Poverty in The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Carter Cera https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl By Carter Cera and Logan Cooper en-us 2021-05-10 17:55:00 UTC 2021-05-21 18:43:11 UTC hello@padlet.com How child development can be harmed by poverty cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1510502268
  • Depression 
  • Hunger
  • Illness 
  • Low academic achievements
  • Insecurity 
  • Emotional development issues
  • Mental development issues
  • Anger problems
    • ]]>     2021-05-10 18:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1510502268     How can poverty affect a child’s learning cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525680673 Poverty reduces a child's readiness for school because it leads to poor physical health which diminishes a child's ability to concentrate and remember information, also reduces attentiveness, curiosity and motivation.]]> 2021-05-14 18:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525680673 Ways poverty affects a community coopel0646 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525696219
  • Crippling accidents are a result of unsafe work environments
  • Poor housing space
  • Not good medical care, so easier to get a deadly disease
  • No safe water or food
  • Poor security 
  • Poor employment rates 

    • ]]>     2021-05-14 18:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525696219     Quote cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525701515 “Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor” (13).]]> 2021-05-14 18:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525701515 Employment cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525739870
  • Many households are overcrowded and earn only social security, disability or veteran's income. 
  • 4 to 8 out of 10 adults on reservations are unemployed.
  • The disparity for American Indians living below poverty on the reservations reach 38% to 63% in our service area.
  • Often, heads of household are forced to leave the reservation to seek work, and grandparents take on the role of raising their grandchildren.
    • ]]>     2021-05-14 18:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525739870     Housing cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525753948
  • About 40% of on-reservation housing is considered inadequate.
  • It is not uncommon for 3 or more generations to live in a two-bedroom home with inadequate plumbing, kitchen facilities, cooling, and heating. 
  • While most Americans take running water, telephones, and electricity for granted, many reservation families live without these amenities. 
    • ]]>     2021-05-14 18:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525753948     Health cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525763244
  • Due to underfunding, Indian Health Service facilities are crisis-driven and leave a wide gap in adequate and preventative health care for many Native Americans on the reservations.
  • Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American Indians.
  • Due to the link between heart disease, diabetes, poverty, and quality of nutrition and health care, 36% of Natives with heart disease will die before age 65 compared to 15% of Caucasians.
    • ]]>     2021-05-14 18:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525763244     cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525764982 2021-05-14 18:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1525764982 How adulthood can be affected by poverty coopel0646 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548445187
  • Increased stress levels
  • Affects relationships
  • Affects the family dynamics 
  • Decreased physical activity with children
  • Decrease in mental and physical well-being 
  • People living in poverty have die 10% faster than richer people
  • In more deprived areas boys expect to live 19 years fewer and girls 20 years fewer 
    • ]]>     2021-05-21 16:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548445187     Quote cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548478978 “It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that you’re poor because you’re stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you’re stupid and ugly because you’re Indian. 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.”]]> 2021-05-21 16:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548478978 Quote coopel0646 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548510863 “Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”]]> 2021-05-21 17:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548510863 Effects of growing up in poverty cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548578326
  • Anger management issues
  • Low education
  • Poor healthcare 
  • Not able to pursue your dreams 
  • Not as many privileges as other people
    • ]]>     2021-05-21 17:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548578326     Poverty in the book coopel0646 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548609352
  • Junior is embarrassed 
  • Stops from pursuing hope and opportunity 
  • Little to no privilege 
  • Emotional struggle
  • Junior misses many meals cause of poverty
  • Junior also misses school days
  • His parents cannot afford food and water most of the time
  • Problems of privilege and problems of poverty are more similar than people think
    • ]]>     2021-05-21 17:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548609352     Quote cerac0173 https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548616215 So I draw because I want to talk to the world. And I want the world to pay attention to me. I feel important with a pen in my hand. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. An artist. Maybe a famous artist. Maybe a rich artist.]]> 2021-05-21 17:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cerac0173/bo6enb85g1joykwl/wish/1548616215