Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Understanding and Working With Students and Adults from Poverty

"To move from poverty to middle class or from middle chass to wealth, an individual must give up relationships for achievement."

I thought that this what a particularly interesting concept in that it follos with that negative view that one must step on all of the little people to reach the top, but at the same time it appreciates that when one is being dragged down by groups of peers that have a negative view of authority figures, laws, work and rules than I can see and have seen in my experience how that can prevent any change from happening. Success is gained by going through the right channels, meeting new people, and hard work.

1 comment:

TexasTheresa said...

it's easier to think about someone leaving negative relationships behind in order to achieve; I can't imagine how hard it would be to leave positive relationships behind or at least relationships that I really cared about. good insights,
dr.theresa