Poverty and Hunger

Homework

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Essay Questions for Homework

Select a country that interests you for any reason and describe the quality of life there. How does life there compare with its neighbors? What would you recommend as a solution to poverty and hunger found there?

Have you or one of your parents (or other relatives) ever lived through a period of poverty or hunger? Which factors best characterize that poverty? How did they deal with it?

What impact does poverty have on students and their ability to succeed in the classroom? Do you know any really-poor fellow students? What is the best thing that schools can do to help them?

There are many ways that poverty and homelessness may affect students and their ability to learn. What can fellow students do to help?

Why is it that the high-poverty schools especially need high-quality instruction?

Should homeless people be allowed to live in poverty or should they be supported with the same quality of life that they had prior to going homeless? Explain your reasoning.

How much daily homework should be assigned to a student, and for what purpose?

Should poverty and world hunger (and fixing it) be a subject to be explored as part of secondary-school education?