...The major themes the I found after reading this book were on the different kinds of poverty and the lack of resources. For instance, (Payne, 1998) mentioned financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, physical, support systems, relationships/role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. For the most part when I think about poverty, I usually think about economic hardships and emotional difficulties. After reading this book it broadened my perspective on how to look at poverty. It’s not the first time that I hear about mental, and spiritual rules. However, I never imagined that knowledge of hidden rules was such a great contributor to poverty and education. I did not know about the hidden rules that exist behind poverty and the educational system. Payne (1998) mentions “There are street rules and there are school rules. Each set of rules helps you be successful where you are. So at school, laughing when being disciplined is not a choice. It doesn’t help you be successful. It only buys you more trouble. Keep a straight face and look sorry,...
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...Honorable English teacher Mindy Geihs, my dear friends and family, and delegates to the United Nations; it is an honor for me to be speaking to you today about Poverty. The word Poverty means not eating any food after a week. Poverty means children working everyday in the hot sun, being in the streets and washing people’s windows so they can just give you one dollar. Poverty means sleeping in a bed with your three other siblings and sharing the little bit of bread your mom could get. It means not being able to send your children to school, not being able to send them off to college and not being able to give them the life they deserve. About ½ of the Earth's population lives off of less than $1.25 a day. People around the world are suffering and we wealthy countries aren’t doing anything. If we have the chance to unite in countries and help each other, then let’s take that chance. But in the process, let’s not reject our own people. There are thousands of people in the United States that are living on the streets. That have nowhere to go and live off of the food people give them. There are people on the streets here in Nevada that live on the ground and feel shameful when people look at them. They feel hate, disgust, repulsion all from one stare. Some of these people want to make a better life and get back on track, but how can they get...
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...The poverty line is vital to the government of the United States. While society uses it to determine who is considered poor, there have been some changes in world for it to be invalid. With times changing, there could be some adjustments done to the policy for it to be more accurate in modern times. While, there is much to be done, one would need to know the start of the poverty line. The beginning of the official poverty line was established in 1963 by Mollie Orshanky, the purpose being to see what makes one poor. Orshanky’s job was to determine what was the biggest necessity for people to purchase. With her angle on food being key, she configured the formula, which resulted the first poverty line being approximately $3,600 a year. With her first draft of the line being presented, she then had to rework to include less people in poverty, which moved the line to $3,000 a year....
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...are affected the most are citizens that live in low socioeconomic status communities due to lack of education and lack of resources. There are shortages of grocery stores and markets that offer fresh fruits and vegetables thus communities rely on fast food restaurants and convenient stores for food. Furthermore lack of fresh food coupled with physical inactivity is the main reason for the rise of childhood obesity and obesity in general in the past 30 years. Creating safe places for children to play as well as providing food and resources is the only way to eliminate the ongoing obesity epidemic. Growing up there has always been a certain degree of importance placed on the diet and living a healthy lifestyle to live a long and successful life. As of late there has been a boom in fitness sales, gym memberships, and importance on diet and quality food consumption, yet in the past 30 years the United States has seen a drastic increase in the amount of obese individuals. With social media and so many other health initiatives taking place across the country, why is there still a rise in obesity levels amongst adolescents and adults? This shift in weight can be attributed to numerous sources such as fast food consumption, overall poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, and a shift on career focus, but one of the main factors that people often don’t take into account is how financial constraint can affect ones health. If one does not have the financial security, they often live in communities...
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...The lives of abject poverty and continual struggle created a distinct way of life for the working poor, a characteristic of which was the importance of extending help and aid to their fellow working poor. The value of giving aid and assistance to fellow working poor resounds across the lives of both the mill workers and Charlie Bundrum. For Charlie, it took the form of taking in and taking care of strays. The first case was Hootie, who Charlie semi-adopted after Hootie was attacked in his home on the river. For many years, “Hootie was still with them, still under Ava’ disapproving gaze and Charlie’s protection,” a fact that highlights the importance of and willingness to care for others of the working poor class. The same value of caring for...
