40 acres and a mule hasn’t helped either.
They weren’t so much hungry as bored, anxious, tired, depressed. Tiere, normally a reliable student who talked about wanting to attend college, skipped school the Monday after Thanksgiving and stayed in the basement, dodging the truancy officer.
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That is the real problem, boredom.....no responsibility and nothing to fill their time. Like the old adage of work 8 hours, sleep 8 hours and play 8 hours. They have 16 hours of nothing.
Also, since when does this “want to attend college” reliable student get a visit from a truant officer for missing one day of school. BS on that.