...material, logos, or images from the Internet, which I do not have written permission to include. I further agree that my name typed on the line below is intended to have, and shall have the same validity as my handwritten signature. Student's signature (name typed here is equivalent to a signature): _Ashlee Gipson __________________________ ___ Throughout life there are many challenges that the world is going to see and face. Everyone is walking a different path and experiencing different types of lifestyles. The challenges that are thrown the way of individuals that are out of their control can cause a great deal of grief and hardship. Generational poverty is an ongoing issue. It is also noticed that lack of employment is striking our nation. Women in particular are facing challenges that are hard to overcome and to break the stigma of. The more knowledge the masses have of these particular issues, the better equipped they will be to fight against them and to educate the rest of the world. The difference starts with knowledge and knowledge if definitely power. The definition of pride is as follows: a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are...
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...different things may come to mind when we think of the future, our children’s futures as they become adults, the children whom are not even born yet and our future as we grow old. We also think about what the world has already overcome and what we still need to overcome. Some choices society has made have been positive, some negative. What is the largest problem we may face in the future and how will this impact us? The increase of population will affect the world over the next ten to twenty years by increased carbon dioxide emissions, employment opportunities will be reduced and the increase of poverty. Carbon dioxide emissions will increase which will put our recourses at jeopardy. As we all know, humans need oxygen to live. Burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, coal and gas, increase the carbon dioxide within the air and reducing the oxygen levels. Our dependence on fossil fuels combined with the global issue of climate change alternatives need to be used (Writers, 2007). To reduce emissions the population can turn to solar power, wind power and geothermal energy. With the population growing more people are in need of income but employment opportunities within the U.S. are decreasing. Statistics show only Latin America is the only country reporting healthy job markets, while the U.S., Japan and Europe have higher unemployment rates (Business Recorder, 2012). With population rising all over the world, all countries will need to figure out how to produce money for society...
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...“See Poverty… Be The Difference!” by Dr. Donna M. Beegle is an inspiring and information filled book. The book consists of Dr. Donna M. Beegle’s life story, facts about poverty, her theories on poverty, and how people should treat people poverty. She writes based off her experiences growing up in poverty and how it affected her and her family. She later got out of poverty by getting an education and went to school and got her doctorate. She had many obstacles getting out of poverty and getting acclimated into middle class society. Dr. Donna M. Beegle grew up in poverty and wanted everyone to know what it is really like for people living in poverty and what is wrong with the help the government gives to people currently. In her conclusion...
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...between wealthy and poor people and it has grown a lot over the years. One part of England is doing well, while the other part is struggling and facing bigger challenges. It causes a lot of difficulties for the poor, but is it just materialistic or is it also psychological? In the essay “Poverty is a state of mind” by Bernard Hare from 2012, originally broadcasted on BBC radio 3, he reflects on his life growing up poor and talks about how he finds poverty as something controlled by your mind. Hare is a social worker and a writer. He was born in Leed in 1958 and grew up in poverty. His father was a coal miner, and his mother was a shop worker in a department store, even though they both had a job, they were poor, probably because of the time they used on the pub drinking and smoking. But Hare did not have a problem with that since he did not feel poor at that time. In the story we follow Hare through his life as a child in poverty, social worker, back to poverty, helping a group of children, and then becoming a writer. I am going to analyse this essay by focusing on Hare’s own experiences, his use of contrast, and his intention in writing this essay. Even though Hare grew up in poverty, he did not notice it much in his childhood. By looking back, Hare sees that they had a good social circle in the neighbourhood, love, and the things needed to survive: “As far as I was concerned, we had warmth, love, shelter, enough to eat – except towards the end of the week sometimes, as...
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...Generational Poverty Diana Rojas BSHS 345 August 12, 2014 Therese, DaSilva, LSSW Overcoming Generational Poverty Generational poverty is poverty passed down from generation to generation. Parents pass it down to their kids, and they received it from their parents. A vicious cycle can only be broken by raising above the current situation. In order to rise one must work and gain a greater income, if any, than what is currently being dealt with. It is a common truth that you can work yourself out of poverty. As easy as that sounds, many times this is almost impossible to achieve. Personal barriers that may harm success are stress, low self-esteem, isolation, and inadequate parenting competence. One can go into urban cities, rural areas, and ghettos and see the impoverished or underprivileged situations that many people live in today. The question often asked is; why do people live and think the way they do? Can they not move or get a better job? The sad truth is that for many people moving on does not come with ease. The factors for which many stay in the situation they are in is endless and often quite complex. Many times people face poverty because they lack the means to move up in life. This barrier often times comes from lack of education. In many areas instances, children never even make it out of high school because their presence is needed to work and help the family survive. Seniors are often faced with many challenges which lead them to fall into poverty. Companies...
