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What about kids in poverty in the US? Are you sure they're getting a good education? Are they hungry when they go to school? How hard is it to learn when you do
by netizen-936824 5y ago
What about kids in poverty in the US? Are you sure they're getting a good education? Are they hungry when they go to school? How hard is it to learn when you don't have good nutrition?
- AlexTWithBeard 5y agoThey are getting a decent education. In addition, they get for free perfect knowledge of English, work eligibility in the US and an extensive network of friends and relatives. Something that many immigrants can only dream about.
- amcoastal 5y agoEducations are relative. Sure the inner city US education is good compared to Nigeria, but they arent going to be competing with Nigerians for college admissions and jobs. They will be competing with other Americans who got vastly superior free educations.
- Jensson 5y ago> Educations are relative. No it isn't, Nigeria remains a poor country since its population doesn't get proper education. That keeps them much poorer than for example USA. Poor people in USA can be relatively rich from a global perspective since they get so good education, you couldn't keep the wealth USA currently has if the bottom 40% couldn't read like is the case in Nigeria.
- anamax 5y agoThere are many food programs as well as meals at schools in the US. Before you write "food deserts", the data isn't as clear as you think it is. (The "researchers" ignored food stores.) More to the point, stores go to where folks will buy what they're selling (unless they're burned out or lose too much to shoplifting).
- redis_mlc 5y ago
- Jensson 5y agoThere are issues with poverty in the US, they just aren't very similar to the issues poor people face in Nigeria so this article doesn't say much about that issue.