I listened to a Storycorps Podcast in which Tierra Jackson talks to her High School principal about the struggles she was going through when she first started at the school.
When Tierra Jackson's mother was incarcerated, she found herself homeless at the age of 14 and left to care for her brother. A gracious aunt too them in but times were still rough as the 7 cousins shared one bedroom and Jackson traveled by bus for an hour and a half to get to school. She reflects on the time when she was too embarrassed to tell anyone that she could not afford the necessary school suppliers or that she was constantly late to school because of the long bus ride. Eventually, her aunt sent her to school with a note explaining the situation that she was in. Jackson remembers how one teacher brought in a bag of supplies for her but never treated her differently after that. Now, at the age of 23, she's in college, working part-time, and caring for her mother and brother.
Conflict: Person vs. scociety
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