Tiara Cobb
John Hardison
American Literature
(Honors)
25 November 2012
A Change in
Society
A heart is the center piece organ of the body. In that heart, it has
desires, feelings, and emotions. Without that heart, who would we be? Your heart
should not only desire nor feel for yourself, but also for another person to.
Ordinary people like me have a nice home, nice car, food on the table every
night, clean clothes and descent shoes everyday to wear; we basically have
anything we need. Ordinary people like me are so spoiled by the life we have,
that we take all those things for granted. We are truly blessed. There’s some people out there who don’t even
have socks to put on and here we are complaining, because we think
that all those things we have, will always be there. What about the
ones who are less fortunate then us?
In the United States to be considered homeless you have to:”1) Have lack
of a regular fixed and adequate nighttime residence, 2) Live in a shelter or
transitional housing residence, rather you’re waiting for institutionalization
or not, and 3) Sleeping in places not attended for human beings such as parks,
sidewalks, under bridges, etc.” (McKinney Act of 1987). McKinney Act of 1987 is
inadequate and considered to be un-American, because people shouldn’t be
classified or considered to be homeless. Being homeless is a call for help and
redirection of life and values that he used to believe in. The only thing a
human being needs to regain the person he used to be is support from another
individual and support from somebody who has plenty of opportunities to
offer.
I don’t think people choose to be homeless. “People make decisions in
which they are unaware of and be overly optimistic of the outcome which in
return can lead them into becoming homeless” ( Jerry Turpin). Even though
decisions were made by that certain individual and not yours personally, as a
citizen of America, it is your duty to help a person in need. If you were in
need, wouldn’t you want somebody to help you? We shouldn’t have attitudes of not
helping the people in America, but wanting America to help us. Stop asking
yourself,”…what America will do for you” but ask yourself, “what together we can
do for the freedom of man” (John F. Kennedy). Freedom includes happiness and
everybody has a right to be happy. How can a person in need, be
happy?
Solving the problem of homelessness should be done the American way, by
not criminalizing it or just giving a homeless person whatever he needs, but by
making him earn it. This helps him understand values. We
can start off by providing more shelters and encouraging the shelters to not do
the un-American thing of just providing. Homeless shelters should be required by
the applicants to participate in
programs like counseling, learning
how to fill out job applications and resumes, how to budget and manage money, personal hygiene; create
programs that can benefit more then just provide, because
“A man is releaved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his
best” (Ralph Waldo Emerson), and if he can come from homeless to an ordinary
american, he has done his
best.
John Hardison
American Literature
(Honors)
25 November 2012
A Change in
Society
A heart is the center piece organ of the body. In that heart, it has
desires, feelings, and emotions. Without that heart, who would we be? Your heart
should not only desire nor feel for yourself, but also for another person to.
Ordinary people like me have a nice home, nice car, food on the table every
night, clean clothes and descent shoes everyday to wear; we basically have
anything we need. Ordinary people like me are so spoiled by the life we have,
that we take all those things for granted. We are truly blessed. There’s some people out there who don’t even
have socks to put on and here we are complaining, because we think
that all those things we have, will always be there. What about the
ones who are less fortunate then us?
In the United States to be considered homeless you have to:”1) Have lack
of a regular fixed and adequate nighttime residence, 2) Live in a shelter or
transitional housing residence, rather you’re waiting for institutionalization
or not, and 3) Sleeping in places not attended for human beings such as parks,
sidewalks, under bridges, etc.” (McKinney Act of 1987). McKinney Act of 1987 is
inadequate and considered to be un-American, because people shouldn’t be
classified or considered to be homeless. Being homeless is a call for help and
redirection of life and values that he used to believe in. The only thing a
human being needs to regain the person he used to be is support from another
individual and support from somebody who has plenty of opportunities to
offer.
I don’t think people choose to be homeless. “People make decisions in
which they are unaware of and be overly optimistic of the outcome which in
return can lead them into becoming homeless” ( Jerry Turpin). Even though
decisions were made by that certain individual and not yours personally, as a
citizen of America, it is your duty to help a person in need. If you were in
need, wouldn’t you want somebody to help you? We shouldn’t have attitudes of not
helping the people in America, but wanting America to help us. Stop asking
yourself,”…what America will do for you” but ask yourself, “what together we can
do for the freedom of man” (John F. Kennedy). Freedom includes happiness and
everybody has a right to be happy. How can a person in need, be
happy?
Solving the problem of homelessness should be done the American way, by
not criminalizing it or just giving a homeless person whatever he needs, but by
making him earn it. This helps him understand values. We
can start off by providing more shelters and encouraging the shelters to not do
the un-American thing of just providing. Homeless shelters should be required by
the applicants to participate in
programs like counseling, learning
how to fill out job applications and resumes, how to budget and manage money, personal hygiene; create
programs that can benefit more then just provide, because
“A man is releaved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his
best” (Ralph Waldo Emerson), and if he can come from homeless to an ordinary
american, he has done his
best.