Let me tell you a bit about Springfield High; it is located on one city block in the middle of a lower class neighborhood. All around it are intact or decaying ranches, low income apartments, a dirty business district, and a drug haven disguised as a city park. Yet, my school is host to the sons and daughters of doctors, lawyers, and yes, even a rocket scientist. This environment gives you such a broad scope of the people out there. For example, one of my friends, Haley, gets most of her clothes from Target or secondhand stores, while Jaycee has yet to wear the same shirt twice this year. Sometimes, our differences surface unpleasantly. Just the other day, Jaycee was going out to lunch for the fourth time this week and egging Julie to come with. 'Come on, have some fun! This is high school; live it up." Haley finally snapped that she didn't have any money, and never would for something like that. Rather than being ashamed, Jaycee was annoyed that Haley didn't want to come.
Situations like this really reflect the kind of environment one was brought up in. Haley has always had to scramble and save for every little thing, while Jaycee had her possessions spoon fed to her mouth. It doesn't necessarily mean that one is greedy and the other is not. It's only that they know only what they've been taught. For one, it's "just ask and you'll receive (How It Ends by Devotchka)" and "work for what you want" for the other.
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