chapter 4

When I was reading chapter four on  the poverty issue I remember something that is happening with my children now. My children attend school in Los Fresnos ISD. and regularly, they come home with notes of events or about activities they would have in school. Most of these activities require money. like for example buying a t-shirt for field trip, buying school pictures, birthday parties, and presentations. Most of these activities don't require the student to purchase or to participate but how do you explain a 5 year old kid, who sees that all of their friends are buying things, that we don't have money for that. I don't remember that it was that way when I was a kid. I consider my self  to be bless that both my wife and I are working and that we have that little extra money to use on our children, but I always wondered about those parents who are single parents or parents struggling to make ends  meet, how can they pay for all these extra expenses or how can they explain their children that there is not enough money. I don't know if this is something that happens in all schools but I think some teachers just don't  understand that there are families whose budgets are very tight and that even expending five dollars would require a great sacrifice.