THE BRIDGE HOME

10/29/2019

Students had a 'KA-HOOT' of a time today!

Today, students participated in 2 games of Kahoot. The atmosphere always tends to get a little stressful, but the students had a fun time participating. All the students had a fun time and they were given immediate feedback on their comprehension of 'THE BRIDGE HOME'. Later this week, we will be having a Mystery Skype with at least one other class. We look forward to connecting and learning with other Gr. 7 students from around the world!

IMPORTANT:

Students/Parents, please click here to schedule your conference. Make sure you let your parents know!
Div 1 and 2 students, click here to sign up to bring something for our Halloween celebration on Thursday afternoon.

1.) ART: Pick up some coloured tiles from Home Depot/Rona. We will use these next week.

2.) FRENCH: Complete your 1 minute conversations for Thursday.

3.) LA/ART:

Complete your paragraph on your postcard with a ball point pen.
Draw your pictures on the front of your post card. The picture should be related to the novel or Vancouver.
You will have time in class to colour your pictures tomorrow

4.) POST A RESPONSE / GLOBAL READ ALOUD:

Watch this video.
Using what you learned from this video, write a paragraph on what you think can be done in Vancouver to help those who are stuck in the poverty cycle.

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Pay attention to the givens (spelling, grammar, sentence structure, capitals, etc)
2.) Standard paragraph structure (hook, body, and conclusion)
4.) Includes at least 2 supporting examples from the posted video and uses transition words like
'FOR EXAMPLE' or 'TO ILLUSTRATE' or something similar.
5.) Ends your paragraph (conclusion) with a question that leaves your readers thinking about the
topic.
6.) Gives one student descriptive feedback about their paragrph based on the criteria above.
7.) Edit/revise based on a self/peer assessment.

VIDEO LINKS:
The Poverty Trap/Cycle

Edmond

10/29/2019 11:29:19 am

first！

Max

10/29/2019 03:34:44 pm

Seriously, why is Edmond here?

Mr. Hong

10/29/2019 03:55:16 pm

@ Max - Our website is a learning space for both classes! :-)

Edmond

10/29/2019 09:33:53 pm

@Max, you can go to our website too.

Em H

10/29/2019 03:20:53 pm

Second? :)

Max

10/29/2019 03:37:25 pm

Who are you? 😕

brieana

10/29/2019 03:39:59 pm

@ Max
It's Emily H.

megan

10/29/2019 03:24:04 pm

third, once again. :)

cw( ・◡・)

10/29/2019 03:33:53 pm

brieana

10/29/2019 03:33:58 pm

Fourth. P.S @Mr.Hong you spelled gollow not follow.

brieana

10/29/2019 03:35:24 pm

never mind. fifth😢

Mr. Hong

10/29/2019 03:52:43 pm

@ Brieana - Thanks for the descriptive feedback. I'll edit/revise.

Mr. Hong

10/29/2019 03:53:21 pm

@ Brieana - Where?

MAx

10/29/2019 03:36:17 pm

Fifth. 😐

7 times in a row in top ten.

brieana

10/29/2019 03:36:40 pm

@Mr.Hong
Is there going to be a kahoot for P.A.R?

Mr. Hong

10/29/2019 03:53:40 pm

@ Brieana - No Kahoot. Just a PAR.

Stephen

10/29/2019 07:51:21 pm

So we are not doing the kahoot in ten minutes?

Mealea

10/29/2019 03:44:20 pm

6th

10/29/2019 04:07:24 pm

ethel

10/29/2019 04:09:27 pm

8th

10/29/2019 04:13:11 pm

I mean 8

Max

10/29/2019 04:31:31 pm

Have you heard of the cause to reduce poverty? Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. I have some ideas to reduce and maybe stop poverty.

First, poverty starts when certain people have all the wealth leaving others with nothing. We already built shelters for the homeless, but I am thinking the homeless shelters should not be permanent homes. Instead, we should help the people in poverty find jobs to sustain their daily lives. Probably jobs that does not require having plenty of education. Simple jobs like running a fast food restaurant.

Secondly, I think we should make basic classrooms in homeless shelters to educate the people in poverty. That way the poor can have a better chance to find jobs. When they find a sustainable and reliable job, ask for small payments because they have been educated by the teachers in the homeless shelters. That way the poor gets money while the government won't have to poor millions in to a cause which gives nothing back. Most governments are selfish, and they do things for self benefit.

