In a life of poverty, illnesses surround its inhabitant. From poor nutrition to unfit living conditions come afflictions that range from a cough to polio. And as a society we preoccupy ourselves with the short comings of poverty. Creating a revolving door at hospitals treating the poor for their present illnesses, but paying no mind in preventing them for the future. In Danielle Ofri's "SAT," Ofri describes her experience as a doctor treating an impoverished …showed first 75 words of 1539 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1539 total…state into one more comforting to their growth. As, time passes with steady growth the old form of poverty will be eliminated. And only because of the our natural need to classify things will poverty still exist. Instead the the remaining form of poverty will not even closely resemble the old. It will still be a fairly crude form of living, but the over all standard of life for the "poor" will have grown tremendously.