It was also not explained why this person is going to school. Why are they going to school? I would assume that if they were making the choice to put in the work for school they have not completely given up on a better life in which case I would expect them to at least consider making some other better decisions.
Looks like she just wrote a book, "Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America" that will be available in early October: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America/dp/0399171983/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America/dp...</a><p>Also, shouldn't this article have a (2013) tag?