Post a response to the article we read for practice in class. Pick a quote that stood out to you, share your opinion on the ideas in the article, just make sure you use text evidence in your CCEJ response.
I found the story profiting from a child's illiteracy very interesting and its crazy how some of the parents really think and how they put they children through this for money from the government. When they can act as parents and actually go out and try to provide for their kids on their own like Ms.McCormick in the text it says that Ms. Mccormick. " her $500 car had mist broken down and she walks two miles each way to her job...shes pregnant with twins." This quote shows even though shes pregnant she still is trying to make some income. Also on the text what surprised me id the hoe the parents either take they nods out of school or they don't send them so that they can collect money and this makes it harder on the child. In the text it says " most wrenching of all are the parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate, because. Then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month" this quote from the text really suprises me because you would think that parents would want their child to be successful and actually be something in life bit the parent is making it hard on the child because they are just collecting their money and the child is not learning or interacting with Kid their age. This shows how parents will do anything if the government is giving it to them for free.
I found the article Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy very informative and interesting because I never thought that a parent would cripple their own child's future just because they don't feel the need to get a job and cease dependence on the government. In poor areas of the United States like Kentucky, some citizens are reliant upon government funded programs like SSI as their only source of income and will do anything to keep their benefits coming in such as, remove their child out of literacy classes so that they can qualify for having an intellectual disability. "Moms and Dds fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability. Many people in hillside mobile homes here are poor and desperate, and a $698 monthly check per child from the Supplemental Security Income program goes a long way - and those checks continue until the child turns 18" (Kristof). Parents are purposely mentally handicapping themselves and their children to receive supplemental monies from the government. This quote stands out to me because of the simple fact that these parents are most likely physically capable of providing for themselves and their families. Instead they mooch off of the government and taxpayers because they are too lazy to get a job. This is apphalling and has to stop.
After reading the article, "Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" i agreed with it. From what they were saying for a parent to disable their child just for a check is wrong and sad for the child. Why deny that child a better future for a little bit of money? I also agree that American people do have a dependency on the government and their programs. In the text the describe it by saying, " But for me, a tentative lesson from the field is that while we need safety nets, the focus should be instead on creating opportunity-- and, stil more difficult, on creating an environment that leads people to seize opportunites." He's saying that instead of America just giving people money and letting them rely on them they should begin to open oppotunites for them and help them get back on their feet. Also in the text it says, " Yet there are ways of breaking this cycle. Thats what Save the Children is doing here, working with the children while they're still malleable..." He's saying that to break the cycle so that the future kids won't do the same thing will help America so that, that dependecy on America will go away and also so that they will have better futures as well as their kids.
The most interesting quote in the article was when he said "when the question is poverty, the answer is children". I completely agree. It is appalling that people would even consider denying their own children the basic right to an education just because they could make some easy money off of their "disabilities". There are people in the world fighting for the basic right to an education, and these parents have the nerve to deny to their children. I agree that people become too dependent on financial assistance provided by the government, but I don't think that the government should stop providing that assistance to Americans. The real solution is to draw a fine line between who needs assistance and who is trying to make it seem as though they need it. The article states that the children are receiving SSI even for very mild intellectual disabilities. Instead of giving then money, they SSI should pay for mandatory educational programs or special education schooling. They could also use that money as an incentive by promising the parents stipends only if their children remain enrolled in classes. This also benefits SSI in a long run because the article states that those same children who aren't getting the education they need are the same ones who grow up to still need disability checks and can't keep a job. By ensuring their education, they could save a lot more money in the future, eventually stimulating our economy.
"Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" was a tragic and unfortunate tale about parents taking advantage of their unsuspecting and uneducated children in order to receive a government aid check. Not only did I find the story to be informative, but also emotionally appealing. The story gave different short tales of the lives of single female parents and their struggle to survive while either pregnant/with kids or not being overwhelmed by jobs and other priorities. In order to continue to receive the government aid checks, parents had to ensure that their children did not receive a proper education and preferred their child to have some sort of a disability. "If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents"(Burkhauser 8). Richard V. Burkhauser, a Cornell University economist, noted the unfortunate trend in the lack of education being given to students by the hand of their parents. This is quite selfish of a parent. They are robbing the children of their future and possible opportunities. Instead of going out to find a decent job and make an honest wage, parents prefer to remain lazy and depend on government aid. Doing so will never end or break the cycle of dependency and will only attract more people into it as more children remain illiterate and uneducated.
Parents are making future opportunities less and less attainable for their children. Parents refuse to let their children go to school and get their proper education. Having sufficient money is important than letting their children go to school and be available to al the career options in the world. Kristof wrote, "Those kids may never recover: a 2009 study found that nearly two-thirds of these children make the transition at age 18 into S.S.I for the adult disabled. They may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty" (Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy). If parents don't allow their kids to learn, those children don't have to opportunity to make it out of poverty for themselves as adults. The absence of education will place the future adults at the feet of the government, looking for support; they will not have career opportunities on their own. By parents forcing their children to miss out on school and an education, the kids will never have the chance to have a successful career opportunity.
I found the article " Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" to be profound and eye opening . Its an article that opens the eyes of the government and the humans that are abusing that power that they receive for their low-income. To not be able to send your kid to school because of money reasons is different from taking their education away because of selfish reasons to benefit yourself. Parents are doing this to receive help from programs that are funded by the government. Parents should be able to wake up everyday send their kid to school and work for themselves and not depend on nobody. In the text states, " In a means-tested program like S.S.I., a woman raising a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard working guy she likes." Here, it shows how woman rather benefit from these programs instead of getting marrying and not being dependent on the programs. I think its one thing to receive help because of being in great need then just taking the help because of being selfish and not wanting to work for money. This article helps me understand how parents take advantage of these programs and use their kids as their main resource to benefit.
When I read "Prolifting From a Child's Iliteracy" I was shocked and also disappointed with not only the parents who were destroying their children's future by taking away benefitical child services from them, but also by the SSI. I feel that they were responsible of causing parents to chose from either helping their child or being financially stable for a short period of time. But what I was really shocked about was these parents who wanted to end this ongoing cycle of an education gap wanted to take away their kids' education. If they wanted this cycle to end why couldn' t they invest in their children instead of ruining their future. Now , I understand its very diffcult considering that most parents are laid off or that they are struggling with single life without any support, but our future is our kids. I also didn't like that the SSI wanted to promote an end to poverty by trying to offer help with money but at the same time wants to wave money in parents faces in order to distract them from supporting services that will help their children with their education. But at least Save the Children wants to allow parents to be apart of their child's educational lives. For example in the article it states, " A growing body of careful research suggests that the most effective strategy is to work early on children and education, and try to encourage and sustain marriage". I find it quite amazing that even a parents' marriage can take a toll on their child's education.
According to the article "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" parents in the U.S whom are unfortunately in poverty are bluntly ruining their children education to receive money and support from government funded programs. Such programs are designed to kill the issue of poverty but is ultimately causing a "cycle of dependency". This current problem is mostly ignored by the middle and upper class.Those in the lower class whom are satisfied with the support from government will ignore it as well. Mark Shriver, who runs the domestic programs of save the children was quoted in the article saying "We talk more about poverty in Africa than we do about poverty in America." This stands out to me because a team is only as strong as its weakest link. The U.S having Americans stuck in a "cycle of dependency" causing people to live life in poverty will only reflect on the country in a negative way. While we cover up the issue with a Band-Aid labeled poverty solution programs, lower class Americans will be stuck in a hole they can not get out of.
" Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" was an article that made me understand the ignornace of people much more in depth. In this article the authour speaks about parents depriving children of a proper education because these ignorant and lazy parents want to survive off of government assisstance. The author also speaks about different programs that try to help and benefit these people who use these scheme but in all actuality there hurting the generations o come in the future because these programs are depicting this scheme to be a positive thing when in reality these parents should be in jail somewhere for depriving children, stealing from tax payers and lying to the government. In the article it is shows this on page 1 when it states, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability... and a $698 monthly check per child from the Supplemenal Security Income program goes a long way- and those checks continue until the child turns 18." Families planned on seeing these monthly checks so they were willing to have a child who was completely uneducated in order to better themselves financially.
