car of god shows numb awakens before dawn some of the children head off to school 12 year old richie spicer monday and his mother have lived here their entire lives richie wishes he could join the other kids but the last time he went to school was 3 years ago. oregon was been so long that i can barely remember the school board and. instead of getting an education and playing with other children richie has to go to the 10 dora dump site where he tries to make a living by picking and selling plastics. who are older. have to go to the damn site because we are poor. and i can't go to school because i can't afford the school for most of this is cool. when i used to try to go to school anyway but every time i was sent back home. loss while i was told i have debt to pay so and so what choice do i have. while her son goes to collect waste maureen who is sick and cannot walk stays behind the single mother is 8 i.v. positive and feels constantly weak despite medication. she says because of the stigma attached to the disease she and her son are treated like outlaws in their own community. i took when