[Danielle]

It is very telling that all the topics having to do with wealth or a lack thereof deals entirely with money. I guess it really is true that money makes the world go round. Call me naive, but I have always thought differently. I grew up in rural Ohio (and I know that monetarily poor in the city is far different from monetarily poor in the country), my family was monetarily poorer that field mice. However, there was never a time that we did not have enough. We planted a garden, canned foods, ate leftovers, helped our neighbors and vice versa. When the local men went hunting, all shared in the meat brought home. When a neighbor killed a cow for meat, all were let in for a share at a very low price. I don’t think I ever ate vegetables from a store until I was away from home for the first time. We lived close to family and we always had enough. While I know we did not have alot of ‘things’ or money, I feel I grew up far richer than any of the ‘rich kids’ in my school. I grew up knowing without a doubt that I was loved, with a strong sense of community and responsibility, and knowing how to take care of myself. I earned a college degree and joined the military. I have lived all over the world and still, there is no place like that small back woods town that I grew up in. Money matters aside, I think rich or poor depends on how you were raised. I have known many inner-city kids who like me do not really feel the pinch of not having money because of the values their parents, granparents or other responsible adult instilled in them. I have known rich kids whose lives are a mess of therapy because they felt their parents, or other adults, valued money more than them. Perhaps, we need to go back to values more than we are ready to admit. Nobility (class) lives within, it is not defined by monetary worth or where you grew up.

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Name : Danielle, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 30, City : Kapolei, State : HI, Country : United States, Occupation : US Military, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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