I know there have been quite a few recent posts about teen pregnancy, given the pregnancy pact at Gloucester High School where 17 girls have become pregnant. A couple of arguments exist as to whether anyone has the right to tell these teenagers whether or not they are ready to be mothers.
I make just little over minimum wage right now, and love my job, however I Don’t have insurance, I don’t always have enough money for the things I need such as food. I make my pennies stretch. So one day I decided to check out getting state assistance just temporarily till I got my finances in order. Maybe a month or two.
As you know, the republican with the support of President Clinton accomplish welfare reform in the late 90's.
I had been thinking, should welfare be reformed, again? I am stuck between providing welfare for those mothers who desperately need welfare money to exist and those that take advantage of it.
So it was a beautiful Sunday today, and what did I spend the entire day doing?
Socoioeconomic status is a difference in the distribution of wealth, power, and prestige. Originally understood as the difference between capitalists (the bourgeoisie) and the working class (the proliteriat), “socioeconomic stratification is not a cultural universal; it arose with the earliest states… which first appeared in Mesopotamia, according to anthropologist Morton Fried.
I’m your typical female high school senior. My friends mean the world to me. I enjoy some subjects, but abhor others. I have a significant other (in this case, a boyfriend) who I enjoy spending time with. I only have a few more months until I escape from the people I’ve known for about 6 or 7 years.
I have a hypothetical situation for you:
You don't know me, and you don't care about me. I need a kidney to live. My kidneys cannot function on their own.
You have a kidney. I decide to sneak into your house, tranquilize you, and against your will connect one of your kidneys to my body and exploit it.
I am in the system. I get $624 per month from SSI (supplemental security income). I am on Medicare, Medicaid, and I'm trying to get into Voc Rehab to help me pay for school because I'm tapped out of student loan money. I will lose Medicare in October. I go to the lab once a month and get my blood analyzed for $600, and $1200 twice a year for extra labs.
