Children in poverty are not able to have the same quality education as middle class students for other reasons than not being able to afford it. Kids in poverty will have more trouble focusing in school. Often times, kids in poverty will get in trouble more than middle class kids. That is due to how the stress of poverty impacts kids. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Burris Ewell shows similar attitude. His family is very poor and has little money. He shows no respect for the teacher, or his classmates. Burris even leaves class in the middle of the day. This is due to his family. If the Ewells were a middle class family, they might behave better than they do. There was a time before free or reduced lunch. The 1930’s was part of that time. That caused
