"What is Poverty"

Objective

The Crisis of a young mother in need of help written by author Jo Goodwin Parker. The explanation of a young lady eyes suffering to keep her family alive. A woman describes there is nothing for herslef and the children. Or possible a young child, she describes she is very young, but how young. A teen mother who gives more and more examples of what poverty is. There is no hot water or little nutrient and very poor human resources are no longer needed. Poverty is lack of hunger and no shelter. This is of many faces in the world. We have poverty everywhere from place to place, home from home. This is a young teen mother who is humble and vulnerable. Her instinct tells her she may never get help, but she gopes the extra mile to do all she can do to get the help. When she finally arrivals to get help, she is told to wait. Wait for what ? how long? So they could suffer more and more every day with no supply that is needed. Theirs no income to survive only just enough to make for the little needs the children has to have.

Subjective

What i have to say about poverty. I never thought of how bad it could really be until i have read these couple of pages. This made me think a lot of what people go threw every day of there lives. While, I was reading how this young woman and children live, i come to think how they are still survivors in my heart and how i could help them. How could a husband just abdomen them like that. How could this happen and why? how little resources a young possible teen could have little or no human resources. I do not like how these little babys suffer everyday. So many questions, but no answers. These are people that may have anxiety to asking for help. People that probably go through depression, stress and lots more in their life then i could ever imagine. What can we do to help those people in need besides judging. How sad that one could be so silent, but one that has many things in life are not silent why? because maybe it never cross there mind they could be in that same situation. Well think again anyone can be in this same woman's shoes one day. I'm just glade that i have what i need even though it may not be alot to others. Just remember not to judge because you don't know who you may be sitting next to next time.

Introduction to "Writer's Choice"

The last was “Writer’s Choice” which was one of my seminar that I decide that was well represented by one of the books, I read in this class. It was one of many seminar we did in class on May 12,2010. However, my choice will be based on a theme of hope that reflected the book. This piece was one of many that were very important because we had to write down quotes from the book we reading at the time. Than write a brief paragraph of what we thought it meant to us as readers. Seminar’s has help me to understand the words, and their definition and comprehend the quotes that were chosen from the book. Although this quarter their was much to gain by learning many skills, seminars has been a big part in this class and has help to utilized my skills.

Seminar 6

Susceptible (page 3)- Easily imposed; prone; vulnerable

Impediments (page 4) - Something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction.

Reservation (page 43)- A tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people.

Quote 1 - You've been fighting since you were born," he said. "you fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunk and drug addicts. other people have hope." (Sherman Alexie page 43)

This stood out for me because for a young boy to struggle throughout his life to fight off his health issues and had made it that far was outstanding in my eyes. To overcome all that, that meant he could overcome anything that comes his way. He fought the seizer and all the bad around him, now it was time for him to fight for a better life.

quote 2- " I want to go to Readan, " I said again. I couldn't believe I was saying it. For me, it seemed as real as saying, " I want to fly to the moon." ( page 46 Sherman Alexie)

Junior ( is a Native American budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indain Reservation to attend an all- white high school.) was starting to make the first step of changing his life for the best. He could't believe that he was saying this because he never thought that he would be the first to leave the reservation from his family. He was in shock to make a huge step. this was going to change his life from here on out.

Quote for picture- Getting to school was always an adventure. After school, I'd ride the bus to the end of the line and wait for my folks. If they didn't come I start walking, hitching in the opposite direction.( Sherman Alexie pf 87)

Pictures in the book showed junior daily on how he got to and from school. it showed what kind of boy he really was, indeed he had hope for himself. No matter what it took to get to school he did it. If it can down to walking a mile from home, or hitchhiking he did it. Junior has lots of encouragement and determination to get where he was going. It not only showed determination but has made a change in the family cycle. This meant that nobody would ever think of going to a school out of the reservation. This was not even close to what anyone could ever do on the reservation. (Ellen Forney pg 88)