Mr. Buchannan

Fred Buchanan, who is currently 18 years old, lives in what is presumably "The Block". "The Block" is a "ghetto" place in Australia. Fred currently lives in the struggle. Compared to a suburban town, The Block is considered to be a Lost And Found: People living in poverty, complications/conditions of supplies, police brutality, injustice, etc. However, there are also several solutions (For example: Summer camps, boxing events, fundraisers, etc.) As Fred explains about his home, "The block is always going to be my home. It's a place where we all go, where we all meet up." However, Fred clearly isn't the only kid whose is experiencing poverty. According to the Washington Post, majority of the students in the U.S are poor in public schools. Mississippi Commissioner Hank Bounds made a comment on such issue: " “What we’re doing is not working. We need to get philanthropies, the feds, business leaders, everybody, together and figure this out. We need another Sputnik moment.” Another example could be an issue in Arizona. Apparently, there was a murder case in Arizona. The alleged convict Bill Macumber described this case as ,  "one of the most extraordinary I have ever seen". 




http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/2013/10/16/34eb4984-35bb-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html


http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/29/entertainment/la-ca-jc-barry-siegel-20130331