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Stereotypes In Poor Kids

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Introduction There’s nothing that could describe the struggles of being a poor kid. In the documentary of Poor Kids, posted by PBS, there you can clearly see how bad poverty has grown in the US. It’s sad watching these kids talk about how they struggle to get pass a week after another. Seeing how are these parents work but yet can’t find the money to support the kids. It’s devastating to see families struggle to get the simple necessity they need like: running water, food or even shelter.
Social Class In the United States, the main problem with having social class is knowing that no matter how many people there are, there’s always going to be a lower class. It’s like a way to balance the economy. The problem about being in the lower class is that even though someone gets paid a high amount of money, it all goes to bills and after that, they have very little to spend on food and the necessities. While being a higher class, they can get paid with higher amounts and have more than they can spend with an enormous amount left over. All that left overs can buy more than someone need. Being in the lower class isn’t always going to be easy but sometimes there is some miracles that happens. …show more content…

Some of these stereotypes are: that many of the lower class students can’t learn because they supposedly can’t meet the norms or the requirements of being a student. Sometimes people blamed the parents for not taking their education carefully and this cause them to be in the lower class economy (Jacqueline

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