Around 1830, the number of homeless children in New York City suddenly grew. By 1850, there were an estimated 30,000 homeless children living on the streets of New York City. At the time, New York City’s population was only 500,000. This increase in homeless children was due to many things. Some children living on the streets were orphans due to their parents dying from diseases, others had parents that just couldn’t take care of them for a multitude of reasons.
In her essay “Homeless on Campus” Professor Eleanor J. Bader, writes about students who are attending college while being homeless. She introduces four students whom are homeless and explains their stories. As she described the life of each student it became obvious that stories were similar; students left home due to hardships and abuse from others, and are now moving from one place to another, going to extreme measures to make sure everything is taking care off, and all while focussing on school work. Bader identified three main focus points on the issue of homeless students on campus. She noted that unlike elementary school and high school, universities do not provide any formal help to homeless students.
In the article, it talks about how the schools don’t have enough help for students that are homeless and struggling. The author has three different young college student’s stories and how they are homeless, and struggle they have making each day going to college work for them while having many obstacles. Eleanor also speaks about how colleges don’t track how many students are homeless. She
Homelessness is a pressing issue in Santa Ana that affects not only the individuals who are homeless but also the entire community. It is a problem that requires immediate attention and action. As citizens of Santa Ana, we have a responsibility to do what we can to help alleviate this crisis. In this essay, I will discuss the problem of homelessness in Santa Ana, its root causes, and what we
John-Paul Ryser Professor Lackey English 101 28 January 2023 “The Sanctuary of School” Analysis In “The Sanctuary of School'' by Lynda Barry, the author expresses an emphasis on her point of view that schools are often a source of nessecary residence for students. In this essay, Barry delivers a personal anecdote of her experience with the education system in which she came from an income level equivalent to the poverty line. In similar fashion her parents were neglectful of their daughter attributable to the ongoing stress, argument and hunger persisting in their family by the hands of poverty. Barry explains that school has always been a place of comfort and belonging for her. Barry further directs attention to the importance of school
It is hard to imagine life as a homeless family. I hope that I’ll never have to move my family from shelter to shelter as some families must do every day. According to the essay “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen, we should take more time in our lives to see the pain that homelessness creates. I agree with Anna Quindlen’s assertion that a home is everything. A home can provide certainty.
In recent years, the Long Beach homeless population has unfortunately increased. This includes an increase of children living in tents, cars and homeless encampments. By working together, the city, state, and federal governments can enact policies and programs that will more effectively serve homeless people. Although current policies are already in place, the laws and regulations can be re-defined to include more affordable housing and services. Everyone has to keep in mind the homeless people don’t always choose homelessness it is often a forced situation.
A place to stay is not always guaranteed to those who apply. America needs to find a better solution to solving homelessness on college campuses and it needs to identify what the causes of homelessness are. Some college students are homeless because the jobs that are offered to them are unstable low income jobs. Rising tuition costs as well cause some college students to become homeless because they can’t afford to pay.
“And yet where in your history books is the tale/ Of the genocide basic to this country 's birth/ Of the preachers who lied, how the Bill of Rights failed/ How a nation of patriots returned to their earth.” This quote succinctly describes the suffering Aboriginal peoples have endured since European settlers arrived in North America and the lack of education about Residential Schools in Canada. The history of Residential Schools is important to the future of Canada and to understand Canada’s past.
“Homeless on Campus,” by Eleanor Bader is a summary of homeless students on college campuses. Bader taught English at Kingsborough Community College and she was also a freelance writer. This report explains how many students on college campuses are homeless and are trying to continue their education. Bader illustrates her points by writing about students that share their personal stories about their hardships. She also communicates with others who have insight and information about students who have no home and are going to college.
Every individual has a different background and it is our job as educators to take that into consideration as we educate our students. While reading the articles and watching the film, I realized that not all students are fortunate enough to have a stable household and some may not even have a roof over their heads at night. I was in awe by the amount of homeless youth that are out on the streets of Chicago every night. In the film, The Homestretch, it stated that 2,000-3,000 homeless youth were out on the streets every night. It also stated 19,000 students are registered as homeless within Chicago public schools.
She explains how Aesha, because of her abusive husband, became homeless, the fears and difficulties she faced during her homelessness, and how she managed to survive her homelessness. She then talks about Adriana Broadway, Johnny Montgomery, and Asad Dahir who had all faced the tragedy of homelessness. After that, Bader tells us how LeTendre Education Fund for Homeless Children, a scholarship program administered by the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, is helping some of the homeless students across America. Towards the end of the article, Bader talks about a faculty member at a school who has helped homeless students by
For instance, a study published in 2009 discusses the importance of understanding the different aspects of this population in order to effectively help end youth homelessness. The study notes that are two typical forms of youth homelessness: children living in homeless families and unaccompanied youth. The first group, children living in homeless families, is essentially children who “live in families without a home” (Aratani, 2009, p. 4). Unaccompanied youth, then include those who are runaways, throwaways, and independent youth who have no contact with their family. Additionally, there is a multitude of factors that have been known to contribute to homelessness.
The homeless problem costs society millions of dollars, predominantly through medical bills. Society assumes homelessness is normally distributed. However, that is not the case. Homelessness follows a power-law distribution, meaning the problem is not concentrated in the middle but rather at one extreme. This distribution pattern is also evident in police violence allegations.
So my article is on homeless kids in high school. Normally no one really thinks of what other kids are going through, most generally everyone is caught up in stuff like grades, did you hear that someone got in a fight, did you hear that they broke up, look at her makeup, you know gossip. In reality we are not really thinking any further than what we see in the surface of others. All of that other stuff I mentioned is not all that important when you consider that there are students that are worried about what they are going to eat or if they will even have anything to eat. They are worried about where they are going to live, if they are even going to have a roof over their head after school.