english 102 - 1 Professor Tolley Essay One Today's Middle Class In 2008 I view myself as a middle class blue-collar citizen I go to college full time

Professor Tolley Essay One February 15, 2008 Today’s Middle Class In 2008, I view myself as a middle class, blue-collar citizen. I go to college full time and work part time. I live at home with my parents and younger brother. I earn money to pay for things I want and need from working at Graeters. I also am a volunteer football and lacrosse coach at my former high school; where I earn pay for working odd jobs for the school. Living at home with two working parents helping me manage things is why I feel leaves me firmly in the middle class. I pay for my own classes and my car on my own with money I earn from working; however my necessities are taken care of by my parents. I am able to have more spending money this way than if I was trying to live away from home. I feel I fall under the blue-collar label with my job scooping ice cream at Graeters. I work around 20 to 25 hours a week to get through college. My job is blue collar because I am dealing with everyday people and earning just over seven dollars an hour. I