You are driving along‚ coming home from a big city. There at a major intersection‚ sitting on the corner‚ is a homeless man with a Tupperware bowl with a few coins and dollars in it. He has on a rugged coat‚ tennis shoes with the toes partially ripped out‚ and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He is holding a cardboard sign saying “Anything Helps.” Good or bad‚ you have already passed judgment on this man. You may have felt pity‚ and gave him a dollar or two. You might have had disparaging thoughts
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Have you noticed the homeless people on Park Boulevard in Downtown? Have you noticed them walking around City College looking for a nice patch of grass to lie down and doze off for a few hours? Have you seen them in clusters in front of Petco Park as if to cheer on the greatest major baseball team in the country? They are all part of a population of homeless people who are victims of not having a home because of many problems and issues. There are many different circumstances that cause a person
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Homeless‚ Not Hopeless There has been a very large increase of homeless people in America the last couple of years. Where the biggest population issue of the homeless are in the metro areas much like Denver‚ Los Angeles‚ Miami and other large cities‚ but it’s still a problem throughout the whole country. Unfortunately‚ people who disagree with helping the homeless‚ belive its a waste of time and they’re a waste of space‚ people stereotype all homeless as drunks and drug users. All they want is for
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Some people believe that the homeless should care for themselves‚ but I think differently. I believe that people around the world should care more for the homeless because families need to have a place to live‚ they can’t find jobs easily to become more successful‚ and because of the golden rule. Many people around the world don’t have home’s‚ I feel like we should help them because the homeless can’t exactly get a job easily. Critics argue that the homeless should care for themselves‚ like
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of being homeless. A. Definition and Statistics of Homelessness 1. According to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council‚ A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter‚ mission‚ single room occupancy facilities‚ abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation” 2. Homelessness is not just a person who lives in the street. 3. By the definition‚ according to Green Doors‚ Homeless families
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wait for the light to glisten green you notice someone walking in between the rows of cars. It’s not the usual person who’s always selling water and random fruits; instead it’s a person in raggedy clothes holding a sign that reads “Please help. I’m homeless” written on a cardboard flap. Now the question is what are you going to do? Will you reach into your wallet and give this poor soul a donation or will you pretend to look for something in your car and act as though you can’t see them? The sad truth
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Poverty is viewed as the underbelly of society‚ a topic continuously being pushed to the shadows. Unspoken‚ yet commonly seen‚ the homeless are pressured from the streets by the desire to give the impression of cleanliness that society so desperately tries to obtain and preserve. The homeless seem to be a necessity of society‚ someone needs to fall for others to grow. The eradication of poverty is a continuous goal of many individuals‚ yet it unceasingly persists even in the most developed of
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beautiful society that people desire to have. I agree with the author that people are one family and should help each other generously; however‚ in my point of view‚ we should help others but not everyone. According to a statistic‚ 564‚708 people were homeless in January 2015 (The State of Homelessness in American 2016). It is shocking to me that there are so many people are suffering homelessness even
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yourself when you are only make $7.25 an hour? In an article called‚ “pursuing the American Dream from a Brooklyn Homeless Shelter” Letitia James writes about a woman named Pamela Flood and the struggles she goes through each and every day. Flood w4‚.orks two minimum wage jobs‚ goes to college and needs to take care of her three children. Also Flood and her family are living in a homeless shelter. “Multi-billion dollar fast food restaurants in low-to-middle income communities need to be held accountable
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protect us from danger? Have you ever thought of what a Veteran really is? Many thoughts race through my head when I hear the word Veteran‚ and I’m sure that in the past you’ve heard the word Veteran more than once. The Veteran may have been one of your teachers or even someone on a local news station‚ but have you ever considered what being a Veteran really means? To me‚ being a Veteran means you are someone who is brave‚ kind‚ and much more. Veterans selflessly defend the country that we call our home
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