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    people come across the homeless and wonder if they should help out or not. The reason people question if they should help is because some homeless people sometimes put themselves in that situation. However not all homeless people cause it upon themselves to be put it bad situations like that.  To begin with‚ there are many famous people who were once homeless at some point in their life. No one in life choses to be homeless it’s just something that happens. Some people become homeless because of losing

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    In memory of Otis‚ age 77‚ died in March 19‚ 2007 In 1929‚ in a small town‚ on a kitchen table‚ he came into this world. At age of three‚ his father Noel died‚ also his mother‚ Eula was pregnant with his brother Garland‚ of the ten children. After completing 6th grade‚ he stays home to support his family on the farm. 50 years of marriage‚ he had two sons‚ and two daughters‚ in addition to that there were five grandchildren‚ and three great grandsons‚ and he provide opportunity for all his children

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    Poverty is a life long phenomenon that has been with us from historical times and has transcended through generations. The word poverty canoes an undesirable state which individuals or groups may be experiencing and need some assistance in changing. Early efforts by the Moyne Commission report sought to relieve poverty by implementing a system where the poor would receive social welfare provisions. In addition to this‚ Harewood and Henry( ) p. 4 highlighted that the Economic Planning Machinery that

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    Long Island‚ New York. We left at 3:00pm on a Friday when I came home from school. We took the N22 bus to the train station and when coming of the bus it smelled disgusting. It smelled like urine because well we were underground and there were many homeless people. It was hot down there so we could smell person’s sweat. We were walking through the station a long time because there were a lot of people there. We found that the train we wanted which is the Brooklyn 2 train just left so we had to wait

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    in sociology to see the broader social context? Social Context: In order to see the broader social context we must need to understand first what social context actually is? Social context is the indirect and direct influence of individuals that are in constant communication. It is basically a social environment in which people of different type lives. This environment influences the life of an individual and tells us how these people are influenced by their society i-e. a group of people

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    English 102 Issue Paper Child Poverty Poverty effects many people around the word‚ it is an underling issue to many factors in life. There have been many statistics written about poverty and the numbers are always changing. You can go from being rich to poor in minutes‚ from having a house to being homeless in a matter of seconds‚ but it can take almost a life time to get your life back on track. If you are born into poverty the statistics show you are less likely to ever get out of poverty; but why

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    most concerning issue by the 1980s was poverty. Margaret Thatcher is said to have created an unequal society‚ divided between the poor‚ with fewer and fewer help from the government‚ and the rich‚ favoured by reductions in income tax. This double standard society was also geographical. North of England concentrated the most depressed areas. 94% of the jobs lost since 1979 had been lost in this industrial area. To what extent did Thatcher influenced the British economy and worsen poverty ? Slide 2

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    If I had to choose whether to be forever homeless‚ but free to roam the earth as I please or live the life of luxury and be locked in my mansion‚ I would choose to live the life of luxury and be locked in my mansion. First‚ I would have to worry about food or other needs. Homeless people sometimes go days without food or water. I cannot imagine how difficult that would be. If I were homeless‚ I would spend my time roaming the earth for something to eat. I would not have enough money to even travel

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    Almost 100‚000 of those people are chronically homeless‚ which means they have been homeless more than four times within three years and have slept in places not meant for human habitation. America has a homelessness problem‚ and we need to do something to fix it. The homeless shelters are nothing but shelters. We need something that is effective to get these people off the streets‚ and that something is Housing First. Housing First helps the homeless with mental and physical disabilities‚ along with

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    The Effects of Being Homeless and Receiving a Public Education: Abstract For so long the homeless populations of the children in our public school systems have been overlooked. Research shows that homeless and low-income students suffer from some of the same issues but homeless children suffer long- term effects outside of what their housed peers face. The McKinney-Vento Act that was reauthorized in 2001 sets standards for how public schools should service homeless students. Beyond the public

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