not even have to be their fault. For this reason exactly is why Americans should consider this a major crisis today. The amount of people becoming homeless in America is constantly growing. Although some people can get out of being homeless pretty quickly‚ more and more people are becoming homeless every day‚ and the more people that become homeless‚ the more people crowd the streets we live on. There is many different views on where these people should live such as on the street or in permanent
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situation where they have to ask for help. At one point‚ homeless people had dreams of becoming someone important in life. Despite the situations these people have gone through ‚ helping the homeless can change our community by lowering crime rates‚ and having hard workers. In New Orleans‚ you can spot a homeless person at every corner. Some are overly dressed for the long cold nights. Others‚ can’t even afford any type of clothes. Many of these homeless people carry a piece of cardboard asking for money
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How Should We Treat the Homeless? I think that to treat all homeless people in one certain way would be hard for me to do because there are many reasons for a person to be homeless‚ and some of them should be treated differently from others. I feel that the runaways and drug addicts don’t deserve as much as the unemployed and war veteran types. But I feel in my heart that all people with no homes‚ or lives for that matter‚ should get some sort of help to survive and get back on their feet so
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Homeless was not something that was construct overnight; it has existed for a long period of time. Often fellow Americans and the Government choose not to see the homeless or even have contact with them. Homelessness is not favoritism towards anything such as race‚ religion‚ and gender it is simply had no boundaries. Not all homeless people are stereotyped as being drug abusers‚ mentally ill or even alcoholics. Homelessness is a subject that a few individuals do not take into consideration or have
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Compare-Contrast Essay Lesley Perry-Tanner ENG 121 Annemarie Hamlin November 28‚ 2013 There are many similarities as well as many differences in narrative and descriptive essays. A narrative essay many times reflects some type of personal experience. The narrative essay also tells a story and it has an intriguing way to keep the audience wanting to know more. The descriptive essay on the other hand usually just describes a person‚ a scene‚ or feelings to a reader (Connell‚ C.‚ & Sole‚ K.) (2013)
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Homelessness Studies show that homeless people easily spend their money because there is no way for them to save the money. Based on my research‚ beggars can get $600-$1500 a month. That is a lot of money. Furthermore‚ six out of ten homeless people have a problem with alcohol and drugs. Being addicted to alcohol means they consume it every day. They buy alcohol every day‚ which means that they don’t spend their money wisely. So‚ why do we keep giving them money if they use it for something that
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Unknown 8-28-12 Finding the Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys In the short story‚” Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys”‚ by Harold Taw‚ Taw explains a moral about the importance of family‚ and how some people will break whatever rules to respect their family. Taw states that a Buddhist monk told his parents that he [Taw] would bring great prosperity to the family if he fed a monkey on his birthday every year for the rest of his life. Every year Taw made a point to feed a monkey on his birthday
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are significant. For example The National Coalition for the Homeless has a few different types of educational programs. One of their most effect programs is Outreach Runs. This program allows groups to bring and distribute socks‚ hotel size toiletries and bottled water to those living in parks and on the streets. In winter‚ groups bring clothing like thermal underwear‚ socks‚ gloves‚ hats‚ and jackets ("National Coalition for the Homeless"‚ 2014). When evaluating the benefits of this program‚ it is
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with the homeless population‚ racism‚ and war. To be homeless means to have no home or permanent place of residence. It affects hundreds of thousands of people today. In the United States alone 750‚000 people experience homelessness every night. There are many reasons as to why one might become homeless in a short period of time‚ these reasons include substance abuse‚ mental illnesses‚ poverty‚ domestic violence‚ gambling‚ amongst other things. In most cases‚ the situation with homeless people doesn’t
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Health Hazards in the Homeless Community The importance of writing this paper is to bring awareness about the health hazards that the homeless community go through due to them not having the supplies or facilities to accommodate their needs to maintain their health. The homeless people are placed at a risk for diseases and other serious illnesses due to them not having access to a sanitary place or shelter or have many proper meals. In order to educate people on the importance of health risks as
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