tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post6256056321723497746..comments2023-11-13T21:12:34.165-08:00Comments on One Fixer-Upper: Call The LawLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-92043250672732052822016-08-08T17:57:59.069-07:002016-08-08T17:57:59.069-07:00I found it very interesting.I found it very interesting.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-20620944981039333272016-08-08T17:57:29.650-07:002016-08-08T17:57:29.650-07:00We have 2 pockets of generational poverty in Bob&#...We have 2 pockets of generational poverty in Bob's family, one being Bob's twin. He always worked but he married a woman who was a product of generational poverty. It's a whole different mind set. At his death she was left to live in true poverty. Their children didn't make it out. If I had a nickel for every hour I spent trying to help my sister-in-law over the last 54 years I would be a rich woman. Wasted my breath.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-3336753653765240952016-08-08T16:10:15.976-07:002016-08-08T16:10:15.976-07:00This sounds very interesting. I'll put it on ...This sounds very interesting. I'll put it on my library order list. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894294588507668479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-45269661412766636352016-08-08T03:58:51.527-07:002016-08-08T03:58:51.527-07:00Yes, it must be a long, hard pull for people caugh...Yes, it must be a long, hard pull for people caught in generational poverty. I saw it as a teacher. The attitude of the young victims, toward education, could only have been passed down from their families. Sad.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782394068144501251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-81720962914466001772016-08-07T20:21:52.552-07:002016-08-07T20:21:52.552-07:00I love that quote!
I love that quote!<br />Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-24213788630060830252016-08-07T10:37:43.678-07:002016-08-07T10:37:43.678-07:00Money doesn't cure generational poverty. You h...Money doesn't cure generational poverty. You have to socialize their children before you can educate them. Long hard pull for people caught in generational poverty.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-82866037929353162992016-08-07T10:21:42.378-07:002016-08-07T10:21:42.378-07:00Have never experienced generational poverty but ca...Have never experienced generational poverty but can see why it would be so very difficult a pattern to escape. We most often are what we see and are taught at home. We are lead by example. <br /> Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-926932562020797042016-08-07T07:42:33.214-07:002016-08-07T07:42:33.214-07:00Absolutely. Bob's twin thought children ought ...Absolutely. Bob's twin thought children ought to work (as in dig ditches.) he was not open in any way to higher education. Our 2 kids went to college, both have master's degrees, and both have good paying jobs. Their two children finished school with GREs, one has been to prison, one got vocational training but struggles because he hasn't broken out of that white blue collar anger culture.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-10398200109992943882016-08-07T07:36:05.611-07:002016-08-07T07:36:05.611-07:00This author quotes someone saying "teachers a...This author quotes someone saying "teachers are expected to shepherd children then send them home to be raised by wolves."Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-71360582151536458002016-08-07T07:35:39.348-07:002016-08-07T07:35:39.348-07:00I too saw this throughout my career as an educator...I too saw this throughout my career as an educator. Discouraging in that I continued to believe that education could break the cycle long after it became obvious it would really take more than that. Sometimes I found myself in a culture of anti-education. To suggest that one's child might have potential for a better life was seen as a put down of the parents.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-51600108021540465452016-08-07T07:32:46.046-07:002016-08-07T07:32:46.046-07:00Unfortunately the same mind set if not confined to...Unfortunately the same mind set if not confined to white blue collar poverty. One of our family has a good job now but the mindset has not changed. A lot of anger. Only knows how to express himself by yelling in someone's face. Thinks guns make him tough etc.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-83956742605059649552016-08-07T07:28:36.786-07:002016-08-07T07:28:36.786-07:00Unfortunately, I don't see any of that changin...Unfortunately, I don't see any of that changing in my lifetime.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-4997472067156031672016-08-06T22:29:42.456-07:002016-08-06T22:29:42.456-07:00As an educator I encountered many families in gene...As an educator I encountered many families in generational poverty. It's so discouraging. I also have redneck white guys in my family. I know all about these folks that are especially glad that they don't have to be "politically correct". Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-43194288253238980002016-08-06T20:40:08.454-07:002016-08-06T20:40:08.454-07:00I don't have any poor people in my family but ...I don't have any poor people in my family but all of the Trump supporters I know (about 8) have one thing in common: just a high school education, but all have decent jobs.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185056688439833438.post-38538876203100908302016-08-06T19:50:17.187-07:002016-08-06T19:50:17.187-07:00The top 1% have most of the money so that leaves v...The top 1% have most of the money so that leaves very little for the rest of us. People end up with very poor paying jobs and lose hope. the system we have now is not fair.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.com