Paper # 3 – The Influence of the Environment
October 27, 2008Children who are raised in poor areas in America Latina are influenced by the environment that they live, tending to be more violent and commit more crimes due to the lack of opportunities.
This event occurs basically because of the deficiency of the State to be present in such districts, investing and grating the minimum to them to live with dignity, such as, potable water, electricity, basic sanitation or even brick house. Also, there are a completely lack of education, culture, sports, healthy and social assistance. In general, the funds collected in America Latina from the taxes are consumed by corruptors or spending on other regions where the visibility to electors is higher. The teenagers who live in these regions do not have any kind of perspective to reach higher steps in their careers and run away of the offers that comes from the criminal system. The mostly opportunities that reached them comes from the drug dealers and other criminals who are willing to recompense with nice paychecks in consideration to their workforce.
Marco Lopes, a resident of Paraisopólis, a huge slum in the middle of São Paulo City, was 17 years old when he decided to apply for several jobs without finishing the elementary school. After 1 year waiting for a response, he realized that he was refused by those companies who received his resumé. Without any money for helping home and pay his own expenses, he accepted a job of a drug dealer to earn twice than a legal job which was offered by his best friend.
Therefore, the lack of governmental investment in poor areas affects directly the teenagers’ life that does not have opportunities in the market and frequently receive seducing offers from the criminal system. A huge investment in education, culture and sports could modify this scenario and give better life to those who wants to stay out of the illegal side.
Children who are raised in poor areas in latin America are influenced by the environment that they live in, tending to be more violent and to commit more crimes due to the lack of opportunities.
This event occurs basically because of the deficiency of the State to be present in such districts, investing and granting the bare minimum for them to live with dignity, such as, drinkable water, electricity, basic sanitation or even brick houses. Also, there are a completely lack of education, culture, sports, health and social assistance. In general, the funds collected in America Latina from the taxes are consumed by corruptors or spent on other regions where the visibility to electors is higher.
The teenagers who live in these regions do not have any kind of perspective to reach higher positions in their careers and run away from offers that come from the criminal system. Most of these opportunities that reach them come from the drug dealers and other criminals who are willing to compense them with sizable paychecks in consideration to their workforce.
Marco Lopes, a resident of Paraisopólis, a huge slum in the middle of São Paulo City, was 17 years old when he decided to apply for several jobs without finishing elementary school. After one year waiting for a response, he realized that he was refused by those companies who had received his resumé. Without any money to help out at home and pay for his own expenses, he accepted a job as a drug dealer to earn twice the amount that he would earn in a legal job offered by his best friend.
Therefore, the lack of governmental investment in poor areas affects teenagers’ life directly by not offering them opportunities in the market. These teens frequently fall for the seducing offers from the criminal system. A huge investment in education, culture and sports could modify this scenario and give better life to those who want to stay off the illegal side.
Claudio,
I believe I have already given comments to this paper since it sounded familiar to me. However, I have made the corrections again. Remember to cut and paste my comments if you wish to turn this paper in as part of your portofolio next week.
Rick