Poverty in America (Blog Post 8)

  In America more than 30 million CHILDREN are growing up in poverty. Where there was only one book for every three hundred children. African Americans and Hispanics living in low income are more likely behind in school, for example when they get into twelfth grade they are four years behind. On Long Island, statistically, schools with a higher percentage of Hispanic have a lower percent graduation rate and has a so-so education than a school with a higher white percent. When you compare a good school with a "so-so" school there's an obvious differences between them. Like a school like ESM we have a smart boards in every classroom even if some classrooms don't need it. Our textbooks are almost always up to date each year while in some schools their textbooks are almost ten years old or even more. 
     Now a days colleges are so expensive, many students have to take out loans that take them many years to pay off. For example, Jay Gee in New Mexico was still paying for his college loans while making $6,000 a year to try to pay off his loans. She said that a third of her money went for college loans. Jay lived with other people in bad areas, with poor appliances. She mostly ate eggs, peanut butter, and bread. She didn't own a car, so he had to take a two hour bus ride and an additional two hours of walking. Most of her clothes were from the Goodwill or thrift stores, she also said that during the winter it was hard to find clothing and shoes.When she got sick she wasn't even able to afford the $50 to go to the doctors. She fought hard to stay somewhat stable in her life.the unemployment rate was close to 10.25% when she was in her thirties.