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=Statistics= USA || 47,200 || 36.9 || 78.4 || 99% || 2.06 || Greece || 29,600 || 42.5 || 80 || 96% || 1.38 || Cuba || 9,900 || 38.4 || 77.7 || 99.8% || 1.44 || Fiji || 4,400 || 27 || 71.3 || 93.7% || 2.61 || Kenya || 1,600 || 18.9 || 59.48 || 85.1% || 4.19 ||
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=High Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source: Life in Greece: Tefl-magic.com http://www.tefl-magic.com/noframes/history/gre.htm Secondary Source: Person Researched: Not available

Story/Description: The teacher from the UK starts a teaching job in Domokos, Greece. He sees that the town is a lot like other modern towns, it may need work in a few areas (like supplying the schools better), but the school is not much different than others. I was not able to find an account of someone who was born in Greece, but the teacher I found gave his experience while teaching students there.

Paragraph Analysis: An English teacher from the UK visits Greece to teach the class English. He notices that the city is mostly modern, somewhat primitive in some aspects, but a normal town. It doesn't seem like Greece is that much different from our schools here.

=Middle-Upper Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source:Growing up in Cuba http://www.oftwominds.com/journal08/AR2a-08.html Secondary Source: Person Researched:

Story/Description: Once you start school in Cuba, you were expected to join a Communist Youth's Union. It was supposedly voluntary, but you were harassed constantly until you joined. You wee supposed to go to all the meetings and keep track of others' attendance. The next step a few years later is to prepare you to actually join the Communist Party. There are also political spies spying on households, making sure you were not going against the government in any way. After college, if you went, you could be selected for mandatory military service for the first three years after school. The government had control of everything. Many people live with their parents after they get married because it is nearly impossible to get a house or apartment.

Paragraph Analysis: This kind of country seems really oppressive and government controlled. It seems like you would have no control of your life and that you were in danger constantly. The Communist Party started trying to get you to join very early, and pretty much owned your life as soon as you joined.

=Lower Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source:Living in Desperation-my life in Kenya http://www.mndaily.com/2007/09/10/living-desperation-my-life-kenya Secondary Source: Person Researched:Kathryn Nelson

Story/Description: The author spent two months in Kenya with the Kenyan Red Cross in an area of recent conflict. Her job was to deliver supplies to the refugees and IDP's. The people were in very bad shape and were starving for food. The corruption of the police was also terrible, there was a woman who had been raped by a policeman who was supposed to be in charge of securing the area. There was also a lot of violence in the area between the rebels and the government in that area.

Paragraph Analysis: This country is very poor and there is a lot of violence between tribes and governments. There is a scarcity of food and many people are displaced due to the fighting. The government doesn't seem to be doing anything to help the lower class people in the country at all.

=Middle-Lower Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source:Fiji gold town dying with mine closure http://archives.pireport.org/archive/2009/June/06-01-ft.htm Secondary Source: Person Researched:Francis Whippy

Story/Description: The author of this article visited Vatukoula, Fiji. Vatukoula is a small mining community where the town is centered around the gold mine. Most of the people in the town work for the mine in some way, like miners, manufacturers, electricians, etc. The town is also very organized, there are bells for school and for work and you are supposed to be there by the bell. The mine closed in 2006, but it is now reopened. When the mine initially closed, many people moved away, but now that it is running again the community has prospered.

Paragraph Analysis: This community in Fiji does not seem poor or unhappy. It may not be extremely rich, but most people have jobs and the children all go to school. The community is built around the mine, so the state of the mine determines how well the people in the town are doing.

=Lower Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source: Secondary Source: Person Researched:

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=Conclusion:= When comparing Greece to Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, which are all in the High Income Living Conditions category, their Income Per Capita vary. Greece is in the middle of the three, with an IPC of 29,600, with the Netherlands at the top ,with 40,300, and Saudi Arabia at the bottom with 24,000. This helps show the range of higher incomes throughout the world. The average median ages of these countries also vary. Greece's median age is 42.5, Saudi Arabia's is 23.9, and the Netherlands' is 41.1 years of age. As we can see, Saudi Arabia has a relatively young average population, while The Netherlands and Greece are older. The life expectancy of these countries are all relatively high. The life expectancy of someone in Greece is around 80 years old. A person in Saudi Arabia is expected to live to around 74, and someone in the Netherlands will probably live to be around 79. This tells us that these countries are advanced enough to be able to treat people with various diseases that would shorten the life span of the citizens. The literacy rate of these countries will show us how educated the people of that country are. Greece has a literacy rate of 96%. The Netherlands has a 99% literacy rate, and Saudi Arabia has a 78.8% literacy rate. We can see that while Greece and the Netherlands have a very high literacy rate, Saudi Arabia is struggling a little to educate everyone in their country.

In comparison, Kenya is in the class of Lower Income Living Conditions, along with Haiti and Madagascar. Kenya has the highest ICP out of these three countries, with an Income Per Capita of 1,600. Kenya is then followed by Haiti, with 1,200, and Madagascar bringing up the rear with 900. This shows how little money each country makes as a whole. The average median ages of these countries also vary. Kenya's median age is 18.9, Haiti's is 21.6, and the Madagascar's is 18.2 years of age. As we can see, all of these countries have a very young population. The life expectancy of these countries are also not very high. The life expectancy of someone in Kenya is around 59 years old. A person in Haiti is expected to live to around 62, and someone in the Madagascar will probably live to be around 63. This tells us that these countries are not that advanced medically or economically, so people can't afford help or there is none to give to them if they become ill. The literacy rate of these countries will show us how educated the people of that country are. Kenya has a literacy rate of 85%. The Haiti has around a 53% literacy rate, and Madagascar has about a 69% literacy rate. This shows that a little more than half the people in each of these countries are able to read and write, so the education system is still struggling.