Pulitzer-Prize Winner Edgar May:
"When tax bills and tempers rise correspondingly, a wave of social ills--ranging from illegitimacy to poverty itself--is blamed on welfare."
im taking poverty law rite now in law school and i can already tell it's going to be an awesome course. for those of you who are brave--challenge yourself by taking the quiz. there are so many misconceptions about poverty in the U.S. and poverty overall that i think anyone who is willing to take this quiz and let it change their perspective is taking a step in the right direction.
here is a huge misconception:
people in poverty can get out of poverty if they would just find work.
FALSE.
people who are in poverty are either too old, too young, or are physically incapable of working due to illness or disability. OR people in poverty are ALREADY WORKING and still fall below the poverty threshold.
take the quiz and be challenged in your walk with God. how can you help change this world? im not asking what can this world give more to you, so that you can be satisfied. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO TRANSFORM THIS WORLD AND EFFECT CHANGE?
too too often are people living in this world greedily asking God for more and more, and forget that God has already given us enough. are you one of those people? always thinking that you are justified in all the things you ask for? justified in what you think the world or the government OWES YOU? be challenged.
4 comments:
Hey Pajjar - You are absolutely right about poverty misconceptions. Our misconceptions are not just limited to poverty but race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and the list goes on and on. It’s amazing how small minded we can be and how unwilling we are to look beyond yourselves, our experiences and what we have been institutionalized to believe.
I would have loved law but I opted to finish my MBA. I had to take a long look at my priorities. What I ultimately decided was that my girls come first. The law route for me would have meant making less money and working more hours. I don't mind the making less money to help those who are unable to help themselves but I could not afford losing the time with my girls. They will only be small for such a short time. I want to cherish every moment of it.
Maybe my next career, after my girls are grown, will be law. Life's a journey : )
By the way, I took the test. I'm a Democrat (and a very liberal one at that) so I had an advantage. Thanks for sharing.
Are people who are physically handi-capped normally grouped or associated with poverty or poverty statistics? Are illegal immigrants factored into the poverty statistics?
I truly believe that the government and churches should be more involved in helping its citizens; at the same time, I do not believe in a free pass. In Galatians Paul writes that each of us is responsible for our own burden. I know some people are not capable however. I know my grandmother couldn't sustain a job very long.
I just wish the government and churches would do more to educate people and really give them assistance intead of handing out freebies. How can that be done? I have no idea.
Cool post hun. I still have to take the test. But you'll probably learn about the cycle of poverty of how generation after generation try to get out of poverty but they can't. It's like how middle-class America is stuck in the cycle of debt. We like to leverage our assets in order to get another home, or another mortgage to get a newer car. Poverty, Urban Studies, Urban Development, all of those things are really fun to learn about. I'll call you when I get off of work.
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