In the Hands of the Restless Poor

This article made me open my eyes to realize that I am very fortunate to be getting the education that I am getting. Many poor families are unable to pay for their children to go to school, so unfortunately for the kids, they miss out on an amazing opportunity to higher their education and have better possibilities in the "real" world.

Although students less fortunate than most all of us have a hard time finding a way to pay for their tuition or their education, there are definetly ways to work around that, they just need to look a little bit harder than the rest of us. They may need to fill out more grants, loans, or scholarship applications than the average student. Especially if the student is very smart, there is a very likely chance they could get a scholarship for academics, or even sports if they are good at sports. There are endless possibilities to help pay for an education, these students may just have to look further than we do.

Anything in life is possible, so why can't getting an education be one of those things? It can be! A lot of the "poor" students tend to do poor in school because of the lack of support and help from the parents at home. Many times the reason the students are doing poorly in school is because the parents are always working, alcoholics, drug addicts, or never home (whether it be with friends or more.) In this case, students have the opportunity to go to tutoring classes, get extra help from teachers after class, or attend clubs/organizations that promote good grades and help with less fortunate students.

Students have all different kinds of abilities and disabilities, so when in a classroom setting or an educational setting, we all need to be curtious of everyone around us, their ability, or lack there of, and try to help them out whenever possible.