Use the passage from jacob riis's how the other half lives to answer the question.

"with no steady hand to guide him, the boy takes naturally to idle ways. caught in the street by the truant officer, or by the agents of the children’s societies, peddling, perhaps, or begging, to out the family resources, he runs the risk of being sent to a reformatory, where contact with vicious boys older than himself soon develop the latent possibilities for evil that lie hidden in him. the city has no truant home in which to keep him, and all efforts of the children’s friends to enforce school attendance are paralyzed by this want. the risk of the reformatory is too great." – jacob riis

in a paragraph of 3–5 sentences, interpret the passage in your own words.

The passage given shows the consequences of child neglect and abandonment. It is possible to see how marginalized the child becomes, having to beg on the streets for money to survive and being arrested for it. On the reformatory, which should be a place to help raising this child, he would mingle with older boys who have become criminals and be under their influence, considering doing the same. At the end of the passage, it is said that this city in which he lives has no Truant Home to shelter him, and therefore the people responsible for making children attend school cannot guarantee that he will. Also, is states that the boy is likely to end up at the reformatory, due to all the socioeconomic problems that are being brought up.

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is known as interpretation. To interpret a piece of music, a poem, a culture, or a concept, you must first comprehend it and then explain it.

The following passage illustrates the effects of child maltreatment and abandonment.

It's easy to see how marginalised the child becomes when he or she is forced to ask for money on the sidewalks and is imprisoned for it.

He would interact with older boys who had become criminals and be under their effect, contemplating doing the same, on the reform school, which should be a place to assist raise this child.

At the end of the section, it is stated that there is no Truant Home in the city where he lives, and hence the individuals in charge of making children attend school cannot ensure that he will.

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