Thirdly, we should lower the taxes for the poor, and raise the taxes for the rich. The people in poverty have so little money that there is almost no point in taking even more money away from them.

In conclusion, these are my ideas of reducing poverty in many countries. What can you do that is in your power to reduce poverty?

Mr. Hong

10/29/2019 06:06:36 pm

@ Max - Your use of transitions is great! Keep up the good work!

FEEDBACK: Can you find a way to use some transition words like 'for example' and 'to illustrate'? Or any other similar ones?

Ethel

10/29/2019 05:05:28 pm

Poverty is an awful thing, in the book The Bridge Home teaches kids and adults about poverty. While watching the video, I learned some strategies to prevent poverty. First of all we should have some sort of place where people who escape abusive parents, can have a better life. For example in the video Shane escaped his abusive dad and ran away with his mom. Second of all we should really put kids in poverty in school, so that they will have a better future in life, they need education to get jobs and have a better future. Lastly people in poverty might need a better home, like the homeless shelter near our school, but maybe not near any areas that will put anyone in danger. (like a shady neighbourhood)

10/29/2019 05:30:01 pm

@Ethel The criteria says that you should add a question at the end of your paragraph. But I liked your paragraph anyway! :D

Ethel (edited)

10/29/2019 06:13:03 pm

Mr. Fisher

10/29/2019 05:13:55 pm

@VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS- You are responsible for getting to and from the game tomorrow. Please talk to each other and figure out how you will get to the game and get home! The game is at Osler Elementary school at 3:30pm

Spencer

10/29/2019 06:35:21 pm

In the video "Helping break the cycle of poverty in bc", I was shocked to learn that half a million people in BC are living in poverty. Here are a couple of ways I think we can help. The fundamental point they are trying to make is that people need their basic needs met first before they can start working through their other challenges. For example, we need to build more affordable housing. We also need to ensure that people have access to healthy food. If we were able to provide these two things we would be doing a lot better in helping to break the poverty cycle.

10/29/2019 06:50:25 pm

The criteria says to ask a question at the end.

10/29/2019 06:49:05 pm

If you have seen people on the street begging for food and money, they are probably in poverty. Over half million people are in poverty because of mental health and addiction. The government should build more homeless shelters so people in poverty can restart their life by providing security and safe place to live. The government can educate younger people about the consequences of addictions to drugs.

How could you help your community be more aware poverty?

Emma

10/29/2019 07:15:47 pm

Poverty has become a big problem and we need to realize it

I believe that way that we can help poverty is by giving people on the streets places to stay and food and drink. Also people need to be more open minded about people in poverty when being asked to be hired.
children should be educated on the topic of poverty and how they can help and avoid it.
Poverty needs to stop now.

Dennis

10/29/2019 07:22:31 pm

Poverty is a system in which people don't have a roof over their head, and the have no income other than begging for money and food, most people in poverty have a mental/ physical disability, no job or is doing drugs and smoking, I am just illustrating east Hastings for you.

Millions of men, women, and children suffer and possible die from poverty everyday, in fact most people just suffer because of war torn homeland and war, such as refuges from Syria, Saudi Arabia and other country's across the globe. We can't think of how to help them rather than give money and food, we should instead provide those people suffering from poverty education and help. Once they receive the info and develop life skills and start to find a job to get income for food, water and shelter and lady's and gentlemen that's how you solve poverty.

What would you do if you were able to do something about poverty?

Gabriel

10/29/2019 07:24:13 pm

Poverty sucks and sadly there is a lot of it in Vancouver and today I will try to think of ways you can get your self out of poverty. One idea I had was try to find something your good at and then sign up for a job and hopefully they will accept you and then you can get money buy a house and live a normal life. Some day I really hope poverty will be no more.

