Poverty has had an effect on my life. I went form a rich kid to one who ate a lot of squirrel when my mother remarried. I've used poverty as a motivator in my life. I don't want squirrel stew any more!
In my classroom I've seen kids think that they cannot escape poverty and that being poor makes them dumb. While there are some indicators that lower socio-economic status hinders growth, students has so many tools that students can use to gain a college or quality trade school post K-12 education. If a student can get free or reduced lunch they can get a grant. Junior Colleges are cheap but effective means of obtaining and quality education. Being a minority is a path to many scholarships as well
I often show student show goingt o a JC and then ASU they can make money going to college, if they live at home. Students do not need a Harvard degree to be successful. They just need the best education for their jobs. A UTI mechanic is going to make more than the monkey at Jiffy Lube!
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