The Curse

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The curse of the poor is a yoke set on the backs of mankind. This mantle of the bull is a leash to humiliate and undermine the lowest social class. The impoverished people is really a relative word to consider with the surrounding amounts of wealth. A poor person in America has it five times better than a poor person in Asia. I truthfully only like to relate what I know from experience.

I like to imagine myself as a borderline middle class teenager in a culture centered around a monetary pursuit. This thought that money is what entertains you is a reckless and stupid thought. I really enjoy seeing a person wasting their lives away in a career that only bores and ruins their life. These people will probably die with regrets that sadly could have been solved earlier in life if they only were taught that money really isn't that important.

You really only need as much money as it costs to live. The official national poverty line in 2009 for a family of four is $20,050. In the same year about 14.3% of people in America are considered in poverty, this is 46.3 million people. This amount of people is rising at an alarming rate even today. What makes it worse is that in high schools, from my experience, you miss out on a lot the less money you have. I'll go even as far to say that it has a part in deciding your friends.

The programs to help finance poor people have a stigma of stealing and unpleasant "mooching" off the government and tax payers, so even if you allow your pride of not accepting charity break, you are associated with the poorest people alive-- who have to resort to theft and robbery for survival.

Some people just don't understand what goes through my head and the heads of many others when you have no money and have an obligation to pay for something. I feel as if my whole pride in what I can provide for myself is broken. I feel as if I'm worthless. I feel poor and below someone else. What's worse is when you have no job and someone is your benefactor for years has to pay for the things you need and you feel as if you are limited in your freedom because you wish not to strain your benefactor. These are not simple emotions, and I can't describe beyond what I just illustrated for you above to clarify what I mean.

Poverty is a terrible thing, but now that things are looking up for me, maybe i can emerge from the waters of shame and shake off the shackles of inequality and finally feel the breeze of accomplishment that has long been due with a deeper understanding and knowledge of the populace and inner sense of happiness.

-The Observer