My friends and I decided to go to the beach on the first day of spring. On our way‚ we drove down Gateway Avenue‚ a street that happens to be lined with scads of Japanese flower trees. “Those are cherry blossoms. It is sometimes called the sakura after the Japanese. During World War 2‚ the cherry blossom was used to motivate the Japanese people”. I told my friends. Of course I received the inevitable question from the back seat‚ “How do you know that?” I had to ponder about that for a minute and
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Talented My dad always told me that I was good in sports. I just have a natural tendency to pick up on a sport quickly and excel through it. Hey I’m just gifted like that so don’t be jealous because you wish you were me‚ you wish you had my talent. When I was around six years old‚ I was introduced into the sport of street hockey. According to my neighbour Carson‚ street hockey was a really big thing on my street back then. It was very popular‚ like the NHL is nowadays. The game
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Homeless Veterans The societal problem that I’m studying is Homeless Veterans and how they affect our society. Homeless veterans affect many aspects of society: According to the SLO Homeless web site‚ the economic impact‚ operating and maintaining homeless support services programs such as homeless shelters‚ day centers‚ homeless medical services and so forth are costly ventures. Is never enough funds to cover every single homeless veteran‚ this in turn means that many homeless are forced to
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Homeless families are more vulnerable to physical and sexual assault‚ witnessing violence‚ or abrupt separation. The stress relate to these risks comes addition to the stress resulting from homelessness itself. This problem can also affect children and how they learn. The privation of employment opportunities plays a very important number in the increased number of shelter homeless families. Many factors have contributed to the increase of homeliness families in America‚ but these two major trends
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Homeless Imagine you are homeless. You have no money‚ no job‚ and‚ obviously‚ no home. Every day you wake up‚ grab your sign‚ and stand on a corner. Sometimes people stop‚ but most of the time‚ cars whiz past you without thinking twice. Now imagine you are homeless‚ but this time it is during the Depression. How is it different? Do people help you in the same way as they would in today’s society? Our society’s attitudes towards homelessness and poverty are both similar and different than society’s
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United States over 500‚000 people‚ almost a quarter of them children‚ were homeless this year. That’s over half a million-people living on streets‚ cars and or homeless shelters. 49‚933 people‚ veterans to be specific‚ were identified across the United States as homeless‚ 51% of these homeless veterans have disabilities‚ 50% have serious mental issues‚ 70% have a substance abuse problem. Nearly one-quarter‚ 23% of the homeless are children under the age of 18. 10% are between the ages of 18 and 24‚
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is an issue that is constantly occurring in our community‚ which are homeless people. Lately‚ there have been more of them crowding and hanging around the libraries‚ especially Costa Mesa. Costa Mesa is a county supported library with fewer resources compared to a city supported library such as Newport Beach. Costa Mesa Library is not pushing away the homeless as much as Newport Beach. Orange County currently has 30‚000 homeless people today and that is not an accurate statistic. This trend has progressively
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Homelessness is an emotional topic.If it wasn’t for my mother and the goals I set for myself I would be homeless as well. As a child I never understood why people were homeless when every one has a choice in life. Then I got older and realize that being homeless can come from a few things like parents being incarcentarted‚ abuse and neglect‚ foster care‚ and drugs. I personally know someone that is homeless she is smart and pretty but the drugs got the best of her and now she is addicted.The saying you
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This year at PXHS there was a great musical called the Music Man. The musical was truly serious and hilarious. There were many phrases and jokes being said that I did not understand‚ but the adults did. I saw that the people who played the characters practiced hard on the dancing‚ singing and acting. They had to memorize many lines‚ especially Harold Hill and Marian Paroo. The musical took place in River City. It was a story about a librarian/piano teacher and a traveling salesman. At first‚ they
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Do you know what it feels like to be homeless? I don’t know what it feels like‚ and I don’t think anybody should should know how it feels‚ especially children. To be homeless means that you never know where you will sleep at night‚ or where you will live next month. That’s not exactly an ideal life‚ is it? So why should children be living like that? We need to help these people‚ and even though you might be thinking “ What can I do? What difference could I make?” ; your help could actually change
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