Poverty by Ben Potter https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948 And Its Effects On A Person en-us 2018-11-29 19:16:10 UTC 2025-10-22 16:33:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Poverty doesn't give you strength or teach you lessons about preservation. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor (Alexie 13). fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/309949321 Junior describes how being poor does not help him out in any way besides teaching him how to be poor.]]> 2018-11-30 19:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/309949321 My parents came from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people (Alexie 11) fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311089169 In this quotation Junior describes how being poor is a part of his families history, so it would be hard to chase his dreams when their is nobody to guide him.]]> 2018-12-04 19:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311089169 The image below shows a picture of what Indian life is like on a reservation. Many are unemployed and use the little money they have on alcohol. They do what ever they can to get through the hard times. fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311090109 2018-12-04 19:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311090109 But my lips and I stopped short when I saw this written on the inside front cover. THIS BOOK BELONGS TO AGNES ADAMS (Alexie 30-31) fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311092326 Junior becomes very upset when he finds out that his textbooks were over 30 years old. The poverty of Junior's community makes it harder for him to reach his goals when he can't even be educated properly. ]]> 2018-12-04 19:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311092326 And because you're Indian you start believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it (Alexie 13). fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311099109 Junior is describing how it is hard for Indians to achieve their dreams because of their own thoughts and the actions of the community. Reaching your goals would be harder to achieve without help from your community.]]> 2018-12-04 19:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311099109 I picked up the other boot and dug inside. Man, that thing smelled like booze and fear and failure. I found a wrinkled and damp five dollar bill. "Merry Christmas," he said (Alexie 151). fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311105151 Usually achieving your dreams will take money so reaching his dreams will be much harder than most people when his family cant financial support him. ]]> 2018-12-04 19:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311105151 This video shows how leaving the reservation is usually the best and only option for Natives looking to be successful fparker2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311108780 The only problem with leaving is many feel disconnected from their tribe and wish to return so it makes it hard to stay away from their home reservation.]]> 2018-12-04 19:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311108780 This article describes how rampant poverty is in reservations and why it is not improving bpotternp2020 https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311120844 With large amounts of poverty it can be hard for Native Americans such as Junior to reach their goals. ]]> 2018-12-04 20:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bpotternp2020/8q5zu0xpb948/wish/311120844