In her article “ Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids.” Anna Quindlen discusses the issue about homeless families in the United States and the impact of homelessness on the children. Quindlen describes one situation where six people, a woman and five children, live together in a room the size of a master bedroom. The idea, Quindlen says, is that the ineffectiveness of the welfare system has negative impact on families, particularly, mothers and their offsprings . She poses the statement that each day the younger children go to daycare, while the others go to school. During that time their mother, Sharanda, looks for an apartment when she isn’t at her drug-treatment meetings. Quindlen suggests that ultimately shelters will become the…
During the research of children of homelessness I found that being a child is difficult; but, it is even more difficult when your family is poor, and unsecure. Imbalances within the family can be difficult even without outside influences making it even more difficult. We as teachers see more than parents think we do; wemay notice that a child shows up dirty to class, or seems distracted all the time. This is when we as teachers need to find out what exactly is going on with our students and their family. As a teacher we need to discuss how we will deal with children who are struggling, how we as teachers will connect with families and the different strategies that can be used to support students and families within their learning environment. As I researched the why homelessness occurs I also found that these children are a byproduct of the life they were dealt whether by being a single parent, a fatherless home, immigrants or homeless with nowhere else to go. Knowing what we can do as Early Educators to help homeless children and their families has become very important in schools. In these synopses you will find some information that will give you a better understanding of homeless children and what we can do as educators to help them overcome this obstacle in their life…
Even though, the authors all portray lives in poverty they explain it in unique ways. Jeannette Walls describes her life in poverty; however, she also teaches life lessons throughout her memoir. For instance, when the Walls family moves to Welch, West Virginia the brick buildings are crowding in close on both sides of the street. Welch is shabby and worn out with a film of black coal dust covering store signs, sidewalks, and cars (Walls 134). Regardless the fact that the town is dirty and needs some improvements, the family is just happy to have somewhere to live end enjoy life together. On the contrary, Mark R. Rank also depicts lifestyles in poverty, yet he clarifies the causes and effects of poverty. To illustrate, he informs that events like losing jobs, having work hours cut back, experiencing a family split, or developing a serious medical problem all have the potential to throw households into poverty (Rank 2 of 3). In spite of the fact Mark R. Rank describes poverty stricken families, he does it in a contradictory way than Jeannette Walls. Furthermore, Jade Walker’s purpose of writing this report is to describe the deprived people’s living conditions, but also to encourage ways to improve homelessness. In particular, she says remedies for child homelessness should include: an expansion of affordable housing, education and employment opportunities for homeless parents, and…
We have many families who need assistance in areas not related to education. Their children come to school hungry, dirty, and unprepared. Some students even use the facilities to shower because they do not have running water. It becomes difficult to focus on education when our school has to “provide breakfasts and lunches, help families find housing and health care...the effects of untreated physical and mental illness, and the large gaps in children’s readiness that exist at entry to school” (Darling-Hammond, 2010). Sometimes it’s enough that the students made it to school, and we do our best to meet those basic…
In the United Stated, poverty and homelessness are the most serious issue all over the major cities. According to the Institute for Children and Poverty, there were an estimated 1.35 million children were possible to undergo homelessness over the year of 2004. In the reading “Still Hungry, Still Homeless”, the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand, Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids” uses a different way with different technique, which is more efficient, majorly discusses the problems of homeless children, from the cause to the effect.…
Research shows that the lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness, where over 5 million homes have already been foreclosed since 2008. The growing gap between wage earnings and the high cost of housing in the United States has left millions unable to make ends meet, increasing the number of people who are now homeless due to foreclosures. According to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an estimated 12 million renter and homeowner households spend more than 50 percent of their annual income in order to pay for housing. HUD also notes that an acceptable percentage of monthly income should be no more than 30 percent and anything above 30 percent will prevent people from affording not only housing but…
Homelessness is an ongoing social problem in the U.S. On top of being without shelter, these individuals are faced with a vast array of dangers that individuals with shelter do not face. These dangers may include exposure to inclement weather conditions, lack of health care, hate crime activity, substance abuse, and ultimately death. Acquiring homeless rates with intentions of conducting data research can be difficult being that America is a country established on pride, and one may not want to reveal that they are however in a homeless situation, and may find the questionings degrading or offensive. According to an MSNBC article, there were 744,000 homeless people…
It is the morning rush hour, a homeless man stands at the curb of a busy street, hands stretched out, holding a dirty cardboard sign with washed out words written in marker reading, “No home and hungry, please help and God bless”. His clothes are ragged, his hair oily and unkempt. This is his spot. People drive by; most look away, some acknowledge him. Many people turn away thinking this man is a failure, a bum who needs a pack of cigarettes or an addict looking for his next fix. The sympathetic throw down a few quarters; they have done their good deed for the day. Many people see the homeless as outcasts. Though the question arises, isn’t there something wrong with a society that has so much poverty amidst so much…
The only way SAC can help a homeless student is for the student to come forward and state “I am homeless or in transition to get my own place.” The student knows he/she needs help but there will be a pride barrier in the way. For some, they will not know his/her options. It is imperative that SAC helps the student see the available options. These are community resources and the resources here at SAC. This will reduce the student’s anxiety, frustration, depression, and more. It will help the student feel as though he/she is not left alone and people are trying to understand them and their situation. Once when the student can identify with his/her options…
“She lives with a tribe of homeless teens- Runaways and throwaways, kids who have no place to go to other than the cold city streets, and no family except for one another. Abused, abandoned and forgotten, they struggle against the cold, hunger, and constant danger” (“Can’t get there from here” by Todd strasser). Here in the United States, about more than 610,000 people face the tragedy of losing their homes (Annual Homeless Assessment). As a matter of fact, according to the “Global Homeless Statistics,” it is estimated that about 100 Million people are homeless worldwide. Many of us, having a roof over our heads, mistreat them, making them seem invisible to our world. Sometimes, we even treat them as minority, as if they were…
Homelessness is when an individual is without a permanent housing therefore, lives on the streets, shelter, abandoned building or vehicles. There are different circumstances that causes individuals to become homeless including, traumatic events like job loss, domestic violence, mental health, and addictions. It effects numerous of people across the United States. New York has more than 62, 674 homeless people living in New York City.…
In our modern society child homelessness and racial issues can be widespread, like parasites afflicting a mass population. For homeless students, getting through college can be a feat, three of four never graduates high school. Racial issues have also been an impediment to students' success. However, there were some who succeeded. Overall, Two factors affecting the success of many students today is racial segregation and poverty.…
Homelessness has been an issue that has been of concern in the United States since the beginning of industrialization, which brought forth hundreds upon thousands of people migrating from European countries in the early through the late 1800s. Most of them were families escaping political and religious oppressions from their native land while many others sought to attain financial prosperity as well. However, the influx of immigrants who were seeking new opportunities in developing regions of the United States created overcrowdings in towns resulting in the fewer dwelling for the men, women, and children, to inhabit. The deficiency of inadequate dwellings left many living on the streets and begging for money. Health-related illness began to…
One more approximation of homelessness is a count of homeless people in 1988 that happened to occur over one week, numbering homeless people massed on the street, in shelters, and in soup kitchens. The estimation was somewhere between 500,000 and 600,000 people.…
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