Homeless College Student Analysis

First, in general, to students’ perspectives, they do not aware of a minority group of students called homeless students because they often view homeless as irresponsibility, alcoholism and addict. As a definition of Quinton D. Geis, a student from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Exploring the Academic and Social Experiences of Homeless College Students, 13), homelessness could be students are living on the street, living in a car, or may be “couch surfing,” spending a short amount of time at various living spaces and then moving to different locations. Some may live in a temporary shelter as they stay in the residence halls for the school year, but struggle to find housing over school breaks. Quinton Geis claimed “The institution’s lack of knowledge
However, there are also many students who aware, understand and support for this article and for all homeless college students. For instance, Danny J Muller from King's College London said “Great story! You are resilient and self empowered and I wish you all the best.” Besides on those views from peers, to be a homeless may not be an option but to be the best choice for students in their situation. An interview “College Student Homeless By CHOICE?” from ThinkTank channel, two reporters Samschacher and Jiadarola discussed about a homeless student named James Sackelman from University Of Santa Cruz. This student quoted” I don’t want to live in a house because I hate the concept of rent…I think that’s a bullshit” What he means is that he has options to live in a house but renting is expensive, so he chose to live in a car as homeless. Thus, it is not so bad if people consider homeless as their happy