After doing this assignment I realized some of the reason that low-income families do what they do. It is very hard for a family to live off of a minimum wage salary; it doesn’t matter if it is a single parent or a two-parent household. The more people are in a household‚ the more expenses there will be‚ I never really thought about that concept until doing this assignment. Something’s that some people might take for granted can actually be a luxury to others. A car for example‚ I never realized
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By labeling myself lower-middle class I can see where I am in life and continue to strive for better and hopefully enjoy some conspicuous consumption because I feel intended for that I keep telling myself I want to achieve more as in education and income wise. Now I as far as some of my friends I would have to consider them the same category or upper lower class. Some of my friends settle for their position in society and never really consider really trying to improve or better their lifestyle. I
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essential‚ especially for children. Many schools have recently struggled to implement daily physical education programs for all students due to the high demands of academic achievement. These schools are not offering comprehensive physical education programs‚ but are only offering the class once a week. Due to low standardized testing scores in math‚ English‚ and science‚ schools feel that it is justified to cut back on the frequency of physical education sessions. In children‚ it has been shown that
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Help with Obesity in Low-income Families English Comp II ENGL107-1102A-14 Prof. Iris Chao Victoria Rock April 30‚ 2011 There are many factors that contribute to obesity in America today. Pop-culture‚ genetics‚ health issues and medications as well as self-esteem‚ cost of healthy foods today and the lack of affordable gym facilities especially for low-income families who seem to be the main focus point on this problem. Low-income families need more help with this fight on obesity.
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12/3/13 The Grip of Gangs on Low Income Children Gangs are fully entrenched in many suburban communities across the nation. Gangs are a dangerous and a plague that has infected almost every city in the United States. Many notable gangs such as the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples‚ Black Peace Stones‚ and Latin Kings are the root of this epidemic. At this time gang activity was largely confined to urban areas‚ which raises a huge problem with the recruitment of the youth of this nation into gangs
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Help with Obesity for Low-income Families Victoria Rock AIU Online Abstract Obesity has become a major problem here in America. Although millions of American’s are affected by it‚ from all levels of society‚ the biggest problem seems to be focused with low-income families. Help with Obesity for Low-income Families It has become impossible for low-income families to provide healthy meals for their families. Government‚ Farm policies and the food industry itself are main reasons as to
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project. Living at a low income wage was a difficult thing to do especially at $26‚560 a year. Living with all of the basic necessities took up a large portion of my paycheck. At a wage where my wife and I are barely getting our family by is stressful on many levels. I was trying to find the best deals on food and after school care without sacrificing quality and health. Cheaper food was not nutritional so I had to move to medium priced food that was nutritional for my family and would not cause us
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Everyone get affected by pollution. Low – income minority groups‚ such as blacks and latinos‚ are affected by pollution because toxic waste tend to be placed in their communities. Not only that‚ pollution creating factories also tend to be placed in the same communities. Environmental racism is something that effect black‚ low-income people in particular‚ the different effects the toxins have on communities‚ and started a long time ago but continues to this day. But yet‚ the white rich people is
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“Getting Children from Low-Income Families to Read: What Works”. It was written by Janet Siew Poh Law and published in the Journal of Reading and Literacy in 2012. The article focuses on getting children from low-income families to read. Law also talks about why it is important for children to read and how people of all walks of life can help children. The author has the thesis statement of “Therefore‚ there is a compelling need to get children to read‚ especially those from families with low incomes”
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Development of Low Income Children Growing up within a family living with a low socioeconomic status can have a detrimental effect on a child’s social and emotional development. Some factors that may be affected by a low economic status are weakened family and peer relations‚ lowered self-esteem‚ the tendency for aggression‚ as well as health problems. Not necessarily though does this always have a detrimental effect on children; it may serve constructively as well. A family that deals with
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