Freshmen+Respond

= ﻿ Freshmen Respond= Dawn

1. // What does poverty mean to you? // a. I don’t know, um, that’s a really tough question. b. I don’t know what that word means. c. It means people who don’t have what everyone else has, they live in lesser housing and have a hard time with getting stuff. 2. // How would you deal with it? // a. I would try to bring my grades and work hard to go to a good school and college. b. I would ask for help. c. I would try and get a job, and make as much money as I can to get out. 3. // Do you know of any programs the school has to help poor students? // a. Extracurricular activities, they help to keep people out of trouble and give them something to do. b. I don’t know any at the school, but we do collections like the Jean Drive, canned food drive, and the Japan Relief. c. I don’t think the school does any. 4. // What challenges do people in this situation face? // All: Getting money, food, housing, clothes, schooling, going to college. 5. // If you were in this situation how you would try to better your life and get out? // a. I would just try to get good grades and go to college, and just try and keep my off it. I would just try to do things so I don’t have to think about the bad, and just focus on the good things. b. Like I said before, I would ask for help. If I got out, I would always give back and donate and try to help other people who were trying to get out. c. I would try to get a job and help out with my family. I’d work really hard and just try to make a lot of money.