Monday, April 27, 2009
More like a game of chance
The life we one day have is the life we are born into, it's just like a roll of the dice... And life is what we make of it. The people who live in poverty and who have to walk to work everyday I feel bad for... but the women who worked at burger king wasn't poor me feel bad for me... she knew there wasn't anything she could do to change what life gave her. I know a lot of people think people who are in poverty its their faults but this class is teaching me maybe it's not all their faults... maybe they just got a bad roll...
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I agree. even though we sometimes we would like to move forward, sometimes thats not what we can do with what life gives us from birth.
ReplyDeleteYes Megan, I think that is exactly what I would like you to see regarding social class. And sometimes more conservative students think that this means we must prop the poor up with handouts and freebies, but I have never said that. I think that is up to each person to decide, but what is more important is simply that we acknowledge that these dynamics are at play and not everyone has the same chance of making it.
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