If you choose the stock option, here’s your prompt: there’s a famous scene in the classic gangster movie Goodfellas where Karen Hill (played by Lorraine Bracco) tells Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) that she needs money to go shopping, and Henry asks, “How much money do you need?” She responds by holding her thumb and index finger about an inch apart, indicating the thickness of the stack of bills: this much. It’s a moment where we see the ways that the gangsters in the movie think of cash in ways very different from the rest of us. What are some of the ways that you use money that are different from the ways that Pullman natives or WSU professors use money? What can and can’t you buy as students, and how are those things that you can or can’t buy different from what these other categories of people can buy?
How people view money and its importance or value and how they use it varies widely from person to person.
When it comes to being a student at WSU, personally, the primary use of money is for schooling and fees or materials involved. Things like books, programs, pens, paper, etc. Paying for our classes is where the bulk of the money a student has goes towards. After that, it gets down to the necessities like food and water for nourishment and supplies to live like a normal civilized human being like toilet paper and dishwear. The main difference between students is the amount of money able to spend for all of these. Some students have more and so they are able to spend more on extra things like entertainment (gaming systems, alcohol, etc) or clothing or whatever else they want instead of need. Being a student, you also tend to only spend money on yourself rather than other people which helps to keep spending at a low allowing one to use those saving for more necessities or later if there is a complication where money is needing like car repairs after a random breakdown. Most students even have to spend a decent amount of money on gas for trips back and forth from here and home.
A WSU professor though, spends money in a different way. They don't spend money on schooling but rather make money from it. Therefor, a professor's income goes towards many other things like children or vacation. They have an ability to spend more money on entertainment and wants because they have less needs than a student. They do still spend money on school, I would assume, on different supplies for their classes and students but definitely not as much as a WSU student would spend on their schooling. They may have to spend a little more money on gas than a native whether or not they live in Moscow or even further.
A Pullman native spends money in different ways than both a WSU student and professor though. They live here day in and day out not needing to spend mass amounts of money on schooling. They work within the city and primarily, I assume, their income is used for paying bills on their residence. Other than that, I think a Pullman native would have the most money and time to spend on extra things like entertainment or going out for drinks or food.
It is obvious that as you grow older the certain things that are most significant to spend your money start to change.
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