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...Many Americans live the supposed American Dream of having a nice car, big house, well paying job, and have a secure family. In the renowned novel The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler he captures those Americans who live invisible in America that work so hard to suffer from the psychological effects of poverty. In The Working Poor Shipler goes on to explain these myths. Shipler states that the American Myth “still supposes that any individual from the humblest origins can climb to well-being” It is just that the individuals in this novel are scattered along this spectrum of polar opposites, that each person’s life is the mixed product of bad choices and bad fortune, of roads taken and roads cut off. The debate on welfare...
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...issue of poverty prevents children from acquiring an effective education. In the literary work "The Lesson", Toni Cade Bambara describes the difficulties of growing up as poor children. She goes on to point out the power of education for them. Education is empowerment for children living in poverty because it helps them to understand the disadvantages of their poor life in comparison to the rich and shows that effective knowledge is the way to overcome poverty. Additionally, a proper education can inspire children to strive even harder for their success. In “The Lesson”, the author reveals to the reader the disadvantages of poverty in relationship to wealth through Ms. Moore's lesson. Ms. Moore chooses to take a group of children to the luxury FAO Schwarz toy store in order to show them the difference between rich and poor lives. She knows that the trip is only a chance to let children see another side of life in the same city and helps them realize the disadvantages of their poor life. Through the narration of Silvia, a leader of the group, a reader can imagine the low quality of the children’s lives. At the beginning of the trip Moore talks to the children about the value of money. She discusses the amount of money their parents make, and how much their lifestyle requires to spend: “So we heading down the street and she's boring us silly about what things cost and what our parents make and how much goes for rent.” (348). Moore points out the level of poverty in which...
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...Poverty is a worldwide epidemic that has previously been rendered unsolvable. Impoverishment is a continuous problem that has spread throughout each and every continent and country. While there are those who “swim in their pools of gold coins” with all the luxurious items they like to keep to themselves, there also happen to be others who are barely receiving enough pennies to supply and support their household and family members with the necessities in which they need to survive. Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics and an insightful philosopher, argues that prosperous individuals of the economy must be the solution that prevents and eventually overcome poverty for good all with a few simple steps. Singer says that “whatever money you’re...
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...The most important factor in overcoming generational poverty is changing the stigma associated with it. Many people assume that if someone is experiencing poverty it is because they are not working hard enough and are lazy. This could not be further from the truth because if you look at the statistics, the majority of those suffering from generational poverty are some of the most hard working people ever and that is because that is often all they know, the only thing they know how to do to survive. The thing about poverty is that it is not something one desires and specifically with generational poverty, it is much more difficult to overcome then people think and is more associated with the society we live in then with the actual person or family experiencing it. The main reason it is so difficult to overcome generational poverty is because the education in these impoverished communities is significantly lacking. If you look at the distribution of finances in this country it is clear as day that the money is distributed to the wealthy communities first because they are the ones that contribute to the economy of a certain area the most and in order to make those communities desirable, they need to have good schools, jobs, etc. Often it is not the teachers that are the problem in these schools, it is the limited resources they have to work with and if a community doesn’t value the education of the youth, the youth are not going to value education, which leads to the increase in...
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...September 26, 2010 Response Paper #1 – Utilitarianism Poor children of all color are being looked upon as hopeless. Teachers refuse to teach them because they see it as worthless. Within their schools, there is so much poverty that the schools lack the funds to make necessary improvements. The broken down schooling environment and a likely poor home situation are stopping these kids from having a good learning environment. A good education could make kids more well off, bettering their future and the future of their community. However; in order to supply students with a good education a lot of things need to be addressed. In order to give these kids a better education; there are many issues with public schooling that need fixing. Changes need to be made in the leadership roles at many schools and in many school districts. Teachers with experience educating in an urban environment with poverty stricken students, need to be found for these struggling school districts. On top of more-experienced teachers additional staff is necessary. Students in these poorer neighborhoods need mentors. Students need someone to help them learn, someone who can be there for them, someone to make sure their on task and have a drive for success. Drive, also very important; students need to be motivated, a drive should be instilled in them with a reward that could promise higher achievement. In Kalamazoo MI, a “promise” was set up to provide each Kalamazoo Public Schools graduate with the opportunity...