The text "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" made me realized that many low income households throughout America are sacrificing their child's future for their own financial gain. Parents are willing to receive a check due to their child's intellectual disability. The only reason the families can receive money is when the kids have trouble learning. If the child is capable then do not receive money for them. The author states,"most wrenching of all are the parents who think it's best if a child stays illiterate, because the family may be able to claim a disability check each month". They are strongly reliant on government programs that provides them with money to support their families.The parents want to money for their child. The child not being able to read or right allows them to gain money from the government.
The article "Profiting From a child's Illiteracy" is a very interesting article because it addresses controversial topics on social security and education , also about children's illiteracy versus the government. This article speaks out to the problems in many urban communities that many people look past and no longer allows poor families to willingly depend on the government for assistance. In the article we learn of how families can not gain help from the government unless a child is mentally Ill or the mother is a single mother . If the child is mentally "well" as some may say , then the government would not assist families and give them the money. In the end , the child is the one that suffers because the child will stay mentally ill and wand up back into a poverty filled environment with no future. There are programs and organizations like the Save the children organization that takes kids and mentally shape them to be more independent and learn on their own with the help of adults at a very young age. In the text it states", If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents..."(1). Thus concluding the fact that a child's intelligence can influence the government's way of thinking . A child can not be "too smart" or the income of their family will decrease.
In the text, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" by Nicholas D.Kristof, the author talks alot about how people in poverty rely on support programs such as social security and food stamps. These programs in fact keep those in poverty in a cycle of poverty. The most important quote from this text is "They[people] may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty on the dole- and that's the outcome of a program intended to fight poverty". This quote basically can summarize the whole article. People get dependent on programs that should help them get on their feet and become more independent, however these programs in fact keep people so reliant on them that people in poverty are not able to get out of poverty.
In the article "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", the author talks about how low income families are taking away their child's education so they can receive money from the government. Parents are using their children as an advantage by not sending them school where they can learn to read and write, so they can receive money from the government. These programs are busy giving money away to these poor families and allowing to cycle of poverty to repeats itself over and over again. In the text it states, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability". Parents rather keep their kids at home and receive a check rather then seeing their kids go to school and discuss what they learned each day. This is very disappointing because kids at a young age don't know right from wrong and can't tell their parents "I want to go to school" because they never heard of it. Parents need to stop being so reliant on the government and money and focus on their kids education.
I found "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy " to be thought provoking and heart wrenching to know the ignorance of some low income families, robbing their children from an enlightened prosperous future just because they are greedy and think they're are manipulating the system and making a profit when in reality they're manipulating their child's future because they aren't willing to make their children become educated because they know that they will be able to receive more financial aid from the government if their child isn't intellectually equipped as the rest of their classmates. In the text it says "Moms and dad's fear that if [their] kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability...[because ] one of the very ways you get [into]...this program is having problems in school" ( Kristof, 1). Parents are encouraging their children to struggle in school just for the government to help them with their finances, though it's appalling it opens my eyes to the flaws of our democratic government and how despite the government trying to do good and help out their people it isn't really helping because people are using their children as bait as they try and scam the government for money. By children being the future of our nation by not allowing them to reach their full potential it will definitely have a negative impact in our nations future.
After reading the article, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", by Nicholas D. Kristof. In Kristof's article he explains parents receiving checks from the government because, in some cases their child can not learn in schools or not allow their children to learn because they're recieving a monthly check from the government. The article states, "parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month" (Kristof 1). Parents are willing to risk their own children's education to continue to receive a check monthly from the government. By doing this when the child becomes independent they will also be dependent on the government to take care of them.
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In the article Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy, the authors shows how poor people in society rely on the government to provide for them through programs such as social security and food stamps. These programs are helping people maintain but it is also making people feel like that can just depend on the government instead of getting money on their own. Kristof states, "[People] may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty on the dole and that's the outcome of a program intended to fight poverty" (1). This shows how the poverty programs make people dependent on the government, because they give out a monthly check that's not even enough to live off. The programs backfire because people take advantage of the free money by continuing to rely on them instead of getting a job.
"Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" is an uplifting article about incouraging parents to want a better life for their children, despite the lifestyle,and kids wanting to do better for themselves. Parents rather live on a fixed income for having a disable child then to help them in every way to educate their child. Nicholas D.Kristof,author, says "parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month." Parents who live in poverty, wants to be able to stretch a check of about $698 to provide for their family then to give them a good education & brighten their knowledge. This article inspires me to help parents want a better future for their child.
"Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" was an article about the hardships that poeple of the lover class had to go through, jut to get by in life. "her $500 car had mist broken down and she walks two miles each way to her job...shes pregnant with twins." This quote stands out to me due to the fact that she is a woman preganant with twins, she has tro walk to work everyday just to get pain minimum wadge or less. Wilth that amount of money she was not able to play for her pay for her own expecnces let alone the two children thats he is about to have. The ariticle inspires people to help out others so that thy wouldnt have to go through that struggle, or they wouldnt have to grow up into that position.
In the passage, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" , we are introduced to the author Nicholas D. Kristof. In the article they talk about children's education being taken away from them in order for parents to receive money on disability on behave of their child. Parents receive money from the government from the disability of their children that they perform in school. This article explains how poor people use the government and their children for their sake of continuing to live. In the article it states, "Some young people here don't join the military because it's easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments", (Kristof 1). This shows how poverty is effective for people in the government and they do not become wealthier and their children would not be able to become successful due to the reliance on the government.
The quote that stood out to me was the quite that showed how much pArents depend on the anti poverty programs. A man that owns a literacy program says that "te kids get taken out of the progrAms because they are going to lose their check." This quote shows the dependcy of the parents because they are willing to take their children out of progams in order to get a disability check. Parents deprive their children of an educatikn so that they can be taken care of by the government .
The story, Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy, is about how that parents fear that if their child learns to read and write, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having a disability. This shows that the parents only care about the money that is being made rather than whether or not their child is getting smarter. A quote that stood out to me was "I followed Courtney Trent, 22, one of these early childhood coordinators, as she visited a series of houses. She encourages the mothers (and the fathers, if they're around) to read to the children, tell stories, talk to them, hug them." This stood out to me because a young person is caring more about children's intelligence, unlike their parents.
I found the article by Nicholas Kristof to be heartbreaking and eye opening. I reread this article about 3 times and every time I found something worse than before. I believe that having the ability to read and write is so important in life. The parents believe that, "if the child stays illiterate, then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month"(Kristof). To hear that PARENTS are so desperate and stretched for money they are more than willing to jeopardize their own child's future for a monthly disability check truly saddens me. I never knew that poverty in America was so high and the lengths that people are willing to go to get a government check. The parents may or may not realize that there is no guarantee that the children may never recover from missing out on those critical literacy classes. Learning to read is in my opinion, the most important skill any child can learn. The key to the future is our children and we as society are dimming that future by keeping these kids out of school for money.
Certain programs like S.S.I trap the poor into a " cycle of dependancy" because it can cause a divorce in relationship, due to the fact that if a woman is single with a child she can recieve a higher amount of money from government programs than if she is married. In the text it states," a woman raising a child may recieve a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard working guy she likes". This shows that government programs helps a mother who is in poverty with a child more than it helps a family in poverty, and this is where the negative side of government dependancy takes place.
Although America is labeled the greatest nation in the world, its people continue to linger in poverty. In fact, the highest poverty rate in America does not consist of Adults, but children. However, children are not looked upon because they are not being accounted for. The Poverty programs are enforced to benefit the people, however it can backfire. Parents in the Appalachian Hills fear that if their kid’s progress in school, they “are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability” (1). Barbaric as it sounds, it is true. Not only does the parents benefit, but the children are deprived of receiving a proper education. Since the children are forced to drop out of school, they will not progress in life. The children will eventually find themselves incompetent because they lack the proper education they should have received in school. Therefore, when they will feel pressured to have children in order to receive the monthly disability check for their children. This cycle plagues many Americans, which refrains them from progressing in society. Therefore, people in America will continue to live poverty stricken lives.
