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Personal Narrative: The Knowhemun Elementary School Children

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I feel so irritated when I am chopping carrots to put in the soup for the local Khowhemun Elementary school children. It is not so much the task of cutting vegetables that irks me but rather imagining myself as one of the children: hungry and deprived of the opportunities to develop basic math skills or anything that could aid to their becoming independent and contributing members of society. Instead, the children worry about their next meal. The fundamental problem in today’s brave new world is that we are walking towards a false image of the “American Dream,” as there really is no equal opportunity for prosperity and success, or, in my words, self-actualization. The Knowhemun Elementary children’s deprivation of their basic needs will in some way hamper their potential to learn …show more content…

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