As with any statitistical study, there are always examples of the opposite being true. 87% of all violent crime against blacks is committed by blacks. But, my friend Tyrone was shot by a white guy! Something has to account for the other 13%, yes? Just because most low income children grow up to be low income adults doesn't mean that you can't come from poverty and work your way up. My family was lower middle class and I have done pretty well for myself.
The fact that a mother can scrape together enough every night to put food on the table, even if it's beans and weenies, is just the point. No, you didn't go to bed hungry, but you DID go to bed with a high calorie, low nutrition dinner. You do what you have to do to survive and believe me, I've had my share of instant mac and cheese with ketchup because that's all that the budget could afford. It's not a judgemental observation, it's just a sign of the times. A lot of poor, single mothers are underfunded and undereducated. They have no clue what the food pyramid entails or have the necessary time to prepare well rounded meals if they did. You can hop up on your soap box and say "well then, they shouldn't have gotten pregnant in the first place". You know what? You're right, but that doesn't alleviate the fact of the now, and the now is that the children are there and have to be tended.
The remark about Ethiopian children was crass, uneducated and shows a total lack of sophistication or public decorum. I've come to expect that from that person. We were talking about American children, but of course I'm sure you knew that already. I hope you're proud of the way you make light of children suffering in Africa, yet it's somehow America's mission to free the poor children in the Middle East of a tyrannist regime. Your hypocrisy knows no bounds.
) healthy food every night.
How long do you think it'll take us to get thrown out of class?