Alice, (Div.1)

10/29/2019 07:24:46 pm

Heyo! Loved the Kahoot earlier UwU

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10/29/2019 07:59:15 pm

do ur par!!!!! :0

Brieana

10/29/2019 07:31:08 pm

Poverty. Who wants it? It effects everyone who has it. It goes from the parents, to the children and to the children’s children. It goes in one big circle. What can we do? We in Vancouver can help the people in poverty by giving them a home, food and a job so that they can look after themselves instead of worrying about where they are going to go or what they have to eat. The rich won’t do anything even though they should. They could donate some money to them. If we don’t help them now, everyone in their family will be effected. We need to do something now before it’s to late.

megan

10/29/2019 07:58:13 pm

Part of the criteria says to put a question into your conclusion statement, otherwise, I really liked your paragraph! :)

10/29/2019 07:39:22 pm

As you go down the walkways of downtown, you can see the people who are struggling to survive. They don't have basic needs, such as food, water and healthcare. Lot's of people are in the same position, but what can be done to help them?
First I think more schools should be built, to educate people, and to give people opportunities. They should also educate people on addiction and drugs. To decrease the chances of addiction, because if you know the risks of the drugs, you might not try it in the future.
Next is that we should make more jobs. People are finding it hard to find well paying jobs which is a cause of poverty. If the government could create more jobs that would be great because people can earn money, and now they can try to get out of poverty.
In conclusion the poverty cycle is a hard thing to break out, but it can be possible. My question is, what kind of things could you do to help stop poverty?

megan

10/29/2019 07:47:32 pm

Poverty is a situation occurring way too often, especially in BC. Many people suffer due to it, and we always have to try to help with the situation as much as we humanly can.
To help those trapped in the poverty cycle, the first thought that'd come to mind would be to provide shelter and food for them. Housing is way too expensive, especially in BC, meaning it'd be hard for the homeless to have shelter. It's literally in their name. Even if the city provided housing, there'd still be a lot of homeless to fend for, meaning you'd have to provide for them every single day. So maybe instead of housing, provide tents and other sorts of "small" housing.
Unfortunately, children are also victims to the poverty cycle. Due to this, children usually lack education, meaning when they eventually grow up, they'll lack many basic human skills. A solution to this problem would be to provide free education to children since they couldn't control the fact they were homeless. This would definitely help resolve the poverty cycle.

In conclusion, the poverty cycle is a terrible issue happening in today's society. How would you deal with this poverty situation?

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10/29/2019 07:55:08 pm

Poverty is a situation occurring way too often, especially in BC. Many people suffer due to it, and we always have to try to help out with the situation as much as we humanly can.

To help those trapped in the poverty cycle, the first thought that would come to mind would be to provide shelter and food for them. Housing is way too expensive, especially in BC, meaning it'd be hard for the homeless to have shelter. It's literally in their name. Even if the city provided housing, there'd still be a lot of homeless to fend for, meaning you'd have to provide for them every single day. So maybe instead of housing, provide tents and other sorts of "small" housing.
Unfortunately, children are also victims to the poverty cycle. Due to this, children usually lack education, meaning when they eventually grow up, they'll lack many basic human skills. A solution to this problem would be to provide free education to children since they couldn't control the fact they were homeless. This would definitely help resolve the poverty cycle.

In conclusion, the poverty cycle is a terrible issue happening in today's society. How would you deal with this ongoing poverty situation?

isabel

10/29/2019 07:51:43 pm

is there a kahoot at 8pm?

Alice

10/29/2019 07:53:27 pm

OMG I almost forgot!

isabel

10/29/2019 07:55:16 pm

where is it?

isabel

10/29/2019 07:56:41 pm

@mrhong where is the cahoot that we are supposed to be at, at 8pm?

Catherine

10/29/2019 08:00:25 pm

Mr.hong said that there’s only P.A.R and no Kahoot.

isabel

10/29/2019 08:08:51 pm

thank you

Charlie

10/29/2019 07:53:21 pm

Poverty is a wide spread issue that everyone needs to be aware of, the book "The Bridge Home" illustrates this and paints a picture to what poverty is like for children.

In this book, it represents India has a place were the poor are of the poorest and the wealthy as the wealthiest.There is little to no middle class, now in Canada poverty is not as severe but it doesn't mean it isn't still prevalent. A few ways we could significantly reduce poverty is by making education more accessible, maybe even invest in better employment and education for disabled people. The last thing we could do is reducing the already high housing prices.

In conclusion, poverty is ubiquitous and every country, it is unavoidable, but there are ways to reduce poverty. While we were reading the book a question popped into my head. The question was what solutions can we use that are not only economically smart but also effective in reducing poverty?

