While reading the article, “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty,” written by Paul Gorski, I tried to relate it back to Adelaide High School. Although I have only visited the school once, the article gave me ideas of what to look for in a school where poverty is sadly not uncommon. I believe the myth of the culture of poverty is very true. There are many people, who do believe that children, who are raised in ghettos where violence, gangs, and drug abuse is common, shouldn’t be given a nice school, highly qualified teachers, and a chance to get a good education. I consider people feel this way because they think that the children are so used to poverty, that the children themselves don’t believe they’ll
While reading the article, “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty,” written by Paul Gorski, I tried to relate it back to Adelaide High School. Although I have only visited the school once, the article gave me ideas of what to look for in a school where poverty is sadly not uncommon. I believe the myth of the culture of poverty is very true. There are many people, who do believe that children, who are raised in ghettos where violence, gangs, and drug abuse is common, shouldn’t be given a nice school, highly qualified teachers, and a chance to get a good education. I consider people feel this way because they think that the children are so used to poverty, that the children themselves don’t believe they’ll