This is a personal article and in that way the author, Donna Beegle. Is trying to show the readers that poverty is not a joke and that the government should help more than what they have done in the past. The article shows what Donna Beegle and her family had to go through in her life saying her father had to have several jobs and sometimes they would be seasonal and would not fully provide for the family. She also goes on and says that her family was not very educated and that is where most of the problems are in poverty. She saw that the reason we the nation are in poverty is because we do not change our ways of actually teaching kid’s proper ways to maintain money. She says that schools should …show more content…
The author is helping us by introducing these classes to help us avoid poverty. There are many reasons why these courses will not be administered and that is due to our current education plans. We in the United States teach our kids to fit in and how to be a role model or make friends and be the best student. Sadly the schools in America do not help us get ready for working outside of high school and how to peruse a proper career. This quote in the article is surprising but it’s true “Paulo Freire, a Brazilian scholar on worldwide poverty, said “Every society teaches its people what it takes to belong”(source)” this is what our education is and we must change it so we can better our future