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...Understanding and Addressing Poverty in an Education Setting In the introduction of her book, Payne explains that her expertise on poverty resulted primarily from being married for over 30 years to her husband, Frank, who grew up in “situational” (or temporary) poverty, but lived for several years with others who were in “generational” (or long-term) poverty. As she spent time with his family and got to know “the many other players in their neighborhood,” her personal observations led her to conclude that there were major differences between those in generational poverty and those in the middle class—the most important of which were not about money (Payne, 2005). These insights were confirmed in her mind after Payne spent six years as a principal in an affluent, Illinois elementary school and was able to further contrast the differences she witnessed between children in poverty, the middle class, and wealth. Some key indictors Payne list, that identify poverty are (2-3): 1. Poverty is relative to the society you live in. 2. Poverty occurs in all races and in all countries. 3. Generational and situational poverty are different. 4. For students to be successful they must understand the hidden rules of class; they must be taught the rules if they are to succeed. 5. Two things help individuals move out of poverty—education and relationships. Hidden Rules Payne describes hidden rules as ”unspoken cues and habits of a group. Distinct cueing systems exist among...
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...Matthew 6: 1-4 6:1 “Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven. 2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward. 3 But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 7 When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, 10 may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 14 “For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father...
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...through his or her own hard work and determination. Now, with our society with dispiritingly high unemployment rates, immigration and poverty, most believe the American Dream has come to an end with all the economic hardships that many Americans have come to face over the years, but we all have not given up. There also has been a spirit of progress, of possibility. To begin with, the unemployment rates of Americans have risen close to the numbers that of the Great Depression. These numbers that have evolved since the Great Recession have helped deteriorate the American Dream according to economists. Even though, the economy has taken a drastic hit with these high numbers we are still seeing small businesses and larger corporations expanding. This is showing an example of how people, businessmen alike, are still striving today to live the so called “American Dream”. Although, the unemployment rates have risen, the United States of America have still seen high immigration rates. Most of the immigrants that have come into the United States are illegal; they are in fact, gaining a higher percentage of American jobs rather than those native-born workers. While the immigrants successfully acquired jobs, despite taking a deduction in pay, they indeed are still striving for the American Dream. With the harshness of unemployment rates and immigration in mind, most Americans are...
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...individuals, in order to increase his financial status and share the wealth with members of society close to him that he thought needed it most? Based on the documented life of the author, Fyodor Dostoevsky, it can be assumed that in fact often the author is placing circumstances and social class of the main character, in which he had lived through as a child himself. In the novel, the author depicts a scenario of a young man whom is restricted to poverty, along with his mother and sister. This social class can be related to the author himself, having had his mother and father die at a young age. Adding to the comparative lifestyle that of the author and the main character in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky eventually rose in social class status within the Russian Army; however this too ended and he was exiled to Siberia due to his involvement in a liberal group with Utopian society ideas. In the beginning of story, Raskolnikov, the main characters is depicted as believing above the rest of society even though he is restricted to poverty, he does not...
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...to a dream deferred? In the poem written by Langston Hughes detects what could happen to dreams that are not pursued or maybe even dreams that don’t come true. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry which also discuss dreams and how they can change throughout time. Both Langston Hughes and Lorraine Hansberry write about the effect of dreams and pursuing happiness. Neither of the two directly spells out racism but by reading the two together they are talking about the dreams of African Americans and how their dreams are harder to achieve and sometimes they just shrivel up like a raisin in the sun or maybe it just sags like a heavy load Hughes writes. The realities of dreams during this era in time for African Americans were slim. In Hansberry’s play we know that blacks are not equal to the whites. The main theme in both pieces of work is about the dreams and ambitions that everyone possesses and to be able to overcome society’s views and live a life that you want for yourself, regardless of what anyone else says or does. Broken dreams can be extremely hard for anyone but more so if you are already expected to fail. A Raisin in the Sun becomes about dreams as the main characters try to overcome obstacles in their own lives to achieve their dreams. The title of the play is perfect because of all the dreams and failures that are mixed throughout the play will the Youngers dreams shrivel up “like a raisin in the sun.” The American dream is thought...
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