money, you shouldn't be picky about the amount. You should be willing to do ANY job for ANY amount of money if you need it that badly. There is no room for pride when you're low on cash. Of course I'm not saying you should become a stripper or a prostitute, but I do believe that you should go for any job that will bring in the money you need to take care of you child. For people like this, I believe they are "sinners" because they aren't willing to put in the hard work necessary to make money, they always want the easy way out.

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