Argumentative Essay On Foster Care

Benjamin Eaton, an alleged murderer, was the first documented example of foster care in the colony of Jamestown. This was the first but certainly not the last unsuccessful case of foster care in the US. The measure of success for foster care can be many things. Society measures success by the number of children who become model citizens; however, the fact that nearly 60 percent are convicted of felonies later in life deems the foster care system in the United States unsuccessful. The perfect world is truly a world without the foster system; however, until we reach this point we have to perfect the current foster system. To do this, many things must change. My hope for the future is that no child is left without a safe, and loving home. We
There were over 428,000 foster kids in the system in 2015 and 650,000 foster kids in 2016, the possibility that a few of them will become famous is almost inevitable. In fact statistics show that over 75% of criminals currently incarcerated were once in foster care. As such there have been many famous people who were also in foster care known for their good talents in the arts, sports, or other categories; many however will be known for their bad habits some even known for murder. John Lennon, famed singer and guitarist, he was also a foster child. Having been moved from Great Britain during World War II to the United Stated, he suffered much trauma and some of his music reflects this. Looking at one of his greatest hits Imagine, we see the pain of the world conveyed in one song we see his pain and the way he sees the world. Simone Biles, famed Gymnast, is another famous foster child, Simone Biles is the three-time world all-around champion (2013–15), three-time world floor champion (2013–15), two-time world balance beam champion (2014, 2015), four-time
there are cases like James Munro, adopted from foster care at a year old, who was convicted and pled guilty to murdering 44 people. One year of the system lost him. David Burkowitz, “The 44-calibre killer” killed 6 people. Kenneth Bianchi, “The hillside Strangler” killed 10. Joel Rifkin, adopted at 3 weeks old from foster care, was convicted and pled guilty to 17 murders. And finally Gerald Eugene Stano, adopted, killed 80 women. All have a few things in common that being that they were foster kids and that they are murderers. Even the kids who were only directly affected for weeks became lost in the confusion. My hope for the future is that no child is brought to the brinks of insanity from foster-care- the solution to a