Save the childern is trying to break the cycle of poverty by training the mothers and fathers on how to be good parents so that they can excell on making their childern not left behind. Kristof esplains how the Save the childern is trying to teach parents on parenting to help them learn as well(Parent to child)."Save the chirldren trains community members to make home vists at-risk moms like Ms.Hurley, and help nuture the skills they need in the world toughest job: Parenting. These vists begin in pregnancy and continue until the child is 3 years old".This justify why the program Save the children is trying to break down the poverty at a early age. Making it better create less poverty in life at the beganning.
One quote that stood out to me the most was " But we end up paying one way or another, and early childhood education is far cheaper than adult incarceration". This quote stood out to me because it is something is very harsh but true. In the short story Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy, is talking about parents choosing not to have their kids educated so they can gain money to take away their poverty level. Although the parents were only trying to help their family the best way they could, based on that quote the short term effect of that was good but the long term effects can end their children in jail.
in the article " profitting from a child's illteracy " i think that this is really sad that parents would go through of putting their children in something just to get money because they aren't trying to help themselves or because money rolls in for them putting their children through this. parents are showing what they call poverty dependency to where they only depend on the govenment to help them well really their children is helping them. this has to be the most wrong thing but , honestly it shows that parents are using their kids because without them how would they get the money and also in the text it states that " most wrenching of all are the parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate , because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month " which is showing that parents really want the money and isnt caring if their child is having a learning problem and the parents dont want their childern to know anything because then the checks stop rolling in and then they will have to supply for their self and their child and they thats where the poverty is not being able to support their self or the child .
Reading the article "profiting from a child's illeracy made me have different opinions of parents and students who have to depend on the government to get income and have to put there children's education on hold just to receive money from their household. The quote that was the most interesting to me was "if you do better in school , you threaten the income of the parents. It's a terrible incentive". There are some kids who don't want their disability problem that they have and the government sets it up to where it children do better in school then they parents won't be getting the money that they need so they won't have to provide for that family anymore. The text shows low income or poor homes who children have to suffer because they need the money. This text taught me to not take my education for granted because some children have to put there's on hold.
Reading the article "profiting from a child's illiteracy" informed on the many different ways to get help from the government. “Some young people here don’t join the military (a traditional escape route for poor, rural Americans) because it’s easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments. In a means-tested program like S.S.I., a woman raisings a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard- working guy she likes. Yet marriage is one of the best forces to blunt poverty. In married couple households only one child in 10 grows up in poverty, while almost half do in single- mother households." This explains how people uses the government to get by in life.
In the article "Profiting From a Child's illiteracy" it talks a lot about what poverty looks like in America . But a quote that stood out the most to me was when the author Nicholas Kristof discus how parents would rather have their child not get a education so they can get these disability checks. For example it states "Most wreching of all are the parents who think if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month". This quote stood out to me the most because it sad how the government got poor parents thinking its ok to not get an education or have their children in school so they can get money every month . This makes me feel sad for parents that are struggling for thinking that they don't have to work hard for money or benefits, but thinking the government will handle their problems by not being educated or not trying to be.
After reading the article "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", the quote that stood out to me the most was, "Some young people here don't join the military because its easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments". This quote was not surprising to me but it was definitely sad to read. I think it is sad because the youth really do not want to go to school, get an education and be above the average. It just seems like everyone is settling for less and I totally agree with the author that chain has to be broken. To man of the youth do not care about the future and I kind of blame the government as well because they supply these things. Reading this article made me thin of the poem "Where I'm From" by Chief the Poet. In that poem it says that children do not care about their futures because they see their parents and other people do wrong, so all they know is wrong. I just think its really sad that youth do not care their futures . Therefore, that quote stood out to me because they rather sit back an let the government feed them instead of them getting up and doing it themselves.
In the article " Profiting From a Child's Literacy" it is talking about how parents are disregarding there children. There only worried about getting money instead of there childs education. They are using poverty as a reason to why they are pulling there kids out of classes . PArents are only worried about ther monthly savings instead of the education. This is unfair for the children. They have to be uneducated because the parents are too worried about getting money from the goverment.The children being uneducated is allowing them recieve money. In the text it states " the kids get taken out of the programs because parents are going to lose the checks" this is showing hiw selfish parenst are and all they care about is money and not how educated there chuldren can be. Its sad that children are being take out of this program just for money. There were alot of examples giging in the text referring to how the child is being affected by there parents decisions.
After reading the article, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" by Nicholas D. Kristof, I came to the understanding that the article is talking about how families living in poverty is taking advantage of their child(ren) disabilities and gets rid of their only source of recovery in order to keep receiving money from the government as a way to continue to provide for their family. Which is very unfair because those families are showing that money is more important than their child's ability to learn and better themselves/ or to get a better education.The article is about families in poverty and single parents using their kids in order to get rid of their fear of not receiving money from the government if they see that their child is learning hoe to read or is getting rid of their intellectual disability. The article states, "parents here in Appalachians hill country pulling their children out of literacy classes...fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability". This shows how much parents and families that are in poverty depends on their children and the hardships that they are going through since they see that because of those hardships, the government is helping them out by giving them money to care for that child and the rest of that particular family. It also shows how fear controls their lives as well because fear is keeping them from trying to better their child's lives and education.
After reading the article, "Profiting from a child's illiteracy" I learn that some parents use their children disabilities to have an income. Some families receive monthly checks from the government to help them with their children because of them being illiterate. These checks usually help the family to be able to take care of their responsibilities for that month. In the text it says, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability"(1). If these parents are relying on their children's check each month to survive, they would not want their children to learn to read because that will prevent the money. Even though the children are suffering from not being educated, their parents do not want to go without the money so they don't make their children get the best education they can get. Destiny Johnson
The quote that stood out to me in the article says, "The greatest challenge we face as educators is how to break the dependency on government. In second grade, they have a dream. In seventh grade, they have a plan." This quote means that officials want to make it so people in poverty can still learn to help themselves push past difficulties. It also is putting light over the fact that children are unable to receive educations for themselves because parents are plotting on how to use their child to get more money for their household. This is sad, to me, because kids could have brighter futures than their parents had with an education, if their parents had only given them the opportunity to. It seems selfish, on the parents' part, to use their child for present issues instead of thinking about their child's future.
I found the article “Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy” to be very interesting and shocking. Parents who are living in poverty choose to keep their child(ren) from going to school and pretend that their child has an intellectual disability. If a parent’s child(ren) have an intellectual disability then they are given a monthly check of $698 from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) per child. Parents go to the extent of not allowing their child to have an education so that they can support the family with the monthly checks from the SSI. This is very unfair for the children. Having an education is very essential and privilege in life and sadly the children won’t be able to experience it. The article states, “If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents”. This quote shows that the parents depend on the failures and hardships of their child(ren) so they can better support themselves. A child cannot have a good education without putting their family financially in danger.
In this article, it is clear that marriage effects the amount of money a person makes on there check. In the article it talks about how ladies think twice before marrying a guy that they like because the amount of cash on the check would not be as wealthy as a check just by herself. In the article, it says," a women raising a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard-working guy she likes.Yet marriage is one of the best forces to blunt poverty". In this quote it is clear that women are reluctant to marry a man who has a stable job, and who can help live a stable life just based on the fact that the monthly check for her and her baby will not have as much money on it since she has a stable husband. Even though marriage is a very good way to get rid of poverty they would rather have a larger check. This shows me the corruption and the ignorance that some parents have and it needs to be fixed someway some how.
