In “Homeless on Campus” author, Kingsborough Community College English Department Instructor, Eleanor Bader explains the increasing amount of homeless students and ways the public can help get them into various necessary living situations. Bader has two main audiences whom she is addressing. The first audience is homeless students. This report helps homeless students feel as if their voice is being heard and that they are not the only ones going through this. The second audience is teachers and college faculty members. By referencing so many college employees in the administrative level, the author is able to reach a wider variety of people. Having a teacher that allowed “several homeless students to sleep in her office over the past decade,” provides an example for what other teachers and faculty members can do to help out their students (716). …show more content…
When students are unable to have stable living situations they resort to things like “sleeping in their cars and sneaking into a school gym to shower and change clothes” (713). Some other students might even become desperate enough to “coach surf or camp in the woods” (713). As far as transportation is concerned, when students do not have a motor vehicle they may even resort to “bicycling or walking to class” in either extreme heat or cold weather (713). By bring facts as mentioned about to the college administration audience, not only is Bader creating a mode of awareness but she is also advocating for a policy change specifically for homeless students so that they may have an opportunity to have on campus housing for a reduced
Homelessness is an unsolved issue occurring day to day, worldwide. What the main focus of this essay will be are the homeless youth in Canada dealing with drug addiction and substance use. Homelessness is a rising problem here in Canada, there are 10,000 homeless youth on the street, a guaranteed 2000 on any given night. There are so many different aspects you have to deal with along being homeless, not only are they living life on the streets without a shelter, food or money, but the challenges they face daily just adds to it. They face physical abuse, verbal abuse, police brutality, weather changes, starvation, stress, addictions, mental illness, and other various problems.
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
With the federal law of the Mckinney-Vento homeless Assistance Act established in 1987 in response to the reports that only 57% of homeless children were enrolled in school (White), progress was starting to take effect in finding solutions to the crisis of homeless youth in education. Currently, this act goes to address the needs of homeless youth required by law. Because of this, school districts have decided to focus on the three critical problems influencing these youths. By eliminating barriers of enrollment, attendance, and success in schools many educators have decided that these specific provisions would be the most beneficial to these students (White). This act further went to provide homeless children the right to remain in the same
Homelessness on Campus “Over 58,000 students identified as homeless on the 2013 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) , a 75 percent increase over the last three years”(Dunning). Homelessness on college campuses is damaging to the individuals who are affected by it. Homelessness is damaging to the individual because it makes graduating from college difficult. To find a way to solve homelessness we need to figure out what the causes of homelessness are.
In the Public Service Announcement (PSA), “Homelessness,” produced by the Yakima Valley Community College, the college student’s presentation of pathos overshadows their less successful representation of logos and ethos concerning the topic of homelessness.
There are many circumstances that lead to homelessness. Homelessness has an issue in today’s society and is largely ignored. Everyplace you see around out urban society, parks and streets it is likely that you will witness a homeless person struggling to survive. Over the years, homelessness in the United States has become a dangerous social problem because of the choice made by a person, unemployment and lack of education, and addiction. In Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls explains how her parents led them to live a homeless life.
As time goes on, the rate of homelessness rises as the population rises. Homelessness then was mostly caused by a family’s history of being homeless, drug abuse, mental disorders, and tyrannical leaders forcing his people into poverty. In modern times, several organizations are now trying to end homelessness by building cheaper housing projects more affordable to the poor and homeless shelters; these projects usually cost a fair amount of money.
“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.
SHOW CONNECTION Jon Kurht’s article “When helping doesn't help” is a personal narrative discussing Kurht’s experience managing a homeless shelter, and discussing the hardships and complications that come with helping the homeless. Kuhrt notably states that shelters “actually bred further cynicism and depression in those young people because many were ashamed of what they were doing - they knew they were profiting from the naivety and kindness of others.” Logos can be found within the reasoning and conclusions found by Kurht. SHOW CREDIBILITY
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.
Phase III: Formal Analysis The results of my questionnaire revealed that my classmates are all aware of the increase in homelessness. To my surprise, sixty percent of the students have either donated or volunteered at a homeless shelter. Considering that the class room demographic includes nineteen out of twenty students who are full time students, I figured they wouldn’t have enough free time. Additionally, forty percent of the class has never donated or volunteered to the homeless.
The issue of homelessness in America has been evident since the early 1600’s. Across the country men, women and children spend their nights on the streets not knowing when or if they will ever find a permanent home. States and federal officials or city councils have tried to alleviate or at least reduce the number of homeless over the last several decades at a city, state or national level but it continues to be an ongoing problem. There is a multitude of factors that account for the growing homeless population that affects each state in the country differently. Though there are many contributing factors that contribute to the amount of people living on the street at any given night in the U.S.
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience to be more involved in homelessness in Memphis TN. Central idea: To donate their time and effort to help the homeless. introduction Whether it’s from starvation, mental illness or even cold even climate change, the homelessness has to deal with these types of situation every day. Homelessness has increase dramatically in our city, and with poverty rates increasing it is no surprise.
Australia has one of the worst rates in the World for Homelessness. We are the third highest in the globe. While students are studying, and employers are being employed, there are homeless people on the streets. Today I will talk about how young Australians can change their view on Homeless people and how we can create change in our society. I will outline my speech to show how young Australians should be informed of this rising crisis.
Homeless individuals often lack access to basic needs like food, clothing, and education, and lack stable housing, by living on the streets or moving from shelter to shelter. Homelessness has been a problem in the United States for centuries and continues to grow. California is the state with the largest population of homeless “ As of 2022, 30% of all people in the United States experiencing homelessness resided in California, including half of all unsheltered people (115,491 in California).” (Public Policy Institute of California, 2023, p 1) Often the more common issue when people become homeless is due to that certain individual losing their job, or having a history of residential instability.