Submitted By Vincente` Thompson
The school district of Philadelphia has a bout 180,000 children attending school. Now if you believe that the youth is the future and education is the key to success. Then this may come to an alarm to you. 30% of the children in the school district live in poverty and 9% experience homelessness. This is a major concern for the students of the school district also a major concern with the future of our society.
Here are two quick facts, more than three-fourths of the children who attend Philadelphia public schools qualify for free or reduced price lunch. Also 74 of 267 Philadelphia District schools, over 90 percent of the student body qualifies for free or reduced price lunch. What this means is that children goin to these school either live under the poverty line or right above it.
Now facts show that hungry undernourished children will not do well in school.Children in schools coming from poverty stricken homes are less like to graduate, have academic struggles, behavior problems in classroom settings, and truancy. These children living in poverty are not getting the right amounts of food on a daily basis so this causes the brain to not grow because the body is not getting the right amount of nutrients it needs.
In conclusion the poverty in the city of Philadelphia is only becoming a bigger problem. For to long the issue is not being addressed and just over looked as if its not important. When in reality it effects the children growing up in poverty who are the future of our society. And as the children of our Philadelphia school district grow older and become adults it still effects them because they may still continue to live in poverty. If the children of our future are not being nourished and are not growing properly how can we as a society expect any change for the future
The school district of Philadelphia has a bout 180,000 children attending school. Now if you believe that the youth is the future and education is the key to success. Then this may come to an alarm to you. 30% of the children in the school district live in poverty and 9% experience homelessness. This is a major concern for the students of the school district also a major concern with the future of our society.
Here are two quick facts, more than three-fourths of the children who attend Philadelphia public schools qualify for free or reduced price lunch. Also 74 of 267 Philadelphia District schools, over 90 percent of the student body qualifies for free or reduced price lunch. What this means is that children goin to these school either live under the poverty line or right above it.
Now facts show that hungry undernourished children will not do well in school.Children in schools coming from poverty stricken homes are less like to graduate, have academic struggles, behavior problems in classroom settings, and truancy. These children living in poverty are not getting the right amounts of food on a daily basis so this causes the brain to not grow because the body is not getting the right amount of nutrients it needs.
In conclusion the poverty in the city of Philadelphia is only becoming a bigger problem. For to long the issue is not being addressed and just over looked as if its not important. When in reality it effects the children growing up in poverty who are the future of our society. And as the children of our Philadelphia school district grow older and become adults it still effects them because they may still continue to live in poverty. If the children of our future are not being nourished and are not growing properly how can we as a society expect any change for the future
I agree with you Vincente, poverty is an issue that isn't really talked about and is looked down upon. If America values education so much and notices that undernourished children don't thrive as well as the nourished children that there should be a problem. Every child should be able to learn and be educated and there shouldnt be any poverty. I think that the government needs to really do something about this because the children are our future.
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