Everyone goes through this stage in almost every day of their whole entire life. Even the needs are quiet pricey. I learned in my economic class last week about how corporations price on your needs because either way, you’ll spend on it whether it’s elastic or inelastic demand. I love how I’m learning this right before graduation, because I now realize how much I’m going to need this for future reference spending and separately thinking of what is needed and what is wanted.

My mother is the only person in this household who is financially supporting me. I wonder why Senior year? this year is when a lady spends the most. Prom, Grad Nite, Senior Dues, etc. My mother may only be supporting me, because my sister is already in college and is getting financial aid. As for me, I’m still a high school student who gets aid from parents. Don’t get me wrong, I am as guilty to ask for money when it’s necessarily isn’t needed such as food expenses and materials that wouldn’t last long. My mother has been working for about 6 years at the same place ever since we got here in US. She fairly gets paid for a full-time job. It’s not her career but a job is a job and I know that she knows better when it comes to getting income and savings. She’s a very settled woman, in fact. My father, unfortunately, is unemployed since November 2010. Thinking about how all that started.. it’s surprising to imagine how this family even got through. But ever since we started moving from one place to another, I noticed how much my own mother worry to death. This concern me a lot. Especially that she’s the person who supplies my needs and not my father who should be taking care of it in my Senior year. I may sound like my Senior year just ended when expenses is barely starting to approach, but I know for a fact how real my expectations are- even how negative they are. I am now in my legal age, but I can’t seem to find time to get myself employed even if I have a minimum schedule during school days. As much as I want to help and not give my own parents trouble, I just seem to just focus on my studies, hobbies, and High School itself while it last. I truly don’t want to drag my mother into my own personal mess. My father is already giving her a hard time that I’m sadden to witness. I can’t stand how much he treats her when she’s basically the person who supports me and my sister. I’ve been worried lately about how I’m going to go through my Senior year and how much events I’m going to miss just because it’s my last year in High School. As much as I want to enjoy it so much easily, this problem is giving me a hard time.