While reading this article, " Profiting from a childs illiteracy" i realized that some parents raise their children different and they some parents also take advantage of there children just for their on special benifit.The quote that stood out the most to me was the quote where it said, " The kids are going to get taking out of the program because the parents are going to loose their checks". This quote stood out to me because i never understood how a parent could be so selfish when it come to their own children. To understand that some parents use their children' s education just for a check from the government. That clearly shows how parents can sacrifice their own children just to gain something for themsleves. And the fact that they risk their own children shows how much they value education especially for their children.
The most interesting quote was "Life is like that for her, a roller coaster partly of her own making" (4). This quote was interesting because it highlights the problem of the article. Parents are allowing their children to suffer as results of their own problems. They are financially unstable and they are depriving their children of their education as well as the opportunity to succeed, just to receive governmental assistance that will save them from the problems they put themselves in. I find it disturbing how one can allow themselves to fall do deep and expect someone else to bring them up, which is what these governmental systems Are really doing.
The quote that stood out to me the most from "Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" was "This is painful for a liberal to admit, but conservatives have a point when they suggest that America's safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency. Our poverty programs do rescue many people, but other times they backfire"(4). America is a country where most people believe that you're awarded the best opportunities, but in actuality there is a majority of minorities who are living in poverty and the programs designed to help them are keeping them from progressing. The programs grant qualifying poor families money to live off of, but once the families begin to make habit of this process they forget what it is to work and earn hard earned money. Although the children's education is being sacrificed, the parents continue to limit their knowledge just for a continuous check that will never be enough to survive. Families like these are sick and selfish, and shouldn't even be regarded as parents since their using heir children as pawns to retrieve a check. The government dependency cycle will not be broken if this continues, but this also shows the governments lack of concern. With all kinds of articles out about the topic and no one doing anything to break this cycle within the government, the government deserves to be blamed for letting the dependency via child illiteracy and government checks continue to prosper and grow.
After reading the article "Profiting form a Child's Illiteracy" I found the information to be very alarming. The things that people had to succumb to just to survive in a mediocre lifestyle was surprising. Many parents were willing to allow their children to grow up with out any schooling and develop a learning disability JUST so they can receive a check of $698 monthly. the text says, " Moms and Dads fear that if ids learn how to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability". parents are allowing their kids to grow up below standard knowingly, so that they can get money. it is understandable that they are in extenuating circumstances, but the children should not have to suffer as a result, its not fair to them. this article was very shocking to hear what people were willing to do to their own family members for a paycheck.
After reading "Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" the quote that stood out to me the was the "Most wreching of all are the parents who think if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month". The simply fact that a parent will be so selfish is shameful. I know that times are hard and all but why takeaway a child's education. People are too dependent on government systems to help them out instead of helping their selves out first. Its very disturbing that there is really selfish people out there that care more about a check then their child. I wonder do they actually think about the child future. They have such a disadvantage of the real world.
The article, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", talks about how children with learning disabilities are encouraged to struggle in school so that their parents could continues to collect a check. I found the article informative and shocking. Billie Oaks runs a literacy program in Kentucky. He says, "The kids get taken out of the program because the parents are going to lose the check...[it's] heartbreaking". This quotw stood out to me. It's what was shocking to me. I was baffled at the thought that parents wouldn't want their children to better their education just so they could get some extra money. This kind of behavior should be addressed by the law
In the article "Profiting From A Child Illiteracy" i found this article very surprising because many parents didn't care if their children had receive an education or not they were more worried about the monthly check of $698 per child. They get these check because their children are developing learning disabilities this from not attending school. In the text it states " The kids get taken out of the program because the parents are going to lose the check" the author thought this was heartbreaking to know that parents are doing this to their children so they can get money. This quote stood out to me because parents are risking their children learning and the right to an education to get money from the government. Instead of getting a a stable job and taking they kids to school they just want to take the easy way out and putting their kid learning in danger.
I found the article "Profiting from a child's illiteracy" quite interesting and appalling. I was interested and appalled by the fact that parents would limit their child's education for their own profit. In the text it states,"The kids get taken out of the program because their parents are going to lose the check... America's safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency." It is heartbreaking that children can not receive education as it is because of their circumstances and it is even more heartbreaking when parents are the reasons why. The artcile made me question some of my more liberal views. Should government stop being looked to as such a dependent for Americans or should government work even harder to assure that no family is poor so that they could afford the best education and would not have to have their child's education be suffered just to receive a check to better take care of their family.
In the article " Profiting from a child's Illiteracy", I found it quite a shame how parents can be so dependent on the government and don't know how to be self-suffienient. In them be dependent they also affect their children's education and knowledge of the world. They child will soon will have to be force to dependent of the government too, when they get older. The quote that stood out to me was, "There's a danger in drawing too firm conclusions about an issue- fighting proverty-...but for me, a tentative lesson from the field is that while we need safety nets, the focus should be instead on creating opportunity- and, still more difficult, on creating an enivorment that leads people to seize opportunities". To clarify, people who are given these opportunities of disability checks use it as a safety net and won't go no further than that in supporting themselves. Which shows how it is a true shame because people who really do need it like the elderly who obviously can't support themselves use that as a safety net. However 18 year olds depend on these checks and live off of it for the rest of their lives and don't learn how to support themselves, which is not good.
The short story "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" was very interesting. It was informing on how families take an advantage on their child's illiteracy. Kristof states, "Some young people here don't join the military (a traditional escape for poor, rural Americans) because it's easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments". The government helps U.S. Citizens live a daily life either if they need food or money. Citizens no longer do what they should to provide for themselves. They'd rather be spoon fed. "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" shows how Americans try to take the easy way out in life by using their children & their literal "problems".
The quote that stands out the most is when the text states facts of "parents...pulling their children out of literacy classes". Not only is that unacceptable, it is shameful. There can't be a day that goes by that they don't feel guilty, because they should. No matter how hard it gets nobody should hinder the lives of their children of their lack of motivation. Ruining their children's education will only result in them also being less fortunate, only creating a cycle. Instead of finding the wrong alternatives, people must learn to work and get the things they need, because they'll never amount to anything depending on the government, whose money come from hard working people, and tax payers. It's just not fair.
In the artical Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy the author descri es a hypothetical situation in which parents are preferring their children's illiteracy in order to earn money than for them to go to school and learn something for themselves in order to get out of poverty. I disagree with the situation. I think if children are depended upon then they'll never end the continuous cirlce which their parents manage to help out on. In the text it states, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability"(1). Parents want their children to not know how to read because then they could fake that their children have disability from which they get monthly money for. If children are told to not learn and aren't allowed to go to school then they will begin to believe it for themselves and actually become incapable of doing things. Everyone deserves the opportunity to express themselves. Also an investment with their children in their young childhood years could actually end up benefiting them more in the long run. They simply should trust that their children are able to learn for themselves and maybe one day buy them out of poverty with a decent job.
The main points in profiting from a child's literacy is how parents are dependent upon the gorvernment for mostly everything which is a general issue for poverty in America. This is shown many times throughout the course of the article with ms. Hurley and ms. McCormick who are school teachers that are trying to prevent this idea of dependency on the government with low poverty homes or income. In the text it states, "We shouldn't try to fight poverty with a program that sometimes perpetuates it". This is saying how even though people in America are in poverty they should not depend solemnly on the government to provide solutions when their real intentions is to gain profit for their assistance.
The article Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy was an interesting article because it talked about what parents did to there own kids which I found selfish and sad. In the article it says, " Most wrenching of all are the parents who think it's best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month." Once I saw this I couldn't believe how bad poverty was in America one of the richest places but we ignore what's going on in our nation but we are the first to be in some other countries business which I think we need to stop doing. I personally think there should be more programs to unfortunate families that don't have it financially because that's the right thing to do.
