Poverty In High School Essay

Impoverished children have many different struggles than the typical Middle-class child. For many middle-class students, their only worry is whether or not they will have a friend to play with at recess. Whereas for the twenty-five percent of students that fall under the poverty line are constantly wondering if they will have dinner or a place to sleep. Children living in families with a shortage of money do not only have home issues but often times these problems cross over to the school day.

According to the interviews in the clip from sixty minutes poverty greatly affects the lives of children possibly more than the parents. The students interviewed for the show shared how they felt responsible for their parent's financial issues. The children viewed themselves as another mouth to feed and body to clothed. Believing they are the source of their families problems will put pressure on their educational experiences. Many high school students feel that school is less important and that dropping out is more beneficial for them in order to obtain a job and help pay bills. For middle and elementary students they will struggle with paying attention in class due to hunger and have a hard time doing homework because of their home setting. This burden they put on
This writing also addresses how the TSA believes standardized test scores will end poverty and give all students an equal opportunity to college. However, this is not true since upper and middle-class families have the ability to pay for tutors and study preparatory material. Also despite the correlation between college students and having high SAT score there is no guarantee a student with high test scores will obtain a scholarship. Without scholarships children under the poverty line have no means of paying for