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I am really surprised about the fact that so many kids were dying, in the one passage i read, two kids had died out of 8. I am sure more died from malnutrition and awful living conditions.

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The thing that surprised me was the amount of unemployed people left on the streets without money.

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What I found most interesting was how some people had to work so hard just to maintain their everyday lives.

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The Great Depression is always shown as a terrible time, where the quality of life was horrid and the world seemed like it was ending. I was surprised by the fact that people were still trying to make the best out of their situation, even if they didn't have the material things we have today.

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Based on my research, I found it interesting that people can push through their difficulties, and keep themselves together even though they are not in a good place.

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I was surprised by the horrible weather, the dust bowls, that were in some places during the Great Depression. These dust bowl were dreadful and caused pain to many at the time.

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The thing that has surprised me the most so far was how many people were forced to live out of their cars.

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2. I am surprised by some people massive willpower to continue forward and how everything bad, even natural, happened at once.

1. I have found the way of life most interesting.

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I am surprised that the Great Depression was that there were some people who truly didn't get hurt by the economy that bad. I thought it greatly affected every American.

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I was surprised by how much the children had to step up and help out their family.

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I thought it was interesting that some children had to quit school to provide for their parents.

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1. I was surprised by the mentioing of Hitler's influence at the time.
2.I was surprised by the condition of living.

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I was surprised by how people living through the Depression were able to remain motivated and optimistic while they had to manage supporting a family, finding a job, sending children to college, and enduring various other hardships.

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I was surprised how younger people had a lot more responsibility than in today's world.

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Something interesting from the research done thus far is probably that some of the struggles people gone through during the depression can still be seen in society today. The person i read about was also able to take away a positive from what is normally seen as a negative situation.

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I've found it surprising how people got through their hard times in The Depression. Many of the people were still very optimistic, even though they live in terrible conditions.

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2) I was surprised by how upbeat the people of the Great Depression were. They were somewhat depressed and stressed out by their new responsibilities, however they did not give up hope that things will get better in time.

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Based on my research, the thing that I found most interesting would be that some of those who are living in difficult and poor situations, also live with people who aren't struggling as much as them. From the one oral history that I read, I found it shocking how the young girl's teacher sort of judged how she wasn't able to pay for school supplies.

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I am surprised that some of the people were not depressed as I thought they would be. Some of the people were almost happy, not necessarily about their current situation, but they were looking at everything from a half glass full aspect.

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The condition people were in at the time.

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I am surprised that there was a form of financial aid for college set up back then.

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I was most surprised by how positive the children were despite the situations they were in. The girl I read about had to decide whether or not to continue school. She did not have enough money for books or nice clothes and yet she kept a positive outlook.

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Based on your research thus far...
1) What have you found most interesting?
or
2) What are you surprised by?