keyanta Foster
December 18, 2010
In life everyone belongs to a community of their own or another. A community is a large group of people who have the same goal in common as a community. I feel that that my community is my family and my school. Being a part of a community need balance and support. In this essay I will discuss How I Balance attending school and supporting my family. When you take the time to look around you, you learn that many families today are struggling to attend school and take care of your family.
The vast majority of low-income parents today are working but still struggling to make ends meet: struggling to find and keep a toehold in a changing labor market, to keep up with their bills, to pay the spiraling costs of essentials like health care and housing, and to raise children with a chance of future success. These families have much in common with other American families as they seek to balance work and family life, yet parents and children in low-income families are more financially vulnerable than those in higher-income families.
Low-income working families receive fewer job benefits than middle-income families. Low-income families with at least one full-time worker are much less likely than middle-income families to receive health insurance through an employer (49 versus 77 percent). Almost one in ten of these "high-work" low-income families report postponing needed medical care during a 12-month period for lack of health insurance or money. And, low-income working families are less likely to have paid vacation or sick leave than higher-income families, making it more difficult to juggle work, family health, and well-being. Over one-quarter of low-income families with a full-time worker experience hardships related to food and housing. Forty percent of moderate-work, low-income families those without a full-time worker but still working a substantial number of hours report food and housing hardship.
I feel that I am struggling to survive in this world by trying to take care of myself and my family. Being able to go to school is a blessing for me. It gives me the chance to a higher education to support myself and my family. It gives me a chance to have a better future for myself. The world is changing everyday, when you look back they world is never the same as yesterday. I am apart of this community of a low income family trying to make ends meet. I feel that one day we all can make the world a better place.
