Being born into economically disadvantaged family causes dilemmas before the kid is even born. Gulick states that “Economically disadvantaged students have it tougher before they are born because they have less prenatal care if any at all” (1). Because the babies do not even have the care they need before they are born they end up being born with problems that are not spectacular. “Children born into poverty have lower birth weights, and many suffer from hunger and poor nutrition. When the youth suffer from poor nutrition and low birth rates it causes many complications for the hospital staff, the babies family, and causes stress on whoever pays the medical bill because the baby might possibly have to stay at the hospital longer. Once the kid is born the dilemmas go on and on. So how does being economically disadvantage affect people?
Hunger is a gigantic complication for economically impoverished people because without money no food can be bought. “Estacado High School principal Sam Ayers recalls getting regular visits an average of two days a week from a hungry student” (Gulick 1). Being hungry can cause the loss of concentration at school and make the students grades drop. Gulick explains how concentration is lost by the hungry kids “Regardless of age, if you are hungry, it is hard to concentrate on the teaching and learning going on in the classroom” (1). Less concentration causes lower grades for the economically handicapped students says Gulicks report from school districts, ”It follows districts and campuses with higher percentages of economically deprived students that are more likely to have lower test scores” (5). The student’s grades are low because buying books and going to the library is an extra expense. Becaus...
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...rough the challenging process of moving up to middle-class or rich, do the best at everything that is done and then people will always fit in like everyone else. Middle-class and rich people are not doing much to help the poor when they go to professional sporting events. “If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country” (Carter 2009). So if someone is in the middle-class or considered rich before a professional sports ticket is bought, think of how much that money could help a poor person. Instead of paying $50 plus dollars on a seat at the game for one night, it would be generous to pay $50 or more to a foundation that helps the economically impoverished with college and foundations that help them get food for their families.
People are often expected to spend money on material items that they do not necessarily. This is a big issue because this drives people into debt which is the beginning of a continuing cycle of poverty. It’s natural to accumulate debt within people’s lifetimes--mortgages, car loans, education loans, etc. The difference is to know just how deep into debt one can go and still successfully get out to avoid years in the cycle of poverty. Being born frequently spreads like a disease from person to person, family to family. The poverty trap is a significant way to be in poverty and stay in poverty. The poverty trap happens when a baby is born into a poor or impoverished family and remains poor for his or her lifetime, eventually repeating the process by birthing children into poverty. Thus, the life of poverty continues
McKenna points out how students cut their class and study time to work more hours, hunger only makes the students weak and distracted, and that government assistance is not a reliable source to go to in times of need. Student will have to cut their education time for work and will only delay in finishing any sort of degree. Being hungry and trying to work on any school work that requires focus will only cause failing grades and general Health (McKenna). Hunger is a primary, basic need that needs to be satisfied first before anything else can happen. Government programs like SNAP have so much paper work, long waiting times in offices, and unrealistic requirements to maintain eligibility for SNAP that it is not even worth the hassle to apply
It is not difficult to document that poor children suffer a disproportionate share of deprivation, hardship, and bad outcomes. More than 16 million children in the United States – 22% of all children – live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level – $23,550 a year for a family of four. (Truman, 2005) Living in poverty rewires children 's brains and reports show that it produces prolonged effects. Also, growing up in a community with dangerous streets, gangs, confused social expectations, discouraging role models, and few connections to outsiders commanding resources becomes a burden for any child. The concern about the number of children living in poverty arises from our knowledge of the problems children face because of poverty.
In most cases, when we think of the term, “ hungry children”, we think of third-world countries; We don’t think about the millions of children suffering in the prosperous nation of America. Anna Quindlen identifies the problem, that in America, a small but significant minority of children are starving; and she’s questioning whether to have year-round school to help feed them. Anna provides sufficient and effective evidence to help support her claim: She announced that school helps low-income families get their child at least one quality meal.
Poverty increases a child’s vulnerability to both biological and psychological risks that can highly affect their developmental opportunities. As researches and statistics show, children in low-income neighborhoods are more likely to experience behavioral problems that negatively impact their cognitive development and mental health problems than children in affluent families.
Food insecurity is an issue faced by millions of Americans every day, and the biggest group affected by this is working families with children. Food insecurity is so big that the United States government has now recognized it and provided a definition for it. The United States government has defined food insecurity as “a household level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food” (USDA.gov). Food banks and anti-hunger advocates agree that some of the causes of food insecurity are stagnant wages, increase in housing costs, unemployment, and inflation of the cost of food. These factors have caused food banks to see a change in the groups of people needing assistance. Doug O’Brien, director of public policy and research at Chicago-based Second Harvest says “’we’ve seen a real shift in who we serve. A decade ago, it was almost always homeless, single men and chronic substance abusers. Now we have children and working families at soup kitchens’” (Koch). These families that are feeling the effects of food insecurity will not be only ones affected by it, but all of America. Studies have shown that there is a link between food security, performance in the classroom, and obesity. If this issue is not faced head on, America will have a generation of children not fully prepared for the workforce and high health insurance rates due to obesity health issues.
