Shondell Bohanan

A very interesting part that I came across while reading The American Way of Poverty by Abramsky, is when she talked to a student by the name of Juan. He said that college had became a second priority for him now, because he feels as though finding a job is much more important since bills have become a major issue in his life. I thought that was interesting seeing how when he first herd bout college he's been wanting to go. Now, things have gotten so bad financially, a job s much more important. This touched close to home for me, because there are many people right here at my college who are going through similar, if not the same, situations. Here at Eastern alone the charges that are given to students puts them in a position where they feel as though a job is much more important, because of all the unnecessary expenses, such as campus improvement fees.