Bad life choices can lead to poverty

The article about the significant increases in poverty in the suburbs in the April 16 Daily Herald uses an example of a woman living in Zion who moved from Chicago "to get some help." The article had a sympathetic story about the woman but did leave many questions unanswered.

1.) Why didn't she graduate from high school?

2.) Did she marry the father of her two children?

3.) Is the father paying child support?

4.) Why isn't she getting a GED?

5.) Why isn't she learning some useful skill?

6.) Has she an addiction?

7.) Does her live-in boyfriend have a job?

8.) Does she have any remorse about using food stamps provided by other citizens?

9.) Does she want to be self-sufficient?

The author could have asked these questions so that we would have a better understanding why this woman ended up in poverty. We should emphatically point out to all children entering high school if you choose to live a bad lifestyle and do not graduate, you will probably live in poverty.

Gene Kalley

St. Charles