I am surprised (ok, not really) the technology 6ths graders have at this so called ‘highest poverty’ school in the area. Of course, I think there is a lot of number fudging or ‘unreported’ income with many of them. Last night we had a choir dress rehearsal and you wouldn’t believe the number of these kids in poverty(sic) being picked up in Escalades or 300s with tens of thousands of dollars worth of stereo equipment and rims.
My grandsons went to Denmark this summer. The oldest came back with a comment of the obesity 'epidemic' in our country.
One thing that everyone needs to remember about “poverty statistics” -
they never include gov’t benefits as “income”. So if you’re getting your housing, food, utilities, and child support paid, and then you have a 10k “job” on top of it for your spending money, you’re poor.