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In a recent article titled “Scientists find that growing up poor hurts children 's brain development”, by Scientific American the author talks about how poverty hurts American kids’ brain growth. The author states poverty is Harmful To Brain Development of children who grow up poor or in a poor neighborhood. The author also states that there is less gray matter in the children 's brain than richer children. Finally, the author states that according to an important study Humans Are "Hardy" To A Point. The authors content shows their personal beliefs on poverty because they haven’t shown any evidence of statistics to me proving their article. In the first article the author states poverty is “harmful to the brain development of children who deteriorate in poverty. They accredit when someone develops in a poor family, they are affected in school by their performance. I personally do not believe this. Coming from a family of poverty, a peers ' performance in school education is determined by whether or not the student really believes in having a future. I have gained recognition for two …show more content…

One website I visited states The Mediating Effect of Caregiving and Stressful Life Events affects brain development. The writer in the article didn’t state or prove the facts about brain matter, although they were correct, but it appears the research also shows there is white matter missing from the brain. The research website (http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1761544) doesn’t prove that poverty is the real reason for brain development. I believe poverty can cause less brain development and I also believe stress can affect brain development. I believe this because I have personally had gone through the stress that has affected my own development in school and other

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The article is thought provoking. It alerts the reader to new less commonly known facts on poverty such as the fact that it takes more money to only combat causes of poverty instead of actually strategically preventing it from happening in the first place. a. The author does not make any reference to prior research. b.

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So, I agree with you that Payne’s article was based off of stereotypes, rather than actual fact. In regards to the third article, you also say that poverty does not relate to education as well. I agree with you in some ways, but disagree in others. Poverty does not affect a child’s ability to learn at school.

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“My mama always used to tell me if you can’t find something to live for find something to die for”-tupac shakur as said in Tupac’s biography.com. Tupac Amaru Shakur was a rapper in the early nineties who sang a new type of rap that would be gangsta rap. He was known for changing the style of rap and the image of this genre of music. Tupac made a very large contribute to rap and rap would not be the same as it is today.

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in Organizational Development and a Ph.D. is in Human Development. Jensen also synthesized brain research and developed practical applications for teachers for over two decades. I believe his purpose for writing this book was to put focus on the way poverty affects students and to give fellow educators theories, research, and strategies to hopefully ensure success against despite the present challenges. Summary The book has a total of 6 chapters not including the introduction.

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Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 and spent his childhood living in the coast marshes of Kent, England, in both the same place and time period that Pip had done. When Dickens was nine, his family moved to London, just as Pip too eventually did to pursue an education. Both Pip and Dickens had experienced a childhood of poverty and destitute. When Dickens was only twelve, his father John was put in debtors' prison. Dickens's mother moved his seven siblings into prison with their father, but the second-oldest Dickens was to live alone outside the prison and work with other young in a blacking warehouse for three months.

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