Somethings I Just Don't Understand

by Erica

I work in a high poverty school. 87 of our children are homeless. More than 65% are on free and reduced lunch. A majority of my students don’t come with the needed school supplies at the beginning of the year. I wouldn’t mind buying them the items that they are lacking if it weren’t for the number of students that own X-Boxes, Game Cubes and big screen TV’s. The kid's families can’t afford a $1.25 lunch, but they have an extra dollar to buy a treat from the snack bar. If you don’t have the money to pay for basic needs, why would you have the money for all these extras? I can't understand this mentality.