1. The Educational System in Texas
Not only are many athletes living in poverty, many are also having to find a way to pay for school. ... This also means that the athlete's total income for the year is $7,380, which is well below the poverty line of $8,350. No student athlete should be forced to live below the poverty line. ... People then are quick to pass judgment over these athletes and label them as criminals, without remembering that the athlete is probably living a sub standard life and is just trying to improve it. ...
It was said in the quote below: "Formerly I had considered falling off my bicycle and spraining my ankle and I had tried to manage this, as I rode home along the hard-frozen, deeply rutted country roads.... With the girl living a life defined by others, lack of communication skills and lack of not being at ease around others of opposite sex, it was clear that she cannot overcome this struggle without one's help....