1.) Who do you think is poor, both in the United States and globally?
This week after learning the new material I had not even realized how the geographical location that a person(s) live in would and could also effect how much money they can make. The standard of living can change from city to city and even from one state to another. I think that if a family can not take care of their kids in a health situation, even if they are working but they are fearful of their kids getting sick because they can not afford medicine or even a doctor's visit then they would be, in my opinion, poor. 2.) Why do you believe poor people are poor in the United States and globally?
This week's lesson taught me to change a bit of why I thought that people are poor in the United States and around the world. Now, I can see that many of the poor people in our nation could be poor based on their location where they reside, or perhaps because they can not get out of a bad neighborhood or area that they are in. In the power point it stated that almost the majority of people living in poverty were in the South. That definitely took me by surprise, I was expecting the number to be less, also most were African American and Hispanics. The power point also said that almost 40% of the people that were located in areas of poverty lacked even a high school diploma. This could be a major factor as to why people are poor in the US as well as in any other country, and why certain areas could have more or less of a poverty issue.
4.) What do you personally think should be done about poverty in the United States and globally?
Last week my views and ideas were that the united states was doing a good job in preventing and helping to fix the problem of poverty. Now I have to change just one thing about my response. I do think that the United States does very much and a well job in helping people of all types and ages to overcome this problem, however after this week, i think that there could be more emphasis put on the idea of education, and helping to provide places and school, and materials to all the children that are located in those areas that are highest in the nation for poverty. Perhaps helping them finish school and get even a high school diploma would help them to see how to further their knowledge and would want to pursue even more education or get jobs.
I made a lot of the same points as you. I definitely think that not having a high school diploma can add to poverty. I was surprised too that the South has the most poor people in the U.S. That was pretty shocking. I definitely think that schools need to be improved, especially in areas of poverty. I think poor education is a big contributor to poverty.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree that education is still a factor to tie someone to the poor sectors, I still hold strong that it is still motivation. I believe that schools still offer the education to them, but whether they take advantage of it is there choice, and due to their motivations. There are many stories out there where people started in these situations and with motivation and hard work they were able to work their way out. These that got out, what was the difference? They were offered the same schools, but they ended up differently. So why is this? Something motivated them.
ReplyDeleteI felt somewhat different after the lessons, but that definitely does not change the fact that you are absolutely right in saying that motivation is still a very big part of it all. Many people have the opportunity for an education and do not grasp it on the same ways that others do. So that is still a major part, however i did come to realize some people definitely do not even have the proper education and it is something to think about.
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