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this is a good website too because it opened my eyes in many ways!

Wow. It was really interesting for me to here that poverty actually has to do with politics. I never knew that politics had anything to do with poverty.

I was supried when i found out that both parties are to blam for the econimy.

It really made the problem stand out the way it was wrote. The article really enlarged the problem and hopefully that will help people to see it.

It made sense to me because i neveer felt like america was ever really in debt. I would hear it in the news then go to the polairs mall and couldnt find a parking lot so it just didn't hit me. When i herd about middle class slipping into proverty it started to scare me because my dad's work place is letting people go and my mom has alredy had to deal with that at her work place. What if they are choosen to be let go of, will i still be able to live in worthington? so its kinda scary.

I thought it was crazy that the U.S. has the third worst poverty rate out of all the developed nations. I knew it was a problem, but I didn't know how bad. i mean you think of the u.S as being one of the richer countries, but we are struggling a lot too.

I liked how it repeated that the US is becoming poorer and poorer month after month because it means it is a serious problem. ANd I never thought that the politics had anything to do with poverty, I always thought it was just that people weren't able to afford things and stuff like that...

This article is very upfront and sort of forces you to listen to it. It really hit me when they said that many people think that America is and always will be "the wealthiest country." But even though we are better off than some countries, many people in America are struggling to put food on the table; those kinds of things, like eating dinner every night, I just take for granted.

I saw the fact about how one out of every six families are on a plan for anti-poverty. It was really surprising and I was wondering if the other five out of six people are left alone or are they getting help locally?

I found it sad that the U.S. where we think we are so much better than everyone else we have the third worst poverty rate among devoloped countries

Oh wow that's kind of scary, it gets me worried. The person who wrote the article seemed more rude than anything though.

i did not know anything of those fact! that is amazing that poverty is everywhere! and we did not know about it!

I thought that it was kind of funny, that the republicans said that poverty was the democrats fault and the democrats said it was the republicans fault. Those were interesting facts though

I was shocked where it said, "At least 80% of humanitly lives on less than $10 a day". There's something wrong with humanity if this is all we have. This article gives a lot of surprising facts.

Some of the graphs really made me sad. There was $105 billion spent on alcoholic drinks and $400 billion spent on narcotics drugs, what really made me sad was that there was only $6 billion spent on BASIC education, and $9 billion spent on water sanitation throughout the world. It made me sad..

These are statistics about poverty. There are several graphs and charts that show how poverty effects different countries. Alot of the graphs are surprising and make me very sad. In 1998 more money was spent on Narcotics Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks than was spent on sanitation, basic education, and health (nutrition)

I like that the overnment is taking stops to help poverty, but I agree that it will not even come close to ending poverty.

I wonder how accrate that survey was because I don't think people would tell the truth about how they are living. Some people are too proud. I didn't know that the level of kids living in poverty was so high before the economy got this bad!

I think it's really sad that so many children are homeless. When you think of homelessness, adults usally come to mind. It is scary and alarming how many children and teens are homeless, especially if you put yourself in their shoes. I doubt I would survive.

That is really shocking! I've never thought that poverty would be related to teen pregancy, but now that I read this it makes so much sense. It's so sad, but it's also promising, because if we can beat poverty, then that can significantly help teen pregnancy.

Wowwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you would never think that teen pregnancy and poverty were related!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow. i agree with avery-you don't really relate poverty and teen pregnancy

i don't think that we could beat teen pregnancy. you really can't tell someone to stop you know. but poverty could be beaten easily then again there both decisions. or well teen pregnancy is.

or maybe i read the comment wrong.

i agree with suzi, this aritcle seems a lil over strong though. i dont like the point of view its coming from

ya, you can't really control how many teens get pregnant, but poverty can lead to teen pregnancy (and vice versa).

its really sadening that if the mother has not earned a high school diploma or equivalency degree, the child will grow up in poverty 64 percent of the time. i think that this problem needs to be adressed so that we can stop this vicious cycle.

i didnt think that teen pregnancy could be related to poverty.

I never linked poverty and teen pregnancy to poverty, but after reading thing article, it all makes sence. I also think that it would be really tough to be a teen mom in general, but then on top of that living in poverty. I cant image how hard and stressful that would be on a family.

i think its sad that a child born to an unmarried teen mother has a 27 percent chance of growing up in poverty. i mean, how would you feel if that was your mom who made that decision. ?

WOAH!!! theres 2.2 billon children in the world and theres 1 billion in poverty:(

Its sad that just some dumb mistakes made by teenagers can change there lives forever. and part of beeing a teenager is makeing duimb mistakes, so you can learn and become expirenced adult. But all you can say is "abstinance" I beliveve that the gov't needs to work even harder to prevent it, and really spend some time and money to fight this growing problem.

Its so sad, if a baby is born to a poor mom they are more likely to live in poverty when their older

I never thought teenage pregnancy would ever be related to poverty. I was amazed at how the numbers of poverty in a state was closely followed by the numbers of teen pregnancy in that area. I would never what to have a kid when I am like 16. But living poverty at the same time must be so hard. It was so shocking how the teen's kid would must likely grow up to be like their parents were. Which is so sad.

I thought that this article was interesting because i never would have thought that that getting pregnant would be a cause of poverty.

It doesn't really suprise me that teen pregnancy is linked to poverty. Most teenage mothers can't pay for all the costs of a baby.

It sad but clearly obvious that teen pregnacy is a vicious cycle. Born to a teen mother, children are likely to grow up in poverty, making it likely that they will get pregnant in their teenage years.

