AP English Language Essay Question 2-Sample Questions - Who Needs Your Money?

AP English Language Essay Question 2-Sample Questions - Who Needs Your Money?The AP English Language essay question 2 is interesting. It asks a student to identify a specific situation that proves the existence of evidence to back the assertion that if we really want to eliminate poverty, we should care about the needs of poor people in the world. Of course, this means that we should have more compassion for those in poverty rather than simply sending them money from our pockets.But why do students think this way? Why does AP English Language grantees teach students that there is some kind of government mandate to solve poverty, as if poverty is some kind of moral failing that can be eradicated if we 'spend our money' on developing nations?For one thing, it's not. The United States government does not encourage the United Nations to use its aid money to solve the problems of the third world. The United States government does not give the United Nations any money to help fight poverty . The United States government just gives the United Nations its priorities.Well, so what? If we donate money to needy countries, then the U.N. has to find a way to spend the money in a way that improves the lives of the citizens of these poor countries. And the better part of what the United States government would like to accomplish would be to end poverty.I mean, if we're all just doing this because we want to help these people 'suffer,' then we're still doing something wrong. Perhaps we should do it because we have a moral obligation to do so.It seems like many of the English language teachers who write these kinds of questions have never met a poor person who has no skills other than resources. They simply cannot grasp the hardship that poor people face and cannot help but think of how they could alleviate it if only the government would give them some kind of responsibility to save humanity.In other words, many of the AP English Language essay question 2 sample questions attem pt to give students an incorrect understanding of poverty. In fact, the author of the sample question, Mary Ann Kovach, specifically suggests that you 'understand poverty' by getting your students to read an article by journalist David Kirby. Here's the problem with this approach.According to David Kirby, poverty is a result of gross mismanagement of resources. It is a lack of education. It is not solely the result of waste. I don't know why AP English Language grants think that children would be better served by reading material that suggests that these problems are caused by 'spend.'