[AoTD] Poverty in NY

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1

• One in five American children is now living in poverty, giving the United States the highest child poverty rate of any developed nation except for Romania
• wiry girl whose proud posture overwhelms her 4-foot-8 frame
• It is an ironic fact of being poor in a rich city that the donated garments Dasani and her siblings wear lend them the veneer of affluence, at least from a distance. 
• By the time Mayor Bloomberg took office in 2002, New York's homeless population had reached 31,063 — a record for the city, which is legally obligated to provide shelter.
• Dasani possesses what adults at McKinney consider an intuitive approach to learning, the kind that comes when rare smarts combine with extreme life circumstances. Her intelligence is "uncanny" and "far surpasses peers her age," one counselor writes. "Student is continuously using critical analysis to reflect upon situations and interactions.

[source : http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-best-business-writing-2014/9780231170154]