In my Gifted and talented class, we watched a tv show called 30 days and it starred morgan spurlock who lived with minimal wage for a month. Based on what i saw in the show, a lot of things surprised me. However one incident surprised me the most, when both morgan and his girlfriend (alex) got hurt and had to go to the hospitol, the total price for them to go to the hospitol was over $1000. They didnt even get hurt that bad, morgan strained his wrist and didnt even need much attention they just gave him a cast, and alex got an infection and they gave her pills. Alex's bill was above $450, and morgans was above $500. Included in morgans bill was an ace bandage that costed $40. I think it is riiculous that the price to step inside the emergency room is that high and that they priced an ace bandage at $40. how can anyone expect to live off of minimal wage if they get hurt and go to the emergency room.

I believe that this is an accurate portrayal of what life is like when living on minimal wage, because they lived it. Morgan and Alex lived off of minimal wage and expierienced the struggles when living off the minimal wage. When living on minimal wage, you need to watch every cent you got and not waste your money on things you really dont need. For example, when morgan spent $1.20 on cinamon buns and alex yelled at him for it, that is really what life is like for people living on minimal wage.

From watching this movie, i learned a lot about people living on minimal wage. I learned about their struggles and what it is like to live on minimal wage. I learned that hospitols overprice things way too much and if you need to go to the hospitol when living on minimal wage, its basically a death sentence. I learned that people living on minimal wage n eed to count and save every cent they have.