In Pathologizing the Poor: Implications for Preparing
Teachers to Work in High-Poverty Schools, Kerri Ullucci makes some good claims
about poverty on youth. One that stood out to me was that youth are struggling
more in school. However even though they are struggling this does not make them
any less able to succeed in school and everyday life. Teachers and educators
now have to use new perspectives while working with children from poverty.
Poverty can affect a youth development space in a variety of
ways. In the immediate household a family could not have enough money for food
or low quality food leading to children not being able to do their best because
they are hungry. Poverty in low economic areas, there might not be money for
things like sports and afterschool programs. This would give them a
disadvantage over other children who would have money for those programs.
I am not sure what community I want to work in when I graduate.
As long as I can help the youth in that community and make a difference I would
be happy. It would be cool to go back to the community I grew up in. Being able
to help change how things were when I grew up for the upcoming youth would be a
rewarding experience.
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