I found the story profiting from a child's illiteracy very interesting and its crazy how some of the parents really think and how they put they children through this for money from the government. When they can act as parents and actually go out and try to provide for their kids on their own like Ms.McCormick in the text it says that Ms. Mccormick. " her $500 car had mist broken down and she walks two miles each way to her job...shes pregnant with twins." This quote shows even though shes pregnant she still is trying to make some income. Also on the text what surprised me id the hoe the parents either take they nods out of school or they don't send them so that they can collect money and this makes it harder on the child. In the text it says " most wrenching of all are the parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate, because. Then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month" this quote from the text really suprises me because you would think that parents would want their child to be successful and actually be something in life bit the parent is making it hard on the child because they are just collecting their money and the child is not learning or interacting with Kid their age. This shows how parents will do anything if the government is giving it to them for free.
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ReplyDeleteI found the article Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy very informative and interesting because I never thought that a parent would cripple their own child's future just because they don't feel the need to get a job and cease dependence on the government. In poor areas of the United States like Kentucky, some citizens are reliant upon government funded programs like SSI as their only source of income and will do anything to keep their benefits coming in such as, remove their child out of literacy classes so that they can qualify for having an intellectual disability. "Moms and Dds fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability. Many people in hillside mobile homes here are poor and desperate, and a $698 monthly check per child from the Supplemental Security Income program goes a long way - and those checks continue until the child turns 18" (Kristof). Parents are purposely mentally handicapping themselves and their children to receive supplemental monies from the government. This quote stands out to me because of the simple fact that these parents are most likely physically capable of providing for themselves and their families. Instead they mooch off of the government and taxpayers because they are too lazy to get a job. This is apphalling and has to stop.
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DeleteAfter reading the article, "Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" i agreed with it. From what they were saying for a parent to disable their child just for a check is wrong and sad for the child. Why deny that child a better future for a little bit of money? I also agree that American people do have a dependency on the government and their programs. In the text the describe it by saying, " But for me, a tentative lesson from the field is that while we need safety nets, the focus should be instead on creating opportunity-- and, stil more difficult, on creating an environment that leads people to seize opportunites." He's saying that instead of America just giving people money and letting them rely on them they should begin to open oppotunites for them and help them get back on their feet. Also in the text it says, " Yet there are ways of breaking this cycle. Thats what Save the Children is doing here, working with the children while they're still malleable..." He's saying that to break the cycle so that the future kids won't do the same thing will help America so that, that dependecy on America will go away and also so that they will have better futures as well as their kids.
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DeleteThe most interesting quote in the article was when he said "when the question is poverty, the answer is children". I completely agree. It is appalling that people would even consider denying their own children the basic right to an education just because they could make some easy money off of their "disabilities". There are people in the world fighting for the basic right to an education, and these parents have the nerve to deny to their children. I agree that people become too dependent on financial assistance provided by the government, but I don't think that the government should stop providing that assistance to Americans. The real solution is to draw a fine line between who needs assistance and who is trying to make it seem as though they need it. The article states that the children are receiving SSI even for very mild intellectual disabilities. Instead of giving then money, they SSI should pay for mandatory educational programs or special education schooling. They could also use that money as an incentive by promising the parents stipends only if their children remain enrolled in classes. This also benefits SSI in a long run because the article states that those same children who aren't getting the education they need are the same ones who grow up to still need disability checks and can't keep a job. By ensuring their education, they could save a lot more money in the future, eventually stimulating our economy.
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Delete"Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" was a tragic and unfortunate tale about parents taking advantage of their unsuspecting and uneducated children in order to receive a government aid check. Not only did I find the story to be informative, but also emotionally appealing. The story gave different short tales of the lives of single female parents and their struggle to survive while either pregnant/with kids or not being overwhelmed by jobs and other priorities. In order to continue to receive the government aid checks, parents had to ensure that their children did not receive a proper education and preferred their child to have some sort of a disability. "If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents"(Burkhauser 8). Richard V. Burkhauser, a Cornell University economist, noted the unfortunate trend in the lack of education being given to students by the hand of their parents. This is quite selfish of a parent. They are robbing the children of their future and possible opportunities. Instead of going out to find a decent job and make an honest wage, parents prefer to remain lazy and depend on government aid. Doing so will never end or break the cycle of dependency and will only attract more people into it as more children remain illiterate and uneducated.
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DeleteParents are making future opportunities less and less attainable for their children. Parents refuse to let their children go to school and get their proper education. Having sufficient money is important than letting their children go to school and be available to al the career options in the world. Kristof wrote, "Those kids may never recover: a 2009 study found that nearly two-thirds of these children make the transition at age 18 into S.S.I for the adult disabled. They may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty" (Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy). If parents don't allow their kids to learn, those children don't have to opportunity to make it out of poverty for themselves as adults. The absence of education will place the future adults at the feet of the government, looking for support; they will not have career opportunities on their own. By parents forcing their children to miss out on school and an education, the kids will never have the chance to have a successful career opportunity.
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DeleteI found the article " Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" to be profound and eye opening . Its an article that opens the eyes of the government and the humans that are abusing that power that they receive for their low-income. To not be able to send your kid to school because of money reasons is different from taking their education away because of selfish reasons to benefit yourself. Parents are doing this to receive help from programs that are funded by the government. Parents should be able to wake up everyday send their kid to school and work for themselves and not depend on nobody. In the text states, " In a means-tested program like S.S.I., a woman raising a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard working guy she likes." Here, it shows how woman rather benefit from these programs instead of getting marrying and not being dependent on the programs. I think its one thing to receive help because of being in great need then just taking the help because of being selfish and not wanting to work for money. This article helps me understand how parents take advantage of these programs and use their kids as their main resource to benefit.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read "Prolifting From a Child's Iliteracy" I was shocked and also disappointed with not only the parents who were destroying their children's future by taking away benefitical child services from them, but also by the SSI. I feel that they were responsible of causing parents to chose from either helping their child or being financially stable for a short period of time. But what I was really shocked about was these parents who wanted to end this ongoing cycle of an education gap wanted to take away their kids' education. If they wanted this cycle to end why couldn' t they invest in their children instead of ruining their future. Now , I understand its very diffcult considering that most parents are laid off or that they are struggling with single life without any support, but our future is our kids. I also didn't like that the SSI wanted to promote an end to poverty by trying to offer help with money but at the same time wants to wave money in parents faces in order to distract them from supporting services that will help their children with their education. But at least Save the Children wants to allow parents to be apart of their child's educational lives. For example in the article it states, " A growing body of careful research suggests that the most effective strategy is to work early on children and education, and try to encourage and sustain marriage". I find it quite amazing that even a parents' marriage can take a toll on their child's education.
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DeleteAccording to the article "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" parents in the U.S whom are unfortunately in poverty are bluntly ruining their children education to receive money and support from government funded programs. Such programs are designed to kill the issue of poverty but is ultimately causing a "cycle of dependency". This current problem is mostly ignored by the middle and upper class.Those in the lower class whom are satisfied with the support from government will ignore it as well. Mark Shriver, who runs the domestic programs of save the children was quoted in the article saying "We talk more about poverty in Africa than we do about poverty in America." This stands out to me because a team is only as strong as its weakest link. The U.S having Americans stuck in a "cycle of dependency" causing people to live life in poverty will only reflect on the country in a negative way. While we cover up the issue with a Band-Aid labeled poverty solution programs, lower class Americans will be stuck in a hole they can not get out of.
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Delete" Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" was an article that made me understand the ignornace of people much more in depth. In this article the authour speaks about parents depriving children of a proper education because these ignorant and lazy parents want to survive off of government assisstance. The author also speaks about different programs that try to help and benefit these people who use these scheme but in all actuality there hurting the generations o come in the future because these programs are depicting this scheme to be a positive thing when in reality these parents should be in jail somewhere for depriving children, stealing from tax payers and lying to the government. In the article it is shows this on page 1 when it states, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability... and a $698 monthly check per child from the Supplemenal Security Income program goes a long way- and those checks continue until the child turns 18." Families planned on seeing these monthly checks so they were willing to have a child who was completely uneducated in order to better themselves financially.
