Homelessness in Abilene 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
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Karen Anderson Social analysis – Homelessness Feminist and postmodernist perspectives ACAP Being Homeless in Australia‚ what does that actually mean? The statistics show that homelessness in Australia is a growing and a concerning problem involving people from all walks of life and in all parts of Australia. This paper will examine the evidence of homelessness and analyse the media’s coverage of homelessness with postmodernist theory and then the feminist theory. The feminist perspective in the
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The teenage pregnancy strategy began in 1999 with a target to cut half the teenage pregnancies in the UK by 2010. The research from the social exclusion unit set the report on teenage pregnancy and this became the Government’s Strategy over the next 10 years. Political objectives are the Government ideology on what needs to happen and what actually happens in society‚ focus is now on their objectives‚ supporting identified vulnerable groups with low aspirations and lack of motivation. Vulnerability
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Teenage pregnancy is a situation which involves female adolescents. A teenage female can be pregnant as early as age twelve or thirteen‚ although it is usually 14 and older. Teen pregnancy often depends on numerous societal and personal factors. The rates of teenage pregnancy vary from country to country and are related to differences of sexual activities‚ the general sex educations being provided and contraceptives being available. Teen pregnancy will sometimes involve low birth weight. Social matters
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to image a society without homelessness but the mere fact that this existed for more than 3 decades because the federal government prioritized housing as the basic infrastructure of our society means there is hope. He touches on the importance of separating poverty from homelessness which highlights the government’s failure in addressing these issues. How it is that problem that existed in the 1930’s and is still an issue in 2017. From a social point of view‚ homelessness is a major concern and we
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Teenage Pregnancy In today’s society teens are faced with many pressures. The effect of these pressures put on them is the inability to make right decisions when it comes to certain situations. One of these most common situations teens find themselves in is becoming a parent at a young age‚ a result of pressure from peers. I’m Melle‚ and I’m Maxine and were going to talk about one of the problems of the youth—teenage pregnancy. It isn’t shocking to see a high school student pregnant these
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Homelessness is usually caused by tragic life events or impairments‚ such as‚ the loss of loved ones‚ job loss‚ domestic violence‚ divorce‚ family arguments.‚ mental illness‚ post traumatic stress disorder‚ & physical disabilities. Sadly‚ If you don’t have money‚ whatever the reason may be‚ you obviously can’t afford a place to live. There are different types of homelessness. Situational & chronic are two of them. Situational Homelessness is when a person is facing some housing‚ health care‚ financial
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I. PROBLEM “Teenage Pregnancy” II. OBJECTIVES ➢ To be aware of the consequences of teenage pregnancy ➢ To understand the risks of teenage pregnancy and identify some ways to prevent it ➢ To know the possible causes and effects of teenage pregnancy III. INTRODUCTION Dealing with the responsibility of being a parent is one of the hardest tasks to take on. Becoming a parent involves emotion‚ compassion‚ dedication‚ strength‚ knowledge‚ protectiveness‚ and being able to
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References: Alan Guttmacher Institute. (1994). Sex and America ’s teenagers. NY: The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Alan Guttmacher Institute. (1999). Teenage pregnancy: Overall trends and state-by-state information. NY: The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Dervarics‚ C. (2005). Minorities overrepresented among America ’s ’disconnected ’ youth. Population Reference Bureau. Found online at: http://www.prb
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HOMELESSNESS It is a melancholy hearing about the issue of homelessness worldwide. There are countless homeless people on the streets of these large cities. So we ask ourselves; why are people still without homes when new jobs are being created everyday or when unemployment still has not reached zero? This seems to be an ever haunting problem even though it would be so easy to erase it. I think we have reached our limits of dealing with thousands of homeless people blocking doorsteps and sidewalks
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