Catherine

10/29/2019 07:58:51 pm

Today our P.A.R was to paragraph on what I think can be done in Vancouver to help those who are stuck in the poverty cycle. Have you heard about poverty before? Poverty is a state of being extremely poor and lacking food, shelter and/or water.
First, I think that we can help people in poverty by people who have higher education, teach people in poverty for free. So now they can kind of go to school again and pick what they want to learn to get out of poverty (for adults). This will help them to develop a skill so that they don't have to rely on someone else.
Second, I think it’s a good idea to give people in poverty temporary homes because then they will have one less thing to worry about and focus on learning a skill to help them, but also they have to work hard to earn an actual place belonging to them.
Also I think the government should let people have the choice to donate money, food, and/or water to people in poverty, instead of rising tax money which make people feel like they’re being robbed by the people in poverty. This will make us lose our sympathy for the people in poverty when it’s the government’s fault. This is my own opinion and I have nothing against people in poverty so don’t take anything offensive.
In conclusion, we really need to help people in poverty but maybe in a different way we are today.

megan

10/29/2019 08:01:22 pm

In the criteria, it states to add a intriguing question in your conclusion! Otherwise, nice paragraph!! :)

10/29/2019 08:05:03 pm

Do you know what poverty is? Well, it's something horrible going on that's when some people are extremely poor and are homeless and starving to death. But we can break the poverty cycle Some people think that all we have to do is give them food, but that's what I call solving the downstream problem. When we solve the downstream problem, more problems will happen upstream. like for example they will just get hungry again. In case you don't know what the down and upstream thing is about, i'll tell you.So it's a story and this is how it goes. A man and a woman were fishing on the river bank when they saw a kid drowning in the current. They rescued her. Soon, they saw another kid drowning. They rescued him, too. This continued all afternoon. The kids were coming down from the upstream area so the exhausted pair decided to go upstream to find out where and why so many kids were falling in. They discovered a hole in the very popular bridge kids take. The couple went to community leaders to report the number of victims they had rescued and explain the connection to the unprotected overlook.Community leaders agreed to install a protective guard and post warning signs. Preventing the problem saves resources, energy, and lives. So now you understand, I will tell you a few "upstream" problem solutions that will break the poverty cycle. So first I think if the rich people donate a lot of money, then they could afford stuff and find a job to earn money. Another solution is spread the news to as much people as possible to let them know and donate money.
In conclusion if we all donate to poor people and give them jobs, they will live a better life.

Sara

10/29/2019 08:07:33 pm

Have you heard of poverty? Well poverty is a state of being extremely poor and I don't think anyone would like to go through it. If you don`t want to go through poverty then maybe help others get out of the poverty cycle. One way is to build a homeless shelter. But make sure you build one in a safe place or worse there will be some consequences. For an example don`t put a homeless shelter near a school because the parents of the students will be more strict on their child`s safety just like what happened 2 years ago. Another way is to lower the taxes because even if people get out of the poverty cycle, they can get back in from high taxes. So let`s help people break out of the poverty cycle. Also my question is, "We know there are ways to help people get out of poverty but aren`t people taking action especially the world leaders?"

Boswell

10/29/2019 08:42:14 pm

Poverty is a world wide problem that are affecting millions of people. Like the people you see on the streets begging for money they are likely to be in the poverty cycle and it's really hard to leave the poverty cycle.

Why are some people in the poverty cycle though? Well there are various of reasons some people are in poverty and some examples will be mental illnesses, can't find a job, don't have a safe place to go home to and has to leave (The Bridge Home) and a lot of other reasons. It's not easy to get out you cant just go get money or find a job it's hard for some people to find these things and that's why they're in the poverty cycle cause they cant do what they want to do.

It's hard to help all the people in poverty escape the poverty cycle but the most we can do right now is to donate food, water,clothes, basically the things that will help them instead of giving them a ruler cause that wont really help them. Also you should donate clothes if there too small for you or mangy so that the people in poverty could at least have clothes you don't need anymore. Something hat is happening right now to help people in poverty are homeless shelters where they are being built around the world and it's helping lots of people in poverty.

In conclusion there are many people living in poverty and you should do your best to help them by donating food, clothes basically things needed to survive. Also here's a question to make you wonder and the question is "What will you do if you had a mental illness and is in the poverty cycle with abusive parents?"

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10/29/2019 08:42:29 pm

There's not kahoot.😭

I also found out that if you type your name a lot, it goes off the screen. Fascinating.

Mr. Hong

10/29/2019 11:00:32 pm

@ Max - Not so fascinating to me. :-)

Mr. Fisher

10/29/2019 08:43:08 pm

@VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS- There is NO practice tomorrow!

