As a society‚ we need to find solutions to the ever-growing homeless situation in our country. The homeless rate in the United States is increasing; homeless shelters are rapidly filling up causing them to turn people away. By creating lower income housing while at the same time‚ creating a work program to help the homeless get back on their feet will help to decrease the rate. Although some of the homeless do not want help‚ they are happy with the lifestyle they live. I heard someone say once
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GULON BLUFORD BY:LUIS SOBERON 2/19/13 PERIOD: 6 Guion Bluford Jr. was born in 1942 in West Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Bluford’s father was a mechanical engineer and his mother was a special education teacher. His parents always taught him and his two brothers to work hard and to reach their goals. Even as a young child Bluford liked to build model airplanes and put things together. His family and friends call him Guy because his
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Millions of Americans experience homelessness every year but are still outnumbered by abandoned‚ empty‚ and government owned buildings. Instead of keeping them on the streets‚ why doesn’t someone place them in those buildings? If they did‚ America would still have buildings leftover that they can either fix up or move in the homeless from other countries that are in need. America should help the homeless in other countries as well as their own. After they help their own country‚ they should reach
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"The things they carried" In "the things they carried" Tim O’Brien defines a fine line between fiction and non-fiction in the form of story telling and the memories he has accumulated from his participation in the Vietnam war the way they "seemed" rather than "what happened" because that’s how you tell "a true war story" and that’s how the book effectively engages the reader throughout the whole book because nothing is ordinary‚ not even the way the book is put together‚ you just can’t anticipate
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Veterans are an important part of our nation and do not get the credit that they deserve. Veterans have risked their lives for this country countless times‚ yet they go unappreciated a lot of times. From a personal stance‚ my grandfather is a retired veteran himself and he fought in the Vietnam War. If my grandfather had not been able to get on his feet from retiring from the Navy‚ I would hope that there would be some type of support system for him. A lot of veterans today do not have the support
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Mississippi Damned was written and directed by Tina Mabry and is based on her struggles growing up in Tupelo‚ Mississippi. Mabry has a history of pouring her life into her work. After receiving her masters of Fine Arts in Cinema and Television from the University of Southern California‚ she went on to create two emotion filled short films‚ Brooklyn’s Bridge to Jordan (2005) and Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)‚ before debuting her first feature masterpiece. Before premiering on Showtime in 2011
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“Storm the beach.” Keith Mancil. As I go through life I am realizing that it is getting more and more challenging every single day. The school work is piling up‚ the aspect of becoming an adult is becoming real. As I go through my everyday routines and just try to make it to the end of the day‚ I am starting to realize that‚ this is only the beginning. I have not even begun to feel the full responsibilities of what an adult is required to go through daily. However‚ I have one characteristic that
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Many teens who identify as anything under LGBT‚ and many other sub-categories are not accepted by their families and asked to leave. Only a few have extended families that they can reach out too‚ many end up homeless. These teens not only end up homeless‚ but they end up without an education. Forced to get a job to support themselves‚ they don’t have time for school‚ they have to do what they need to‚ to survive. This only leads to worse things down the line. As they grow older they not only will
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Do Work Son Last Speech: Be The Best you you can be Everyone in this room has the potential for greatness. Whether or not one chooses to unlock that potential is up to them. Anyone can tell you to “do your best” or “reach for the stars”‚ but just being told to do something doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to do it. Eventually it always comes down to the doer‚ not the teller. Its easy to be sarcastic about striving for success... saying the effort will not be worth the reward is
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Courtney Fuller EDU1010NN Professionalism . People may look down at an individual for being more professional because that individual is not doing what everyone else is doing. An individual doing what is right in the work place is being a professional. If an individual follows the five keys to be a professional‚ character‚ attitude‚ excellence‚ competency and conduct‚ he or she will surpass his or her competitors. Character is who a person is‚ he or she know that what he or she is doing is
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