Both say that even though they were poor, they never went "dirty". In fact, they had a saying back then for people who equated poverty with filth..."soap is cheap".
does the teacher at BUILD also get in trouble for correcting spelling and grammar?
But the president’s name is B.O.. You expect any better?
Good for her.
“Her clothes are old, but never are they dirty” - Stevie Wonder’s, “Living Just Enough”
My wife grew up poor in Mexico and she said her mom always taught her “cleanliness is the dignity of the poor”
Yes, but, soap is not cheap any more either.
Yep, grew up in extreme poverty ... always went to school with clean bodies and clean clothes. Always had something for breakfast and a sack lunch to get us through the day. My parents often went without supper so that their kids had something to eat for supper.
Times have changed.
When somebody stinks somebody has the responsibility to say so. If it is not the parents, then it will be the teachers. Otherwise, kids will tell them and they are never kind.
Although we lived in a very modest home (about 800 sq. ft), we were on the edge of a nicer development in progress. When we first moved in around 1954, there were two shanty shacks across the street from us where the Sandy families lived. You couldn't ask for nicer, straight-up neighbors,living on the edge financially, wearing patched-up clothes, but cleaner than most of the 'good kids'that rode the bus.
I used to ride public transport in UK and Europe. NEVER could understand why people smelled. Soap and water are cheap!!!!!
Aged 3 and 4 children cannot clean themselves...
This teacher did the absolute right thing to shame these so-called parents to do BASIC parenting skills like cleaning their children...and putting clean clothes on them...
Poverty and filth do not necessarily go together. But poverty and sloth often do.
My grandfather was going to Chicago public grade school back in the 1890s. He told me he could see lice crawling around in the hair of the girl who sat in front of him. He said it was typical of a particular European immigrant race.
It's sad that kids have to live this way. It's sadder that in Obama's America it's not likely to get any better.
Laundry soap is cheapish, true.
But ...
Get this - because of gross mismanagement, our municipal water bills are now over $200 a month for a family of five. I have a high-efficiency washer, and we all don’t shower every day by a long shot since my kids aren’t teens.
We can stay mostly clean, but what if our health care bill soars several hundred more? We’re probably going to be smelly soon or collect rainwater (if it’s not illegal by then).
It’s pretty bad when a buffalo criticizes your hygiene.
2. Health and safety issues should be handled by the administration and/or nurse.
3. A blanket note to all parents on a subject that only concerns a few, will always create trouble.