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...Although Ruby Payne’s book has been in publication since 1995, it is still just as valuable to educators today as it was then. The book provides educators with a resource that they can turn to over and over again when dealing with students who come from impoverished homes. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive look at how poverty affects students, thus making it one of the best tools that an educator can have. As stated above, Payne’s book provides a comprehensive overview of how poverty affects students. The book is divided into nine chapters, each of which covers an aspect of the impact of poverty. These nine aspects are-the reality of poverty, how a student’s story impacts them, the hidden class rules, generational poverty, the affect...
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...Agriculture in and around Monrovia, Liberia Timothy Kortu Since the end of the war that raged from 1989 to 2003, Liberia has suffered from chronic food insecure and basic socio-economic infrastructure. Urban urban poverty, improve food security and enhance urban waste management in Monrovia and other Liberian cities. Recently the government acknowledging food security in the country. rity, due to the destruction of its agricultural sector agriculture provides a strategy to help reduce edged the importance of urban agriculture in Agriculture has always been the key to food security in both urban and rural areas of Liberia. Before the conflict, approximately 80 percent of the people of Liberia derived their livelihoods from farming alone. After the civil war and decades of predatory regimes, Liberia today is one of the most food-insecure countries in the world, with one third of the population undernourished and over 75 percent living below the universally established poverty line of 1 USD per day. It is ranked as one of the lowest countries in the UNDP Human Development Report, which covers various sector including employment, income, health, education, gender equality and child welfare (UNDP, 2007). The interim Poverty Reduction Strategy of Liberia (2007) highlights agriculture as one of the major economic sectors that has the potential to resuscitate the economy and create significant job opportunities that could make an impact in...
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...following paragraphs. In addition to provoking feelings and questions, it also educated me and I realize how people are affected by poverty in different ways. Situational Poverty vs. Generational Poverty I did not know that there were two categories to define poverty (e.g., generational poverty and situational poverty). Throughout my life, I have seen generational poverty and situational poverty in relations to my friends and community members; however I never knew that those circumstances had an actual name. As I kept reading the chapter it made me feel uneasy because I neither identify with generational...
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...The rate of poverty in Edinburgh is extremely high and homelessness can be a result of this. The rate of poverty directly influences the huge demand on local food banks. Furthermore, the amount of crime that occurs can stem from the amount of poverty that is in our local area. In Edinburgh, more than one in five children live in poverty. Edinburgh is one of the most affluent cities in the UK due to a high rise of the average earnings to £36,000 a year. Despite this there are around 15,000 children living in poverty. There are a number of various factors that equate to the gulf between the rich and poor widening. For example, unfair wages, the cost of housing and cuts to benefits and tax credits. John Dickie, the director of Child Poverty...
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...Importance of ethics in business (627) Business ethics is a term that is commonly heard across the work environment. Some might think of it is the guiding principles of the working of the organization while some might think of it as a set of rules laid down by the management to be followed by everyone related to the organization. Ethical decisions are tough to take but a foundation of ethical decisions leads to greater future opportunities. While it may seem very easy to steal from the company and mistreat the customers, this behavior goes a long way in damaging the reputation of the employer as well as the employee. The wisdom to choose right from wrong is very important in business. Businesses today run on their name and the reputation they have built in public. It is often seen that businesses that do extremely well in the market are the ones that are built on the foundations of strong ethical decisions. In the case stated above, we see that the employees are non compliant towards company policies and are not ethical in their behavior. This is wrong. This kind of behavior leads to negative image in the eyes of the employer. Any company that hires an employee has a certain set of expectations from them. Only when those expectations are met, the employees are given chances to build their career with the employer. They are presented with future opportunities that can make them excel in their area of expertise. If there are employees who do not comply with the values...
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...deprivation and address whether it is only relevant for use in either “developing” or “developed” countries. The first section will explain the capacity approach and the distinction between poverty and deprivation. Its core claim is that the focus should be on people’s functionings (being and doing) and capabilities (effective opportunities to achieve those functionings). The second section will argue that capacity deprivation is relevant for use in both “developing” and “developed” countries by providing a multidimensional focus...