This article was very shocking for me. "The report's rankings of states by teen pregnancy rates looks eerily similar to the U.S. Census rankings of states by poverty rates." That line really just took my breath away, because I seriously had no idea that teen pregnancy could be linked to poverty in any way. It just hurt my heart seeing the way that poverty can really have that much of an effect on people.

I agree with Kelsey, its not surprsing at all. Yestarday i went to the food pantry and Mr.Maddox noticed a can of maybe formula and said that pint of baby formula lasts two days and costs $15. its crazy how much a child costs and especially for a teen whose not prepared finacually and mentally

I liked how this article gave another example of what can cause many people to be in poverty because of. I think its really sad how many young girls throw their life away and have to end up being homeless or in poverty.

That is really sad. It upsets me that so many people have to live like that. Its really upsetting. It makes me wanna help them but i feel like i can't, which also makes me sad.

I really liked this site! INstead of just talking about poverty, it also was talking about nutrition. I found it very interesting, and i really liked reading it. Thank you for sharing this!

This site was really an eye opener. You here that children are dying, and not having food, but when you put number sto it, like 8.1 million children every yeaar, it really makes you want to do something about it.

I was very unpleasantly suprised to see that every 4 seconds a child dies.

I cant believe that so many children die every year of poverty. And its really sad that 88million died in the span of 9 years. It makes me want to help even though I know it will always be a problem. The least we can do is donate and help decrease the number of deaths each year.

the way the statistics were explained were good, the numbers weren't just numbers. they make sense, and it breaks my heart. a child dies every four seconds. We are letting precious life slip away.

wow this is so sad. i world of never thought over 8 million kids die a year in the world. the Haiti earthquake was terrible but i never knew every ten days as many people died in the earth quake was as many kids died in the ten days around the world. thats so sad :(

i can not believe that a child is dieing every 4 seconds, and 15 every minute. I don't know how they know that 15 children are dieing every minute or 22,000 children are dieing every day. I think that it is sad that most people don't donate money to people who need it.

Its so sad that so many children died before there 5th birthday! 8 MILLION children. It really gives perspectice to the situation and i know people go with 8 million children dying if i helped by donating it wouldn't make a difference but it will. If everyone thought that same way the number of kids dying each year would be soooo much higher.

Wow. This is awesome! Just by taking a quiz I am helping the world. I think this is a great idea.

i think its really cool how people come up with ideas like quizes because it allows people to have fun and still give back. you might think that a couple grains of rice is nothing but to some people, that could be a lot of food.

Whoever thought of this is a genius. It's great to know that I am helping people in need, and it's really fun too!

I was very suprised to see that someone came up with something like that. I think its a good way to donate rice. No cost and its fun.

oh my goodness ive done this before and i feel so proud

This website is a really good website to donate to people living in poverty.

This is really cool, and really fun to do!! and, you're helping th world when you do it!!

I've used this site many times before. It's cool because they have rice to donate, but you can help by answering simple questions. I see a lot of people in class doing it, and it's cool that we're all donating rice!!! :)

that's really cool that they're donating rice for really easy questions.

I have done this before. I think it's pretty amazing how much people can donate just by playing this game. This helps people in poverty so even though it's not an article, this helps so many people. :)

This is a really cool website and i loved how while learning stuff you get to help people in need.

I agree with everyone. Ive done this before and I think its really cool how you can help people by answering questions. It is also fun and you are helping make a difference.

Wow, this makes me want to keep playing. This is a genius idea, and it makes a big impact. Imagine if this website was broadcasted over the news, so many people would feel obligated to donate.

I like this article because i think it's cool how you can donate rice that's really interesting

just think of all the people we can help if everyone donates and takes the quiz. We can help make an effort to make a difference to people in poverty. They should have more websites like this. Something for like homeless people. Everytime you answer something, something can be donated to a homelss shelter or something. I dont know, sounds good to me.

Its so nice that you can take a quiz and donate rice at the same time.

I don't get how I donate rice by taking a quiz... But alright...

This is a very very fun game, i got to donate over 500 grains of rice :)

I donated over 520 grains of rice. The only one I missed was obligatory what does that mean?

thats a really cool website. Imagine if everyone did it just a couple times a week it could really help countries that are really struggeling with poverty.

I really like this website, how you can donate grains of rice for answering questions. It's like a two way street. People in poverty get rice while we get to learn. I just wish they had some harder questions. These are too easy for me. but i did donate 530 grains of rice!

That's a good way to help. It's entertaining for the viewer/player as well as helpful. Navigating the site you're bound to learn more about the hungry and poor.

Wow this was really a good idea! i donated 720 grain of rice :) This was really fun and however thought of this idea, it was a really good one! Godd article Marlee!

i like the quiz, but i don't know if they actually donating rice. if they do donate rice i think it is a smart idea, but if they don't donate rice, then what is the point?

This website is sweet! I think this was a really cool way to start fighting poverty while learning new things. It does go slowly but i will definatly do this again sometime.

This is awesome. I'm enjoying helping people by just answering questions. I hope that is true that they will donate the rice.

I took the quiz and donated 1000 grains of rice LITERALLY. That is also a great way to fight poverty and it is a awesome idea. But they should have more publicity to get to millions more people.

I donated 500 grains of rice by answer 50 questions in a row. This is a great idea, because it gives people a game that teaches them, and they're also helping to feed the less fourtunate! I wonder what other ideas we could spin off of this?