If I were to lose my home it would affect me, my family and my school life completely. Everything I do now as for like my routines for the morning to night would change. When I do my homework or would even have a quiet place to study. Everything would change.
Reading this article really opened my eyes to be even be more grateful of my home and also putting myself in Darnell and Sandivelor shoes, even the other 114,000 students that go through this everyday. Darnell is a family of 6. This has been very challenging because of meals and even transportation. He is even having some trouble in his school work as well. His story really touched me the most because it made me take into consideration that these things are happening day to day and it can affect your learning ability. But Darnell didn’t let that stop him. He found something he enjoys, which is football. I think this is good because it keeps his mind focus on something he is passionate about.
What I have gained from reading from this article is coming to realization snd just taking in more gratitude. Also to just be more kind to others. For an example giving more compliments out because you never know what someone could be going through.
This article is very enlightening to all who both do and do not experience this in everyday life. Everyday, we are prompted with choices that either benefit, don't benefit, or don't matter to us. This could be like what meat I want on my subway sandwich, or should I study for my Biology test tomorrow, but these families are not prompted with these choices. They are stuck in an endless loop of despair and poverty. They are forced to use public transportation, go to schools with little amounts of money, forced into social isolation, and this is especially for the family of 6 that was mentioned in this article. This is because they have a large family size, which demands a higher request for money. For example, all 6 people need to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. These people do not get to choose what they want either. Because of the low income per the large amount of family, they have to choose the cheapest thing. Darrel's family is also unfortunate. He has to deal with school, when it's not his ideal course of action. On top of this, he is forced to live a life outside of school that is extremely dramatic and sad. Even though all kids should be and are required to get some form of education, he has the worst of both worlds. He cannot read or write well, he lives a life of poverty outside of school, and is overall not as fortunate as most people in the world. This article showed me that all of us should be empathetic, generous, and a source of happiness for these people.
The article was a real eye opener, it makes it all the more deep to think that everyone knows that there is poverty and Homelessness rampant in America, and we'll probably say "it's bad" and move on through our day. The story about Darnell moved me the most. But the story about Sandy also gave me a good jolt as well. I think that if people took more time to actually look into the lives of the people they see walking down the street, they would be perturbed as well. Americas ideology includes that we are the greatest nation in the world, If we want to claim that, we gotta start living up to it.
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The is a badge of shame for our city and our nation. Please follow up on Dasani Coates. She was featured in a piece that that traced the difficulties of a family living in temporary housing. Where is she now?
Reading this article on the mass amount of homelessness in New York made be consider how lucky I am to live in a house with working appliances. If I lived in a homeless shelter, I wouldn't be close enough to my school and have to change districts and high schools. At Hoggard, I've already made a path for myself and have put myself in the Pre-DP program which only Hoggard offers in New Hanover County.
Like the article said, multiple homeless students live in plan sight and they aren't able to get the same academic resources as the students who hire tutors or who for travel sports teams. Transportation is also an issue because the students can take the public buses but some become "sketchy' and unsafe for a wandering child after the sun goes down.
Upon first glance, I'm able to see a student who appears to be running in the hallways. Before reading the article, I assumed the boy was playing in the hallways but then I took into consideration after reading the article that the student might be late for class. Not only could the student be late for class but if they did portray a homeless child, it shows the struggles that some kids rely on such as the public bus which could be late.
@Chloe Scatton-Tessier I agree with everything you said , and you also made me look at a boy running in the hallway different. He honestly could be late to class , because maybe he had to walk , maybe his living conditions are bad. And that’s what’s wrong with our community , we’re so quick to judge and just come out and say what we think , not taking any other scenarios into consideration.