Many teachers are spending untold monies out of their pockets for children's clothes and school supplies. But as more and more younger teachers enter the system, they simply can't afford to do that. In a recent report on poverty by World Vision, a privately funded Christian disaster relief organization with which Vision D.C. is affiliated, several urban elementary school officials from across the country shared some hard truths about the lives of their poorest students. Many eat only at school. Kids come to school on Mondays with stomachaches and headaches.
Long weekends are the worst.
Fell flat on the floor. We didn't know what was wrong with her. We learned later she was hungry and hadn't eaten since school the Friday before. We see fainting all the time now. I have to peel them off because they are so starved for attention.