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DeleteThe text "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" made me realized that many low income households throughout America are sacrificing their child's future for their own financial gain. Parents are willing to receive a check due to their child's intellectual disability. The only reason the families can receive money is when the kids have trouble learning. If the child is capable then do not receive money for them. The author states,"most wrenching of all are the parents who think it's best if a child stays illiterate, because the family may be able to claim a disability check each month". They are strongly reliant on government programs that provides them with money to support their families.The parents want to money for their child. The child not being able to read or right allows them to gain money from the government.
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DeleteThe article "Profiting From a child's Illiteracy" is a very interesting article because it addresses controversial topics on social security and education , also about children's illiteracy versus the government. This article speaks out to the problems in many urban communities that many people look past and no longer allows poor families to willingly depend on the government for assistance. In the article we learn of how families can not gain help from the government unless a child is mentally Ill or the mother is a single mother . If the child is mentally "well" as some may say , then the government would not assist families and give them the money. In the end , the child is the one that suffers because the child will stay mentally ill and wand up back into a poverty filled environment with no future. There are programs and organizations like the Save the children organization that takes kids and mentally shape them to be more independent and learn on their own with the help of adults at a very young age. In the text it states", If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents..."(1). Thus concluding the fact that a child's intelligence can influence the government's way of thinking . A child can not be "too smart" or the income of their family will decrease.
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DeleteIn the text, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" by Nicholas D.Kristof, the author talks alot about how people in poverty rely on support programs such as social security and food stamps. These programs in fact keep those in poverty in a cycle of poverty. The most important quote from this text is "They[people] may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty on the dole- and that's the outcome of a program intended to fight poverty". This quote basically can summarize the whole article. People get dependent on programs that should help them get on their feet and become more independent, however these programs in fact keep people so reliant on them that people in poverty are not able to get out of poverty.
ReplyDeleteIn the article "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", the author talks about how low income families are taking away their child's education so they can receive money from the government. Parents are using their children as an advantage by not sending them school where they can learn to read and write, so they can receive money from the government. These programs are busy giving money away to these poor families and allowing to cycle of poverty to repeats itself over and over again. In the text it states, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability". Parents rather keep their kids at home and receive a check rather then seeing their kids go to school and discuss what they learned each day. This is very disappointing because kids at a young age don't know right from wrong and can't tell their parents "I want to go to school" because they never heard of it. Parents need to stop being so reliant on the government and money and focus on their kids education.
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I found "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy " to be thought provoking and heart wrenching to know the ignorance of some low income families, robbing their children from an enlightened prosperous future just because they are greedy and think they're are manipulating the system and making a profit when in reality they're manipulating their child's future because they aren't willing to make their children become educated because they know that they will be able to receive more financial aid from the government if their child isn't intellectually equipped as the rest of their classmates. In the text it says "Moms and dad's fear that if [their] kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability...[because ] one of the very ways you get [into]...this program is having problems in school" ( Kristof, 1). Parents are encouraging their children to struggle in school just for the government to help them with their finances, though it's appalling it opens my eyes to the flaws of our democratic government and how despite the government trying to do good and help out their people it isn't really helping because people are using their children as bait as they try and scam the government for money. By children being the future of our nation by not allowing them to reach their full potential it will definitely have a negative impact in our nations future.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", by Nicholas D. Kristof. In Kristof's article he explains parents receiving checks from the government because, in some cases their child can not learn in schools or not allow their children to learn because they're recieving a monthly check from the government. The article states, "parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month" (Kristof 1). Parents are willing to risk their own children's education to continue to receive a check monthly from the government. By doing this when the child becomes independent they will also be dependent on the government to take care of them.
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DeleteIn the article Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy, the authors shows how poor people in society rely on the government to provide for them through programs such as social security and food stamps. These programs are helping people maintain but it is also making people feel like that can just depend on the government instead of getting money on their own. Kristof states, "[People] may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty on the dole and that's the outcome of a program intended to fight poverty" (1). This shows how the poverty programs make people dependent on the government, because they give out a monthly check that's not even enough to live off. The programs backfire because people take advantage of the free money by continuing to rely on them instead of getting a job.
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ReplyDelete"Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" is an uplifting article about incouraging parents to want a better life for their children, despite the lifestyle,and kids wanting to do better for themselves. Parents rather live on a fixed income for having a disable child then to help them in every way to educate their child. Nicholas D.Kristof,author, says "parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month." Parents who live in poverty, wants to be able to stretch a check of about $698 to provide for their family then to give them a good education & brighten their knowledge. This article inspires me to help parents want a better future for their child.
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Delete"Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" was an article about the hardships that poeple of the lover class had to go through, jut to get by in life. "her $500 car had mist broken down and she walks two miles each way to her job...shes pregnant with twins." This quote stands out to me due to the fact that she is a woman preganant with twins, she has tro walk to work everyday just to get pain minimum wadge or less. Wilth that amount of money she was not able to play for her pay for her own expecnces let alone the two children thats he is about to have. The ariticle inspires people to help out others so that thy wouldnt have to go through that struggle, or they wouldnt have to grow up into that position.
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ReplyDeleteIn the passage, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" , we are introduced to the author Nicholas D. Kristof. In the article they talk about children's education being taken away from them in order for parents to receive money on disability on behave of their child. Parents receive money from the government from the disability of their children that they perform in school. This article explains how poor people use the government and their children for their sake of continuing to live. In the article it states, "Some young people here don't join the military because it's easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments", (Kristof 1). This shows how poverty is effective for people in the government and they do not become wealthier and their children would not be able to become successful due to the reliance on the government.
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ReplyDeleteThe quote that stood out to me was the quite that showed how much pArents depend on the anti poverty programs. A man that owns a literacy program says that "te kids get taken out of the progrAms because they are going to lose their check." This quote shows the dependcy of the parents because they are willing to take their children out of progams in order to get a disability check. Parents deprive their children of an educatikn so that they can be taken care of by the government .
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ReplyDeleteThe story, Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy, is about how that parents fear that if their child learns to read and write, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having a disability. This shows that the parents only care about the money that is being made rather than whether or not their child is getting smarter. A quote that stood out to me was "I followed Courtney Trent, 22, one of these early childhood coordinators, as she visited a series of houses. She encourages the mothers (and the fathers, if they're around) to read to the children, tell stories, talk to them, hug them." This stood out to me because a young person is caring more about children's intelligence, unlike their parents.
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ReplyDeleteI found the article by Nicholas Kristof to be heartbreaking and eye opening. I reread this article about 3 times and every time I found something worse than before. I believe that having the ability to read and write is so important in life. The parents believe that, "if the child stays illiterate, then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month"(Kristof). To hear that PARENTS are so desperate and stretched for money they are more than willing to jeopardize their own child's future for a monthly disability check truly saddens me. I never knew that poverty in America was so high and the lengths that people are willing to go to get a government check. The parents may or may not realize that there is no guarantee that the children may never recover from missing out on those critical literacy classes. Learning to read is in my opinion, the most important skill any child can learn. The key to the future is our children and we as society are dimming that future by keeping these kids out of school for money.
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DeleteCertain programs like S.S.I trap the poor into a " cycle of dependancy" because it can cause a divorce in relationship, due to the fact that if a woman is single with a child she can recieve a higher amount of money from government programs than if she is married. In the text it states," a woman raising a child may recieve a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard working guy she likes". This shows that government programs helps a mother who is in poverty with a child more than it helps a family in poverty, and this is where the negative side of government dependancy takes place.
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DeleteAlthough America is labeled the greatest nation in the world, its people continue to linger in poverty. In fact, the highest poverty rate in America does not consist of Adults, but children. However, children are not looked upon because they are not being accounted for. The Poverty programs are enforced to benefit the people, however it can backfire. Parents in the Appalachian Hills fear that if their kid’s progress in school, they “are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability” (1). Barbaric as it sounds, it is true. Not only does the parents benefit, but the children are deprived of receiving a proper education. Since the children are forced to drop out of school, they will not progress in life. The children will eventually find themselves incompetent because they lack the proper education they should have received in school. Therefore, when they will feel pressured to have children in order to receive the monthly disability check for their children. This cycle plagues many Americans, which refrains them from progressing in society. Therefore, people in America will continue to live poverty stricken lives.
