Why Poor Students Burden Summary

Vicki Madden. “Why Poor Students Struggle”, in this article Madden writes about her feelings and opinion of her formal high school students. She was very concern about her student’s decision of going to college while fighting poverty, their struggles in low income, and their struggle to keep their heads above the water academically. Madden thinks that poor students will struggle harshly based of their low income which may cause them to withdraw and become prone to have social isolation and alienation while attending college. There are so many factors that could postpone or discourage a student pursuit of obtaining a higher education. For example: a miscommunication of paperwork or parent’s inflated income will in fact lead to a smaller amount of financial aid that a student could receive in order to afford college. If students feel free and comfortable in stepping up and going to their professors to ask for help, sign up for tutoring, and or teaming up with a stronger person that could study in groups to manage the workload, would help them academically. There are so many teachers who is all about the money, but there are teachers that are really sincere with their students that will help prepare …show more content…
With me dropping out of high school in 1997 just receiving my GED in May caused me not to remember a lot of things that I really need in order to graduate in college. There are so many things that I struggle with academically but I’m a little afraid of talking to my professor asking for help, and knowing that I’m capable of doing the work. Embarrassment stands in the way of me getting the correct help that I need and hinders me from going forward. The things that would embarrass me is my speech I talk country, I might say the wrong answer, and don’t want anyone to make fun of