Essay On Hiding The Homeless

During my sophomore year of high school, the issue of homelessness within Idaho was called to my attention as my sociology teacher had shown my class a news broadcast on the “Hiding the Homeless” project. The goal of this so-called project was to clear up the streets of Idaho by ticketing and arresting the homeless and in turn converting homelessness into a crime. When asked to decide on a topic for this essay, my mind immediately came to the idea of homelessness in Idaho due to my previous knowledge and encounter with the concept. In order to find materials/supporting evidence for my topic, I looked mostly towards news articles and governmental reports for my statistics and data, while leaning more towards journals and magazines in order to connect with the idea on a personal level. My essay faced many stages of editing, cutting, rearranging, and revising throughout the course of multiple drafts. This was mainly due to the fact that I was unsure of how to approach the topic. For example, whether or not I should include my own personal battle with homelessness, how I should introduce the topic, and how to proceed with the idea without being too forward and/or sounding too heartless. I struggled with these issues throughout the …show more content…
With this idea in mind, I had chosen to write my paper in a way that will connect my audience to the topic of homelessness even though they may not have had prior experience with the concept. In order to do so, I had included my own reasoning for why I believe that homelessness is an issue in which needs to be solved alongside why it should be a problem for all individuals whether they are currently or have previously battled with the concept or not. This affected the way in which I chose to conduct my research as I had to backup my own personal story with facts and information rather than leaving it to stand on it’s