Eleanor Bader Homeless On Campus

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 introduces three students Aesha, Johnny, and Asad whom are homeless college students and explains their stories. All the stories have the same point is that they left school because of hardships living place to place, worrying about their physical health and doing their school work. She states "Without housing, access to a workspace, or access to a shower, students' lives suffer, their grades suffer, and they are more likely to drop classes, if not withdraw entirely from school"( Bader 714). She points out that low-income and homeless students have to face many problems that cause it difficult for them to get through college. In another hand, because of the busy scheduled working of the parents to trying to earn money paying for housing, water bills, phone bills,…etc.

Alana evokes emotion from her audience when discussing the load if students involved with the Tennessee Promise, and explains how exasperating it can truly be. She puts forth the effort to interview a particular student, Abigail Mitchell, and question her typical day to be “Her tuition is covered, but to pay rent, as well as help out her grandmother and five younger siblings, Mitchel works 30-40 hours a week at Arby’s.she also has a work study, and is enrolled in 15 hour classes.” (Semuels). Alana does not want her readers to feel bad for Abigail but rather to put themselves in her position and think of the hardship she goes through to support her family and what students have to deal with, besides school. This ties in with Abigail’s message, that failure is not an option, because she is supporting her entire family and no matter how much she wants to quit, she

Being homeless is not what defines someone as a person, but is rather just a difficulty that they are experiencing. Lauren Ducharme made it clear that you have to be careful about how you approach someone who is experiencing something like homelessness and that them being homeless is absolutely not what defines them as a person; they can recover from this. Academically, this event though me to be more educated about my surroundings. As a student I will grow with more of an understanding and knowledge about people who are suffering. Personally, this event effects my development as a person because I respect someone going through times like this so much more than I did before.

Rabinson Shrestha Professor Kashmar ENG 1301 September 25, 2016 Homeless on Campus In the article Homeless on Campus, author Eleanor J. Bader explains how hard the life of a homeless college student is and argues how the colleges are not doing enough to help those homeless students. She gives examples of various homeless college students to support her argument. She also gives examples on how we as an individual or as a group can help those students in need. Bader starts her article by talking about Aesha, a 20-year old student and a mother of a child.

Although someone may have a wealthy life, a sudden financial tragedy is always a possibility. Homeless people view the middle-class Americans as a rich part of the society. However, the two social classes are not that distant. In Anna Quindlen’s “Our

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.

It is indiscriminate and has no concern for one’s status, race, ethnicity, background, religion, and so on. Therefore the fear of homelessness is the fact that it can happen at any time.. As a result of the United States economic situation, there is a lack of jobs and livable wages provided for growing communities. The insufficient provision of financial aid is among the factors that cause homelessness. Unable to be financially independent, the homeless tend to meet their financial needs through illegal avenues. These avenues involve the interaction with drugs and

“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.

At any point in time, there has always been homelessness. Homelessness is defined as those without regular dwelling. A person without safe, secure and stable housing is essentially homeless. The US has certainly seen its share of homelessness, but not to the extent as other, poorer countries in other parts of the world. For this discussion, we will start with homelessness in the United States.

(Koegel, Melamid, Burnam, 1995) For example, family homelessness has been increasing in the United states in Recent years. Now, more schools and communities are challenged to serve students whose lives are touched by the uncertainty and instability that homelessness brings. (Miller, 2015) People are forced to live destitute without daily necessities like healthy or sanitary food, housing or substantial clothing.

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.

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.

It was 9:00 pm Wednesday night, as I was sitting in the middle of a deserted parking lot in my car, on my college campus. Sitting with my seat belt on, under a light pole with the only car in sight, envisioning how different life could be. The feeling of my stomach rumbling in hunger, the smell of my stale clothes after they have been worn more than a few times without a wash, while doing my homework under a light pole that shined into my car. Homeless while in college, I knew in this moment that my struggle would be a pivotal point in my future success. .