This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

It was also not explained why this person is going to school. Why are they going to school? I would assume that if they were making the choice to put in the work for school they have not completely given up on a better life in which case I would expect them to at least consider making some other better decisions.

Looks like she just wrote a book, &quot;Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America&quot; that will be available in early October: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America/dp/0399171983/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America&#x2F;dp...</a><p>Also, shouldn&#x27;t this article have a (2013) tag?

No one ever explains why having children in poverty makes perfect sense. It&#x27;s not that unavoidable either.