Anna Quindlen Our Tired, Our Poor Our Kids Summary
Poverty and Kids
In the United Stated, poverty and homelessness are the most serious issue all over the major cities. According to the Institute for Children and Poverty, there were an estimated 1.35 million children were possible to undergo homelessness over the year of 2004. In the reading “Still Hungry, Still Homeless”, the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand, Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids” uses a different way with different technique, which is more efficient, majorly discusses the problems of homeless children, from the cause to the effect.
In “Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids” Anna Quindlen illustrates that there is a large group of people living in a poor circumstance with examples. From the examples of Sharanda, Edna and Rosie, their families are anxious about finding a place to live. Children who live in those families are very likely to drop out of school or be hospitalized. …show more content…
There is an undeniable connection between poverty and homelessness. In “Still Hungry, Still Homeless”, author focuses on the cause of homelessness – poverty. Employment and wages are an essential part of determining a family poverty rate. On the other hand, Quindlen analyses the influences of poverty in her article. She believes that homelessness would bring a hopeless future to our next generation. There is a strong correlation between poverty and educational attainment in a family. “National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated that the hourly income necessary to afford the average two-bedroom apartment was around $12”, less than one-third people in the country earn more than this. As we all know, the higher income a family can earn, the higher education can be provided to their children. Conversely, the poor family tends to have less income, to support their children to have more education
In the United Stated, poverty and homelessness are the most serious issue all over the major cities. According to the Institute for Children and Poverty, there were an estimated 1.35 million children were possible to undergo homelessness over the year of 2004. In the reading “Still Hungry, Still Homeless”, the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand, Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids” uses a different way with different technique, which is more efficient, majorly discusses the problems of homeless children, from the cause to the effect.
In “Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids” Anna Quindlen illustrates that there is a large group of people living in a poor circumstance with examples. From the examples of Sharanda, Edna and Rosie, their families are anxious about finding a place to live. Children who live in those families are very likely to drop out of school or be hospitalized. …show more content…
There is an undeniable connection between poverty and homelessness. In “Still Hungry, Still Homeless”, author focuses on the cause of homelessness – poverty. Employment and wages are an essential part of determining a family poverty rate. On the other hand, Quindlen analyses the influences of poverty in her article. She believes that homelessness would bring a hopeless future to our next generation. There is a strong correlation between poverty and educational attainment in a family. “National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated that the hourly income necessary to afford the average two-bedroom apartment was around $12”, less than one-third people in the country earn more than this. As we all know, the higher income a family can earn, the higher education can be provided to their children. Conversely, the poor family tends to have less income, to support their children to have more education