Reflection On Ruby Payne's Framework For Understanding Poverty

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When I was studying at the Duzici Anatolian Teacher High School, which known as just very successful in training future teachers, I learned a lot of things about teaching. In addition, I had to go on a training course for regional boarding secondary school for one semester. At that time and I believe it is still a very prevalent thing; especially poor families dropping their children into this type of boarding school. Sad but true, they do not have any other option, it is like a mandatory choice for poor peasant people. Those kind of schools are completely free in Turkey and basically, the government is taking care of the children in there. During this experience, I saw real peasant children. They were looking helpless because of the poverty in their family. It was the first time that I faced the meaning of poverty in my life.
During this one semester training, my duty, as a guest student, 3rd grade students to observe and to learn about the functioning of the school. The project was about to observe these school and write a report about the deficiencies of the system. However, I never believed that was the main purpose of this project for high school students
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Lack of family affected his life completely. He had no choice except going to that school because his family financially were below the poverty line and he has not had anyone except his old grandma. Emotionally he was scattered, living in the solitude without friends. However, still he had Maybe for that short time, I was the only one who is trying to make him more comfortable in the society and maybe because of that, he chose me as a brother, as a role model. Dr. Payne’s book helped me to see, how all these different resources affect poverty. Now I understand better, why Cebrail did not come to this party. He just wanted to make me curious about him and unequivocally he

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