Mackenzie Vanaman
EDEC 3500
September 25, 2019
This is Why Poor People’s Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense
This article is written from the viewpoint of a woman that live in poverty everyday . I feel
that this insight gave more meaning because it was written by someone who feels the effects
everyday, not an outsider. She describes her daily struggles and why it is hard to impossible for
people in poverty to just “work harder” or “make better choices.” In the first paragraph alone she
breaks the idea of “if poor people worked harder they wouldn’t be poor”.” Linda explains her
day as she works two jobs while also going to school to better herself. She also has to care for
