There is a myth about theses panhandlers that needs to be debunked. The myth is that they make $30 an hour asking for money. They usually “make less than $25 per day. And while it found that 94 percent spent that money on food.” The idea that they make $60,000 a year is absurd because they would be able to afford a permanent home. It would also be absurd because this would mean that they are homeless by choice which sounds farfetched. Debt is another aspect that forces people out of their homes and into the streets. This is when a person owes another person or a company too much money. When this happens in event of a company, the company then seizes the property of the indebted person. Companies are ruthless, taking everything it can to
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HIV is a virus that travels through bodily fluids that destroys the immune system. This virus is easily transferred from homeless person to homeless person due to the lack of cleanliness. They usually can not afford the proper health care to protect themselves from this virus and other diseases. HIV has a multitude of ways it can transfer from person to person: blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk. Homeless people who use drugs that expose blood are susceptible to receiving HIV due to the chance of the needle being reused. If homeless people have unprotected sex they are likely to receive HIV because they do not have open availability to protection. 3.4% of homeless people were HIV positive in 2006 compared to the 0.4% of general adults and that number has probably increased since conditions are worsening for the …show more content…
These children have to often move from location to location, interrupting their learning, putting them behind on their education. They miss topics in school that are extremely important to them learning. Early education is exceedingly important for children for the rest of their lives.Kids as young as six years old are forced to repeat grades in order to learn information that was paramount to their learning. Children who are homeless and often move are twice as likely to have a learning disability, repeat a grade or to be suspended from school. This prevents them from obtaining their full potential in school because they end up falling behind in school, burried by the catch up game they have to
HIV is a virus that travels through bodily fluids that destroys the immune system. This virus is easily transferred from homeless person to homeless person due to the lack of cleanliness. They usually can not afford the proper health care to protect themselves from this virus and other diseases. HIV has a multitude of ways it can transfer from person to person: blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk. Homeless people who use drugs that expose blood are susceptible to receiving HIV due to the chance of the needle being reused. If homeless people have unprotected sex they are likely to receive HIV because they do not have open availability to protection. 3.4% of homeless people were HIV positive in 2006 compared to the 0.4% of general adults and that number has probably increased since conditions are worsening for the …show more content…
These children have to often move from location to location, interrupting their learning, putting them behind on their education. They miss topics in school that are extremely important to them learning. Early education is exceedingly important for children for the rest of their lives.Kids as young as six years old are forced to repeat grades in order to learn information that was paramount to their learning. Children who are homeless and often move are twice as likely to have a learning disability, repeat a grade or to be suspended from school. This prevents them from obtaining their full potential in school because they end up falling behind in school, burried by the catch up game they have to