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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a highschool teacher and this week we had some career volunteers/ life couches come and talk to the kids. One guy made his speech about being a first generation college grad and did a list of "things poor kids dont know but need to." My kids liked it and there has been a lot of chit chat about it this week.   I decided to reverse the topic and ask them what they think might be some things rich people dont know and these are some kid bits of that convo...

1.) flatbread is really just pizza. "I was so confused about that word but every time its literally just been pizza."
2.) its awkward/embarrassing when you associate having a license to having a car.  "Me turning 16 means nothing, Im poor"
3.) [b]We dont grieve not having a father. We dont know another family structure.   "Thats like crying because I dont have a brother, when Ive never had a brother. No one does that."[/b]
4.) One kid thought it was odd that the people who have the most clothes usually have washer and dryers at their house so in reality they need the least clothes. "If i didnt need quarters to wash I would only need like 3 shirts"[/quote]

Even if they don't know they are grieving the lack of a father, they are.  Check out research: greater poverty; higher substance use and abuse; higher rates of suicide; higher levels of crime; higher levels of sexual abuse; more high-school dropouts; worse GPAs; more sexual activity; more teen pregnancy.

You are wrong, I was fatherless, never had any of those issues and this is how prejudice starts

http://www.fathers.com/statistics-and-research/the-consequences-of-fatherlessness/[/quote][/quote]

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