One man’s account of his life in poverty
Kelvin Whitehurst, is 28 years old, lives in Nashville, Tenn., and has lived most of his life in and out of poverty. He believes it was the lack of drive to succeed during his school years that contributed to most of his life living under the poverty line. That lack of motivation, he says, came from not having anyone show him the right way, which he did not recieve when he was a child living in foster care.
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