WHAT IS POVERTY?

         NOUN. THE STATE OR CONDITION OF HAVING LITTLE OR NO MONEY GOODS OR MEANS OF SUPPORT; CONDITION OF BEING POOR. SYNONYMS: NEEDINESS, DESTITUTION, INDIGENCE, PAUPERISM, PENURY. ANTONYMS: RICHES, WEALTH, PLENTY.

 

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  ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS USING COMPLETE SENTENCES AND SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS WITH EXAMPLES AND DETAILS:

• WHERE DO YOU SEE POVERTY IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

IN MY COMUNITY THERE IS POVERTY BUT, MOSTLY MANY OF THEM ARE INVOLVED IN DRUGS, GANGS, RUN AWAY FROM HOME BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT THEIR FRIENDS ARE THE BEST BUT, FRIENDS LIKE THAT DON'T HELP YOU AT ALL.

• THINK ABOUT THE FACTS AND STATISTICS WE DISCUSSED. WHAT DID YOU ALREADY KNOW?

I KNOW THAT MOSTLY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO HELP THEIR KIDS GROW FOR A BETTER LIFE. JUST BECAUSE HISPANIC DON'T HAVE THE POSSIBILITIES DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T SURVIVE.

 
• WHAT SUPRISED YOU?

MOST HISPANICS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE POOR.