The Working Poor Summary

Working Poor Test In “The Working Poor” Shipler gives an example of a poor grandmother named Leetha Butler who lived in Washington, D.C. and how even though she has very little in terms of finances her spirit and wits are exceedingly high considering her situation of poverty and how she takes care of her daughters orphaned children ages three, eight and sixteen (Shipler 29). After her daughter Diane was murdered in a drive-by-shooting, she did not collapse under the weight of grief because she understood somebody needed to be there and be strong for her grandchildren and support them after her daughter’s death. Furthermore, she used her expertise in saving expenses and spending when local deals were present to accommodate having the new responsibility of her grandchildren.
Where I grew up in most cases, it’s neglect do to drug use by the parents, resulting in the grandparents having to intervene and take the children because they do not want them to be put into the system of child services due to losing that family connection or any abuse they may encounter within the system. “Death of an adjunct” basically tells the plight of an adjunct professor named Margaret Mary Vojtko that led to her stress related death and how she was upset about being under-payed and undervalued by the people and community she worked for during her life. “Death of an adjunct” is in alignment with the entire point of Shiplers book which is there are people in society who work hard to achieve success their entire lives and they endure and struggle just to realize how nobody really cares and in some cases want more out of them even if it kills them. Shipler stated most Americans seem to be of the persuasion that “the poor are supposed to suffer and sacrifice” (Shipler 27). The more I read