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ReplyDeleteSave the childern is trying to break the cycle of poverty by training the mothers and fathers on how to be good parents so that they can excell on making their childern not left behind. Kristof esplains how the Save the childern is trying to teach parents on parenting to help them learn as well(Parent to child)."Save the chirldren trains community members to make home vists at-risk moms like Ms.Hurley, and help nuture the skills they need in the world toughest job: Parenting. These vists begin in pregnancy and continue until the child is 3 years old".This justify why the program Save the children is trying to break down the poverty at a early age. Making it better create less poverty in life at the beganning.
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DeleteOne quote that stood out to me the most was " But we end up paying one way or another, and early childhood education is far cheaper than adult incarceration". This quote stood out to me because it is something is very harsh but true. In the short story Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy, is talking about parents choosing not to have their kids educated so they can gain money to take away their poverty level. Although the parents were only trying to help their family the best way they could, based on that quote the short term effect of that was good but the long term effects can end their children in jail.
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Deletein the article " profitting from a child's illteracy " i think that this is really sad that parents would go through of putting their children in something just to get money because they aren't trying to help themselves or because money rolls in for them putting their children through this. parents are showing what they call poverty dependency to where they only depend on the govenment to help them well really their children is helping them. this has to be the most wrong thing but , honestly it shows that parents are using their kids because without them how would they get the money and also in the text it states that " most wrenching of all are the parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate , because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month " which is showing that parents really want the money and isnt caring if their child is having a learning problem and the parents dont want their childern to know anything because then the checks stop rolling in and then they will have to supply for their self and their child and they thats where the poverty is not being able to support their self or the child .
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DeleteReading the article "profiting from a child's illeracy made me have different opinions of parents and students who have to depend on the government to get income and have to put there children's education on hold just to receive money from their household. The quote that was the most interesting to me was "if you do better in school , you threaten the income of the parents. It's a terrible incentive". There are some kids who don't want their disability problem that they have and the government sets it up to where it children do better in school then they parents won't be getting the money that they need so they won't have to provide for that family anymore. The text shows low income or poor homes who children have to suffer because they need the money. This text taught me to not take my education for granted because some children have to put there's on hold.
ReplyDeleteReading the article "profiting from a child's illiteracy" informed on the many different ways to get help from the government. “Some young people here don’t join the military (a traditional escape route for poor, rural Americans) because it’s easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments. In a means-tested program like S.S.I., a woman raisings a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard- working guy she likes. Yet marriage is one of the best forces to blunt poverty. In married couple households only one child in 10 grows up in poverty, while almost half do in single- mother households." This explains how people uses the government to get by in life.
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DeleteIn the article "Profiting From a Child's illiteracy" it talks a lot about what poverty looks like in America . But a quote that stood out the most to me was when the author Nicholas Kristof discus how parents would rather have their child not get a education so they can get these disability checks. For example it states "Most wreching of all are the parents who think if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month". This quote stood out to me the most because it sad how the government got poor parents thinking its ok to not get an education or have their children in school so they can get money every month . This makes me feel sad for parents that are struggling for thinking that they don't have to work hard for money or benefits, but thinking the government will handle their problems by not being educated or not trying to be.
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DeleteAfter reading the article "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", the quote that stood out to me the most was, "Some young people here don't join the military because its easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments". This quote was not surprising to me but it was definitely sad to read. I think it is sad because the youth really do not want to go to school, get an education and be above the average. It just seems like everyone is settling for less and I totally agree with the author that chain has to be broken. To man of the youth do not care about the future and I kind of blame the government as well because they supply these things. Reading this article made me thin of the poem "Where I'm From" by Chief the Poet. In that poem it says that children do not care about their futures because they see their parents and other people do wrong, so all they know is wrong. I just think its really sad that youth do not care their futures . Therefore, that quote stood out to me because they rather sit back an let the government feed them instead of them getting up and doing it themselves.
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DeleteIn the article " Profiting From a Child's Literacy" it is talking about how parents are disregarding there children. There only worried about getting money instead of there childs education. They are using poverty as a reason to why they are pulling there kids out of classes . PArents are only worried about ther monthly savings instead of the education. This is unfair for the children. They have to be uneducated because the parents are too worried about getting money from the goverment.The children being uneducated is allowing them recieve money. In the text it states " the kids get taken out of the programs because parents are going to lose the checks" this is showing hiw selfish parenst are and all they care about is money and not how educated there chuldren can be. Its sad that children are being take out of this program just for money. There were alot of examples giging in the text referring to how the child is being affected by there parents decisions.
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DeleteAfter reading the article, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" by Nicholas D. Kristof, I came to the understanding that the article is talking about how families living in poverty is taking advantage of their child(ren) disabilities and gets rid of their only source of recovery in order to keep receiving money from the government as a way to continue to provide for their family. Which is very unfair because those families are showing that money is more important than their child's ability to learn and better themselves/ or to get a better education.The article is about families in poverty and single parents using their kids in order to get rid of their fear of not receiving money from the government if they see that their child is learning hoe to read or is getting rid of their intellectual disability. The article states, "parents here in Appalachians hill country pulling their children out of literacy classes...fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability". This shows how much parents and families that are in poverty depends on their children and the hardships that they are going through since they see that because of those hardships, the government is helping them out by giving them money to care for that child and the rest of that particular family. It also shows how fear controls their lives as well because fear is keeping them from trying to better their child's lives and education.
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DeleteAfter reading the article, "Profiting from a child's illiteracy" I learn that some parents use their children disabilities to have an income. Some families receive monthly checks from the government to help them with their children because of them being illiterate. These checks usually help the family to be able to take care of their responsibilities for that month. In the text it says, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability"(1). If these parents are relying on their children's check each month to survive, they would not want their children to learn to read because that will prevent the money. Even though the children are suffering from not being educated, their parents do not want to go without the money so they don't make their children get the best education they can get.
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DeleteThe quote that stood out to me in the article says, "The greatest challenge we face as educators is how to break the dependency on government. In second grade, they have a dream. In seventh grade, they have a plan." This quote means that officials want to make it so people in poverty can still learn to help themselves push past difficulties. It also is putting light over the fact that children are unable to receive educations for themselves because parents are plotting on how to use their child to get more money for their household. This is sad, to me, because kids could have brighter futures than their parents had with an education, if their parents had only given them the opportunity to. It seems selfish, on the parents' part, to use their child for present issues instead of thinking about their child's future.
ReplyDeleteI found the article “Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy” to be very interesting and shocking. Parents who are living in poverty choose to keep their child(ren) from going to school and pretend that their child has an intellectual disability. If a parent’s child(ren) have an intellectual disability then they are given a monthly check of $698 from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) per child. Parents go to the extent of not allowing their child to have an education so that they can support the family with the monthly checks from the SSI. This is very unfair for the children. Having an education is very essential and privilege in life and sadly the children won’t be able to experience it. The article states, “If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents”. This quote shows that the parents depend on the failures and hardships of their child(ren) so they can better support themselves. A child cannot have a good education without putting their family financially in danger.
ReplyDeleteIn this article, it is clear that marriage effects the amount of money a person makes on there check. In the article it talks about how ladies think twice before marrying a guy that they like because the amount of cash on the check would not be as wealthy as a check just by herself. In the article, it says," a women raising a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard-working guy she likes.Yet marriage is one of the best forces to blunt poverty". In this quote it is clear that women are reluctant to marry a man who has a stable job, and who can help live a stable life just based on the fact that the monthly check for her and her baby will not have as much money on it since she has a stable husband. Even though marriage is a very good way to get rid of poverty they would rather have a larger check. This shows me the corruption and the ignorance that some parents have and it needs to be fixed someway some how.