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...of a given country like Nigeria, both rural poor and urban poor. Since the advent of microfinance banking in Bangladesh in the mid 1970’s, several countries have copied this financing model. The Nigerian governments over the years have had to grapple with poverty and unemployment. The realization that many of these poor and/or unemployed persons are not without skills, ideas and willingness to work, must have propelled the government to make finance accessible to them The seeming popularity of this model among developing countries is predicated on poverty reduction prospect it offers. The Nigerian government cued into this popular thinking in 2005 when it inaugurated the microfinance banking scheme. This was founded to provide finance to economically active poor excluded from financing by conventional banks, provide employment, engender rural development and reduce poverty. This paper theoretically examines the impact of this institutions to Nigeria as a country. International Journal of Finance and Accounting Concept of Microfinance Microfinance pertain to the lending of small amount of capital to poor entrepreneurs in order to create a mechanism to alleviate poverty by providing the poor and destitute with resources that are available to the wealthy, alert at a small scale. Micro-finance is a term used to refer to different methods for giving poor people access to financial services. Irobi (2008) defined microfinance...
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...Amanda Germain Mrs. Leeker ENG111 2/25/14 Poverty and Homelessness: An Annotated Bibliography. “Black Parents Demand ‘World-Class’ Education, Too.” Washington Informer. 20. Mar 2013. ProQuest. Web. 15 Feb. 2014. In the article ‘World-Class Education’, it said that education need to be affordable for the community of African American. Some African American children are dropout which had damaged the community. Without education, the middle class people would not be able to sustain their family which can lead to society loss. Parents need to back their children education and to avoid them from dropping out of school. The source wants the middle-class to educate themselves so that they could have greater life for themselves and their family. It pressure parents and children to get educated. I would use this article for my research paper because it explain how lack of education lead to poverty and homelessness. It also discussed the importance of education in the African American community and how it can prevent poverty and homelessness. This source is credible because it demanded quality education for the middle class and African American. The author had written many articles about education in the middle-class communities. Many of these articles could be find in the education database at the Nova library. Doak J. Melissa. Ed. “Money, Income, and Poverty Status.’ Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America. 2012. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Information...
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...of that realm, and the religious sector of that area as well. The level and quality of care provided during those times were determined by the Lord of the realm, but as rural areas evolved into urban areas a new system was needed. Consequently poverty had to be addresses which brought about the poor laws of England bringing into question the morality of poverty. This separated society into the deserving and undeserving poor, which then lead to the deserving receiving intervention and the undeserving shunned and punished by society. In the 1870s The Charity Organization Societies formed by Reverend S, Humphreys grew out of the frustration with the current system's lack of organization and distribution, within the new system they tried to organize so that they could assist with matters of charity and relief by cutting down on the dependence of the welfare and fraud of the system. As society grew so did the problems of society, which lead to the development of what was called Settlement houses which provided a holistic approach to poverty. This new concept gave emphasis on issues such as empathy and acceptance surrounding issues related to the people of the community who needed help, also promoting ideas of comprehensive care involving poverty. This movement brought to light how the undeserving people who were experiencing abnormal circumstances were still human and need a chance; even though the Settlement House was active in dealing with the ongoing issues of poor people, there was...
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...third largest child poverty rate among the top cities in the United States ("Hunger Facts," 2013). Insufficient resources to provide adequate food and lack of proper nutritional education for these children has a dramatic effect on the health and well-being for this vulnerable group. Not only does poverty have a direct relationship to negative child outcomes, but nutritional intake and education, as well. This article will focus on a theory-based health care promotion plan that will address the poor, school-age children living in Cleveland. Strategies will be identified in promoting nutritional education to improve healthy eating for these children in an attempt to improve the health and wellness for this vulnerable group. Guidelines for quality monitoring, evaluating, and adaptations of this health promotion plan will also be discussed so that it can be used across various health care settings. Implementing a health promotion plan that incorporates appropriate theory, research-based interventions, evaluative measures, and quality improvement metrics is pivotal if the health care professional is to be successful in supporting desired healthy behaviors for all populations. Enhancing and expanding cultural sensitivity for our diverse populations will prepare a holistic workforce that will improve the health and health equity in our underserved communities. Addressing Healthy Foods and Nutritional Education with Cleveland’s Youth Poverty and health can have...
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