My job, as our group read "Nickel and Dime" by Barbara Ehrenreich, was the connector. The connectors job was to connect the reading to other course works, lived experiences, news events, political events, and/or popular trends. I connected the story to real life. For example, when people realize how bad the circumstances other people live with, they will usually treat them better. To add on, people with little to no money often do not treated as well as people with lots money. It's sad that money is one of the powerful things in the world today. Whether you have it or not decides how people will treat you. Ehrenreich said that she had people come up to her all the time to tell her that they tip more generously after reading her book. Also,