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DeleteWhile reading this article, " Profiting from a childs illiteracy" i realized that some parents raise their children different and they some parents also take advantage of there children just for their on special benifit.The quote that stood out the most to me was the quote where it said, " The kids are going to get taking out of the program because the parents are going to loose their checks". This quote stood out to me because i never understood how a parent could be so selfish when it come to their own children. To understand that some parents use their children' s education just for a check from the government. That clearly shows how parents can sacrifice their own children just to gain something for themsleves. And the fact that they risk their own children shows how much they value education especially for their children.
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DeleteThe most interesting quote was "Life is like that for her, a roller coaster partly of her own making" (4). This quote was interesting because it highlights the problem of the article. Parents are allowing their children to suffer as results of their own problems. They are financially unstable and they are depriving their children of their education as well as the opportunity to succeed, just to receive governmental assistance that will save them from the problems they put themselves in. I find it disturbing how one can allow themselves to fall do deep and expect someone else to bring them up, which is what these governmental systems Are really doing.
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DeleteThe quote that stood out to me the most from "Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" was "This is painful for a liberal to admit, but conservatives have a point when they suggest that America's safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency. Our poverty programs do rescue many people, but other times they backfire"(4). America is a country where most people believe that you're awarded the best opportunities, but in actuality there is a majority of minorities who are living in poverty and the programs designed to help them are keeping them from progressing. The programs grant qualifying poor families money to live off of, but once the families begin to make habit of this process they forget what it is to work and earn hard earned money. Although the children's education is being sacrificed, the parents continue to limit their knowledge just for a continuous check that will never be enough to survive. Families like these are sick and selfish, and shouldn't even be regarded as parents since their using heir children as pawns to retrieve a check. The government dependency cycle will not be broken if this continues, but this also shows the governments lack of concern. With all kinds of articles out about the topic and no one doing anything to break this cycle within the government, the government deserves to be blamed for letting the dependency via child illiteracy and government checks continue to prosper and grow.
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DeleteAfter reading the article "Profiting form a Child's Illiteracy" I found the information to be very alarming. The things that people had to succumb to just to survive in a mediocre lifestyle was surprising. Many parents were willing to allow their children to grow up with out any schooling and develop a learning disability JUST so they can receive a check of $698 monthly. the text says, " Moms and Dads fear that if ids learn how to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability". parents are allowing their kids to grow up below standard knowingly, so that they can get money. it is understandable that they are in extenuating circumstances, but the children should not have to suffer as a result, its not fair to them. this article was very shocking to hear what people were willing to do to their own family members for a paycheck.
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DeleteAfter reading "Profiting from a Child's Illiteracy" the quote that stood out to me the was the "Most wreching of all are the parents who think if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month". The simply fact that a parent will be so selfish is shameful. I know that times are hard and all but why takeaway a child's education. People are too dependent on government systems to help them out instead of helping their selves out first. Its very disturbing that there is really selfish people out there that care more about a check then their child. I wonder do they actually think about the child future. They have such a disadvantage of the real world.
ReplyDeleteThe article, "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy", talks about how children with learning disabilities are encouraged to struggle in school so that their parents could continues to collect a check. I found the article informative and shocking. Billie Oaks runs a literacy program in Kentucky. He says, "The kids get taken out of the program because the parents are going to lose the check...[it's] heartbreaking". This quotw stood out to me. It's what was shocking to me. I was baffled at the thought that parents wouldn't want their children to better their education just so they could get some extra money. This kind of behavior should be addressed by the law
ReplyDeleteIn the article "Profiting From A Child Illiteracy" i found this article very surprising because many parents didn't care if their children had receive an education or not they were more worried about the monthly check of $698 per child. They get these check because their children are developing learning disabilities this from not attending school. In the text it states " The kids get taken out of the program because the parents are going to lose the check" the author thought this was heartbreaking to know that parents are doing this to their children so they can get money. This quote stood out to me because parents are risking their children learning and the right to an education to get money from the government. Instead of getting a a stable job and taking they kids to school they just want to take the easy way out and putting their kid learning in danger.
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DeleteI found the article "Profiting from a child's illiteracy" quite interesting and appalling. I was interested and appalled by the fact that parents would limit their child's education for their own profit. In the text it states,"The kids get taken out of the program because their parents are going to lose the check... America's safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency." It is heartbreaking that children can not receive education as it is because of their circumstances and it is even more heartbreaking when parents are the reasons why. The artcile made me question some of my more liberal views. Should government stop being looked to as such a dependent for Americans or should government work even harder to assure that no family is poor so that they could afford the best education and would not have to have their child's education be suffered just to receive a check to better take care of their family.
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DeleteIn the article " Profiting from a child's Illiteracy", I found it quite a shame how parents can be so dependent on the government and don't know how to be self-suffienient. In them be dependent they also affect their children's education and knowledge of the world. They child will soon will have to be force to dependent of the government too, when they get older. The quote that stood out to me was, "There's a danger in drawing too firm conclusions about an issue- fighting proverty-...but for me, a tentative lesson from the field is that while we need safety nets, the focus should be instead on creating opportunity- and, still more difficult, on creating an enivorment that leads people to seize opportunities". To clarify, people who are given these opportunities of disability checks use it as a safety net and won't go no further than that in supporting themselves. Which shows how it is a true shame because people who really do need it like the elderly who obviously can't support themselves use that as a safety net. However 18 year olds depend on these checks and live off of it for the rest of their lives and don't learn how to support themselves, which is not good.
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ReplyDeleteThe short story "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" was very interesting. It was informing on how families take an advantage on their child's illiteracy. Kristof states, "Some young people here don't join the military (a traditional escape for poor, rural Americans) because it's easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments". The government helps U.S. Citizens live a daily life either if they need food or money. Citizens no longer do what they should to provide for themselves. They'd rather be spoon fed. "Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy" shows how Americans try to take the easy way out in life by using their children & their literal "problems".
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ReplyDeleteThe quote that stands out the most is when the text states facts of "parents...pulling their children out of literacy classes". Not only is that unacceptable, it is shameful. There can't be a day that goes by that they don't feel guilty, because they should. No matter how hard it gets nobody should hinder the lives of their children of their lack of motivation. Ruining their children's education will only result in them also being less fortunate, only creating a cycle. Instead of finding the wrong alternatives, people must learn to work and get the things they need, because they'll never amount to anything depending on the government, whose money come from hard working people, and tax payers. It's just not fair.
In the artical Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy the author descri es a hypothetical situation in which parents are preferring their children's illiteracy in order to earn money than for them to go to school and learn something for themselves in order to get out of poverty. I disagree with the situation. I think if children are depended upon then they'll never end the continuous cirlce which their parents manage to help out on. In the text it states, "Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability"(1). Parents want their children to not know how to read because then they could fake that their children have disability from which they get monthly money for. If children are told to not learn and aren't allowed to go to school then they will begin to believe it for themselves and actually become incapable of doing things. Everyone deserves the opportunity to express themselves. Also an investment with their children in their young childhood years could actually end up benefiting them more in the long run. They simply should trust that their children are able to learn for themselves and maybe one day buy them out of poverty with a decent job.
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ReplyDeleteThe main points in profiting from a child's literacy is how parents are dependent upon the gorvernment for mostly everything which is a general issue for poverty in America. This is shown many times throughout the course of the article with ms. Hurley and ms. McCormick who are school teachers that are trying to prevent this idea of dependency on the government with low poverty homes or income. In the text it states, "We shouldn't try to fight poverty with a program that sometimes perpetuates it". This is saying how even though people in America are in poverty they should not depend solemnly on the government to provide solutions when their real intentions is to gain profit for their assistance.
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ReplyDeleteThe article Profiting From a Child's Illiteracy was an interesting article because it talked about what parents did to there own kids which I found selfish and sad. In the article it says, " Most wrenching of all are the parents who think it's best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month." Once I saw this I couldn't believe how bad poverty was in America one of the richest places but we ignore what's going on in our nation but we are the first to be in some other countries business which I think we need to stop doing. I personally think there should be more programs to unfortunate families that don't have it financially because that's the right thing to do.
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