The next practice will Thursday at Lunch.

Mr. Fisher

10/29/2019 08:43:48 pm

@VOLLEYBALL BOYS-Bring your jersey tomorrow!

Charlie

10/29/2019 08:47:21 pm

I do not have a jersey, what do I do?

Shannon

10/29/2019 08:50:12 pm

pov·er·ty
/ˈpävərdē/
Learn to pronounce
noun
the state of being extremely poor.
"thousands of families are living in abject poverty"
At the moment, our class is reading "The Bridge Home". this book really focuses on poverty. Poverty is such an unfortunate situation to be in and sadly, a vast percentage of the population in BC, is living in poverty.

After watching this video, I think that the main message would be that people in poverty have it really hard. How can you expect someone to get back up on their feet when they don’t have the basic fundamentals? As in food and shelter. The poverty cycle is truly unfair. Poverty gets passed down by generations, meaning all these people are born into poverty. They don’t get a choice. This can affect the overall personality of a person, and can really take away true potential from them.

In conclusion, I think that the poverty cycle is a serious issue in today’s society, and it is hard to break but not impossible.

kaelyn the hockey fan (go canucks) ((watch the game tmrw))

10/29/2019 08:50:46 pm

Poverty is a strong word. It is also a very intense subject. Here in Vancouver, we have a lot of poverty. We are not a third world country like africa, we are a first world country because we have human rights and less poverty than third world countries. but I'm not saying that we are a perfect country, we still have poverty and a dark past. We need to find some ways to start to solve the poverty crisis and as the youth of today, we should start brainstorming ideas for when we get to become old enough to make an impact.

If you haven't noticed, housing prices are going no other direction but up these days. how do you expect to raise the prices, and try to solve poverty? They don't have much money so by making rent super high, they can't exactly afford rent. Vancouver is the city with the second highest housing prices in CANADA (toronto is second). For the average one bedroom apartment, they ask you to pay $1098 MONTHLY which is unbelievable and is an incredible amount of money to people suffering from poverty.

Another thing we should do, is employ people who are facing poverty because we all deserve a fair shot at life because who knows. maybe we'll create the next thing or we'll be the next best person. If we start to employ people in poverty, they can start to earn some good old money and start to get monthly payments, they can start to get back on they're feet and afford rent to live an enjoyable and presentable life. People in poverty have no way to earn money besides selling drugs and stolen items etc. So the only way to get them back up, is to help them find a more trustable and safe way to make money.

These are my ideas on how to solve the poverty crisis. I think that poverty is too large in Canada and that we need to make a sudden change in the way we run this country. all people are valuable and deserve respect despite what they look like or where they live. People in poverty deserve a shot at life and they should be abled to life a safe and enjoyable life. Now i have a question, If the government and world leaders know that earth is facing extreme amounts of poverty, why aren't they doing anything to stop or prevent it?

nkick

10/29/2019 09:04:16 pm

Poverty is being very poor and most of the times not having your personal needs such as shelter, food, and water. People living in poverty don't have those needs and usually end up having a really tough life. But WE can CHANGE that!

First and most importantly, we need to give them their personal needs. We can build homeless shelters to help those without homes to live in. But we can't build half a million of houses for homeless people, that would take up way too much space and resources. So, instead, we could set up small housing areas-not necessarily houses-like cabins and tents for them to live in and just get through for a few weeks. The next steps are more easy once the people have a safe place to live in. We'd supply them with water, food, and maybe even education, and we could help so many people living in poverty, and reduce the amount of people living in poverty greatly.

Amy

10/29/2019 10:07:24 pm

The poverty cycle is something that is easy to get into, but very hard to get out of. It's easy to waste all your money and become homeless , but at least one hundred times harder to earn back the money and live in a home, especially if you're suffering from addiction and/or mental illnesses. Not only that, the poverty will be passed down to your children and their children if they don't get out of it.

What can we do to solve this problem? First, we must provide them with all their personal needs, such as food, shelter, or medication. These can be acquired by donation, charity, and sometimes the government. Another solution is raising awareness about this problem, on social media, flyers, newspapers, or other mediums. However, since most people know about poverty, the first solution would be more helpful.

Poverty is a huge problem in the world, and we must all support ourselves and others to get through this problem.

