Getting sucked in like a pit of quicksand, where sometimes the harder you fight the worse it gets, a life of poverty is not an easy one to escape. The cycle of poverty has kept many children hungry at night, caused many tears of frustration to be shed, and basically destroyed the vision of America being the land of opportunity. A land where the poor become poorer and the rich become richer bears a strong resemblance to the caste systems that contradicts the American value of promotion through hard work and accomplishment. With the light at the end of the tunnel so bleak for so many poor Americans, how can you stop the cycle? What are the keys to pulling yourself up from nothing and becoming a contributing, happy member of society? Many say that the key is education, but how can you get an education when your...