Addressing Poverty In Schools

After psychiatrists viewed traumatized children in schools, they saw a pattern that the more traumatized and stressed, the more the child would be disrupted. Most kids who go through poverty specifically, face stress every day of their lives. These children commonly feel "distracted, aggressive, and tuned out." said Cantor the psychiatrist. Cantor specifically visited high-poverty schools and was shocked with the chaos. Although not all children are disruptive, many kids facing poverty are not brought up seeing school as a positive.

This relates to what we are learning about currently in class because when kids are facing this stress and becoming aggressive and what not, this is opening the door for these children to get into trouble. Whether some of these children need money and decide to sell drugs, or get into violent behaviors due to their financial frustration, it is sad some of the children never have clear guidance.