When looking into the history of our culture, there are many subtopics that fall under the word, “history.” Topics such as arts and literature, food, and media fall into place. Among these topics reside sports. Since the beginning of time, sports have persisted as an activity intertwined with the daily life of people. Whether it is a pick-up game of football in the backyard, or catching an evening game at the local stadium, sports have become the national pastime. According to Marcus Jansen of the Sign Post, more specifically, baseball is America’s national pastime, competing with other sports (Jansen 1). Providing the entertainment that Americans pay top dollar for, live the role models, superstars, and celebrities that put on a jersey as their job. As said in an article by Lucas Reilly, Americans spend close to $25.4 billion dollars on professional sports (Reilly 4). The people that many children want to be when they grow up are not the firefighters or astronauts told about in bed time stories. These dream jobs or fantasies have become swinging a bat or tossing a football in front of millions of screaming fans. When asked why so many dream of having such job, the majority will respond with a salary related answer. In today’s day and age, the average athlete is paid more than our own president. The cold hard facts show that in professional sports, the circulation of money is endless. Certain teams in professional baseball and football are worth over millions of dollars. Consequently, the teams who are worth more are able to spend more. The issue that arises with this philosophy is virtually how much more? League managers, team owners and other sports officials have sought out a solution to the surfacing problem. Is it fair to let...
According to Harro, and his article The Cycle of Socialization, we are each born into a specific set of social identities, and these social identities predispose us to unequal roles in the dynamic system of oppression. These identities that are ascribed to us at birth, are handed to us through no efforts or decision. “Immediately upon our births we begin to be socialized by the people we love and trust the most, our families or the adults who are raising us. They shape our self-concepts and self-perceptions, the norms and rules we must follow, the roles we are taught to play, our expectations for the future, our dreams.” (Hallo p 17). Therefore, an individual born into poverty is inherently underprivileged and underserved.
Thus, poverty has extreme detrimental effects and consequences for children and families suffering through it. It is still unclear whether poverty can ever be eradicated as there are millions still in poverty around the world. The effects of poverty on children have extreme consequences for the early stages of their development, and the consequences for a family relies on the income inadequacies that many in poverty face. These consequences are reinforced by Saunders (2005) as discussed throughout this essay. Therefore, poverty has some major damaging effects for all individuals involved.
Being hungry makes an average human being unfocused and emotionally unstable. For children, being hungry is worse because they lack the nutrition to grow and learn. Children will be unable to focus on school because they are too hungry to concentrate on anything else. Most families in poverty struggle to feed their children and can’t afford to buy nutritional food and instead purchase food that is the cheapest with the great amount. Families that do not make enough income rely on food stamps. However, families that make a little, emphasis on the little, over the standard income are disqualified for the program. In other words, they are stuck; they make too little to provide enough food for the table and yet make too much to receive food stamps.
The world contains a lot of societies, cultures, and classes. Each household belongs to some social class that represents their level of education, their work position, and their financial status. These different classes have created a conflict between people. It fills rich people's minds with the thought that poor people are criminals, and that conflict ended up with creating poverty. The authors Gilbert, Kahl, Magnet, and Gans are discussing the important causes and reasons that created poverty in comparing and contrasting these points with each other.
This nation has a problem: more of its citizens rely on the federal government for help than to support themselves with a full time job. Poverty has many negative effects on the people who suffer from it and on the economy. Everyone needs to be made aware of poverty and the many negative effects it has on people. There are things that could be done to help reduce the amount of people that are in poverty. Reducing poverty would decrease health risks, strengthen the middle class, and help the democracy.
As time goes by, a person must care for themselves. As a child begins to grow up their health can be affected by their families race economic status, and even a person 's gender. Since a person cannot control what economic class they are born into, it can cause hardships in regards to an economic standard.
Moreover, teachers provide materials such as textbooks and calculators to students who are unable to afford them. However, there are times where teachers have certain limited resources and cannot provide tools to all students. In fact, teachers ask students who already have tools like protractors to share with others who don’t have one. One more aspect of teachers understanding the consequence of poverty is the hunger students are dealing with. I heard a male student state that he was hungry and asked Teacher C for a piece of her cake. The teacher did not give him a piece of cake, but instead sent him to the cafeteria for a free bagged lunch. This action shows that teachers are accommodating of students who are unable to afford food and they are aware that hunger affects their energy level, as a result disrupting their education. When I become a teacher, I will do my best to approach students who are struggling to deal with poverty the same way these teachers did. I’ll attempt to find ways of providing more resources to ensure every student has whatever materials they need to succeed. No student should have to worry about relying on other students for their class tools. At times, it may interfere with their learning or embarass the child who cannot
In many countries with high levels of poverty, universal healthcare is a myth and quality healthcare is often a reserve for the financially endowed. Because of this, the poor are forced to contend with below par healthcare services, which are still comparatively expensive. The inability to access regular and balanced meals often results in poor health among individuals in this populace, with chronic illnesses being very common (Hickey & du Toit, 2013). Unfortunately, the same can be said of education. Many children in poverty stricken areas often drop out of school at early ages to seek employment. This is often driven by the need for every member of the household to contribute towards family expenses (Hatcher, 2016; Yoshikawa, Aber, & Beardslee, 2012). As a result, these children do not enjoy the benefits of proper education, which often results in many of these children still living within the same poverty brackets as their