Blog comment

Katie,
I agree with you when you talk about the hidden rules. As a kid growing up in a small farm town, my family was one of the low middle class families. Some would have considered us poor but since I have started teaching in Dayton Public Schools and after reading Payne'syou text it truely got a better understanding of true poverty. I also liked how you talked about issue of discipline. From my experience of dealing with poverty stricken kids, its is harder to deal with discipline. My "rougher" students tend to be more unruly and don't take discipline from authority figures well. That is why I agree with you and the book and we have to figure out how to get through to those "rougher" groups. I enjoyed your blog.

Corey