<p>Chelly, thanks for clarifying about your classes. I just wanted to make sure that people reading knew you were not talking specifically about acting or performance classes being “OK.” (I was pretty sure you were referencing some academic classes, but wasn’t 100% sure.)</p>
<p>Re: being surrounded by kids who have more disposable income than do you. That’s a tough situation for anyone, but it sounds as if you handle things really well. Most of those students who have access to their parents’ credit cards and can spent extravagantly or without worry will, at some point, likely have to learn the value of a dollar when they graduate and are off on their own. (Well, some might not, as I read recently in the New York Times about the increasing numbers of parents who “supplement” their kids’ earnings so that their kids can maintain the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed, even once the kids are grown and working.) You, however, have a head start in understanding that money is finite and doesn’t just flow from an ATM machine. That will pay off (sorry for the bad pun!), believe me.</p>