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Many of my ninth grade English students come from "text-poor" homes. They have never owned a book and have only read to fulfill school assignments. Often, however, grade-level reading is frustrating for them, and they are unable to complete simple reading assignments independently. Both my students and I live in an extremely rural part of the country where the majority of men make their livings underground in the coal mines. Students of middle class families grow up watching a father or brother provide a respectable quality of life for their families without the benefit of a high school diploma or even the ability to read sometimes. Often the students I have living in poverty have little ambition to succeed in school because they have never experienced a quality of life beyond poverty. Motivating youths in my area is difficult; but, I still see a lot of potential in them. The trick is to get them to realize their potential and to not waste it.

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Many of my ninth grade English students come from "text-poor" homes. They have never owned a book and have only read to fulfill school assignments. Often, however, grade-level reading is frustrating for them, and they are unable to complete simple reading assignments independently. Both my students and I live in an extremely rural part of the country where the majority of men make their livings underground in the coal mines. Students of middle class families grow up watching a father or brother provide a respectable quality of life for their families without the benefit of a high school diploma or even the ability to read sometimes. Often the students I have living in poverty have little ambition to succeed in school because they have never experienced a quality of life beyond poverty. Motivating youths in my area is difficult; but, I still see a lot of potential in them. The trick is to get them to realize their potential and to not waste it.

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