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Heather MC

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6. i grew up like that. i never thought for a second that was my future

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 11:04 PM

Nov 2012

that life drove me to do every LEGAL thing I could do, to not end up like my parents.

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Anyone else watching a PBS Frontline special on Poor Kids? [View all] undeterred Nov 2012 OP

YES! L0oniX Nov 2012 #1

Thanks for posting the link. undeterred Nov 2012 #4

That is the same culture effects that one could see in the ghetto and the most rural reservations jwirr Nov 2012 #44

Thanks for the link Warpy Nov 2012 #14

Heartbreaking Galileo126 Nov 2012 #2

Hi Galileo126.....Welcome to DU.. Tikki Nov 2012 #26

Welcome to DU! Delphinus Nov 2012 #36

I missed it. Will try to watch it online later, thanks! GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 #3

it's excellent struggle4progress Nov 2012 #11

That episode is so sad. savebigbird Nov 2012 #5

i grew up like that. i never thought for a second that was my future Heather MC Nov 2012 #6

Lucky lucky you. Guess what? These starving children are not adults Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #8

I just said I was a staving kid Heather MC Nov 2012 #15

Like I said. Lucky lucky you. All these kids need to do is buck up and be just like you and Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #18

Yes, why make reality-based decisions and re-structure this unjust society burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #25

ok you are miss understanding me. Heather MC Nov 2012 #39

Oh we get it. You made it out so why can't every other poor person do the same.. Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #40

I lived it, i lived with people who constantly made bad Heather MC Nov 2012 #43

In other words, you overcame fatalism. burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #46

I am wondering if you had any role models who were outside the family role model? Many of the jwirr Nov 2012 #45

I was one of those kids. Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #7

That's horrible. undeterred Nov 2012 #9

I became a resourceful scavenger eating as much peas and carrots off my Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #10

Same here though it was long before Clinton was even in office. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #28

I can relate... rbnyc Nov 2012 #31

I watched and I Cried! N/T sheshe2 Nov 2012 #12

Watched it earlier. U.S. is among the top 3. . . ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #13

I can remember this as a kid Superbot Nov 2012 #16

I didn't know it when I was a kid liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #17

I watched it on Tuesday here in Los Angeles. The statistic that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #19

I watched it a few nights ago on PBS online... ReRe Nov 2012 #20

I felt the depth of the problem first hand this week. PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #21

welcome to DU! renate Nov 2012 #34

Thank you. PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #41

You and your friends are truly kind. ceile Nov 2012 #38

Thank you! PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #42

Disheartening Picture... kracer20 Nov 2012 #22

Is that a child wearing a plastic bag for clothes? undeterred Nov 2012 #33

God, teach this massively self-deceived country burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #23

+ a brazillion undeterred Nov 2012 #35

I'll try to catch it this week Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #24

I wish this were on mainstream television. undeterred Nov 2012 #32

I want every person in this Delphinus Nov 2012 #37

very sad! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #27

My husband and I dog_lovin_dem Nov 2012 #29

I'll watch it this week also.. mountain grammy Nov 2012 #30