The article, “As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor”, by Earl Shorris was an eye opening piece for me as it displayed the absence of education in the lives of individuals living in poor regions. Prior to reading this article, I remained under the inaccurate certainty that indigent individuals opt to not get educated or make satisfactory in school. However, subsequently reading Shorris’ editorial I become conscious that factors such as lack of support from parents, drug addiction, effects of poverty, and the “absence of politics in their lives” were the reasons for the lack of education and destitution. Examining the life of several of the students, through Shorris’ words made me apprehend that occasionally I regard my education and