Amy (second copy)

11/19/2019 09:48:36 pm

The poverty cycle is something that is easy to get into but very hard to get out of. It's easy to waste all your money and become homeless, but at least one hundred times harder to earn back the money and live in a home, especially if you're suffering from addiction and/or mental illnesses. Not only that, the poverty will be passed down to your children and their children if they don't get out of it.

What can we do to solve this problem? First of all, we must provide them with all their personal needs, such as food, shelter, or medication. These can be acquired by donation, charity, and sometimes the government. Another solution is raising awareness about this problem, on social media, flyers, newspapers, or other mediums. However, since most people know about poverty, the first solution would most likely be more helpful.

Poverty is a huge problem in the world, and we must all support ourselves and each other to get through this problem.

Kyungsun

10/29/2019 10:28:09 pm

Poverty is a very large problem that is easy to fall into and hard to get out of. This is heavily worsened by the poverty cycle which makes it harder for people in poverty to get out. For example a person is homeless and has been since they were 5. they cant afford to get an education and so cannot work a job with a decent wage. this repeats again as they have children. now how about some solutions? I see alot of solutions which are just give them free stuff. the problem with this is that this is coming directly out of the 33 percent tax rate that is paid. This is stupid. If you want to donate to the homeless then go ahead but dont expect everyone to pay for extra stuff. We are not responsible for getting them out of poverty and we should not pay for thier things. Instead we should implement a stricter immigration policy as well as reducing regulations to create a buissness. Less people coming into the country and more buissnesses means more jobs and higher pay. We should also work to reduce unessesary spending especially outside of the country to reduce our tax rate so that these newly employed homeless people as well as everyone else has more money to throw around. Just handing people free items and shelter may help improve the experience of homelessness but giving them jobs and allowing them to have low cost mental health help get them out of poverty. in conclusion we should not raise taxes for everyone to provide for people we do not know and are not responsible for and instead should work to free up some more jobs that dont require much qualifications such as retail or fast food jobs to effectively get them out of poverty and to improve our economy as well as making sure these people are contributing to society. My question is why do so many people turn to a flawed ideology to fix the poverty problem?

Kayd

10/29/2019 10:31:47 pm

Poverty is a thing that can happen when you either are too poor to afford basic needs like food water shelter etc. and if you are put in the cycle of poverty by your parents.

Some ways to help people out of poverty cycle are...

First have more homeless shelters put up that can provide them with basic needs like food water etc. etc.

Secondly we can get more schools to open up to educate the homeless and help them get jobs.

Finally we can donate what we can to food banks and charities.

Emily

10/29/2019 11:00:40 pm

If you go around Downtown Eastside, you'll find that there are many homeless people who are in poverty. Many people who are out on the streets probably don't have enough food, water, shelter, or clothing. I also think that a number of them are also facing problems overcoming their addictions and/or mental health.

To be able to afford a place to live, you need a stable income. A stable income comes from a job. To get a job you need a reputable educational source. So if you live in the poverty cycle then you probably wouldn't have any of this. So why can't we take homeless children off the streets? Let them learn and get jobs, and we could give them temporary homes until their parents are able to afford a house. But then there's another thing. Housing prices in Vancouver keeps on climbing higher and higher, which means that WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING! If you have a minimum wage job you could never afford your own home, let alone supplying food and clothing, especially if you have a whole entire family to support. It just won't be enough.

In conclusion, I think that we need to make the necessities of life much easier to afford. How would you change Vancouver to help people in the poverty cycle?

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Mr. Hong

10/30/2019 10:55:19 am

@ UNKNOWN - You are not actually unknown. Please remember your digital citizenship skills.

10/30/2019 09:26:58 pm

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Mealea

11/5/2019 05:01:49 pm

Poverty is a horrible thing. Have you ever walked down the street and saw a man or woman in dirty clothes with a sign that says they are homeless and a cup beside them possibly for you to put money in. Sometimes we may give them money or not. When we don’t sometimes we feel a rush of guilt. To prevent yourself from living on the streets you have to have an average amount of money. So our parents have to work really hard for that money! There are homeless shelters that homeless people can live in and soup kitchens that serve food for them too. There will be many reasons you might end up homeless. No money, Ran away from someone abusive, Drunk parent that doesn’t take care of you and more! The point is poverty is a sad situation and just really be grateful for what you have.
My question for you is: How do you think we can help with getting less people off the streets?

Amy

11/19/2019 09:42:49 pm

@Mealea, good job! You should put a question mark at the end of the second sentence.

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