Blog Highlights July 10th

"Most of the parents cannot afford to stay home with their kids or hire a babysitter, so nonprofit organizations such as Greg Grant's is one of the best options for the people in this area. I've never fully appreciated how blessed I was to have a mother who was able to stay home with her children, something some of these kids probably wish for. Because of their lower socioeconomic status, these inner-city families have to make sacrifices in which those of a higher class don’t have to make." - IDS 100


"I was only able to interview two students today, one of which lived in this type of household. Despite his circumstances he still had the drive that came from inside himself; however, he also had motivation from home. All of the family members in his house have graduated high school and he said that, “if I don’t graduate from high school my mom will kill me.” This was obviously not literal but it showed that his family had certain standards that he was expected to uphold." -SOC 101

"In my first reaction and interest in doing domestic violence in the home I had the impression it was happening all over the place and I would have the opportunity to maybe discover how it would affect our future generation. Today I had the chance to interview 3 kids (that happened to be all male) and considering it is a personal topic I got the responses that “nothin’ was going on with my parents” or “they just fight, that all” led me to the conclusion that it may not be at big of a topic as I lead it to believe.  Based on the observations on how the eye contact was broken, or fidgeting occurred during the interview, that may be an underlying issue that they may not want to talk about it, especially with someone they just met." -SOC 101

"In today’s time Trenton gives off a look of a run down, poorly funded city. This is thought of as the complete opposite of Trenton during its “Golden Age”.  During the days of civic capitalism, Trenton was a huge place for industry and companies to exist.  Ever since those factories switched over to national capitalism, tensions grew between workers and owners, the factories felt the need to leave the city of Trenton and settle elsewhere.  This would leave the once booming city of Trenton with less available jobs, leading to unemployment." - USA 101