Food Basics

(SNAP, formally known as food stamps) along with bread and eggs, monthly. Seriously, I am a low income college student and I receive only a minimum amount of snap benefits. SNAP requirements should be changed due to irresponsible and lazy people abusing the system. Currently it is difficult for deserving people to receive SNAP benefits due to income and employment status. Being a college student and unemployed I was denied help I truly needed. December 2015 I applied for food stamps when I…

“Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing” by Mina Shaughnessy In this article, Shaughnessy argues that educators need to start examining their own teaching and learning processes and the complex and contextual needs of their students, instead of focusing on what students can be doing differently. She points out that basic writing students are not behind and need to “catch up” to any particular level, but there must been a more effective means of communication needs to be established between…

The students should know their major before they start college! Choosing a college major is an important part in a student life. It is the major that helps the student to know what to study. It decides the student’s career future. The major helps a student to find his correct career. If a student fails to find his right major it affects his whole life. Sometimes the students do not know exactly what they want to study once they begin their college education. When they have no idea about the…

To become successful and effective leaders can be difficult and tough because there are not exactly patterns for leaders to follow. Moreover, many successful and effective leaders have a different leadership and behavior. Therefore, it might be difficult to trace. According to Rath & Conchie (2008), successful and effective leaders are aware of their strengths and weaknesses (p. 10). In other words, knowing the strengths and weaknesses can help leaders to be successful and effective. There are…

My family has struggled financially for a vast majority of my life. My dad has been a plumber since before I was born, and still is. He worked for a small local business for approximately ten to fifteen years. My mom was taking college classes while also being a stay at home mother to my two brothers and I. When I was eight years old, my dad was fired from his job due to disagreements between him and the new owner. My dad was really good friends with the previous owner, but when he retired his…

Everyone wants to have their dream job. Some jobs are very arduous and individuals have to put much time and energy into them, but their pay is good and considerable. On the other hand, some people choose to accept a task that actually gives them enjoyment, yet it may not take them much money. I agree with the statement that earning money is more important than working at a job that you enjoy. One study from the University of Michigan show that 57 percent of people are not gratified with their…

Volunteering should be viewed as equal to donating since not everyone is able to donate depending on their cost of living and income. These individuals use their paychecks to support their family’s basic necessities to survive and volunteering may be the only good they can do. On another note, individuals can also pursue a career they enjoy with an average income rather than an unhappy, well-paid career and still be able to donate along with volunteering…

8 housing. It expanded and institutionalized earlier subsidy program created in1965. Tenants had to spend approximately 30 percent of their income for rent, while the rest of the rent was covered by the program. Also, in 1972, Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, (WIC), was enacted. WIC was formally authorized by an amendment to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 as a 2-year pilot program. In 1975, there were further amendments to the Child Nutrition Act and…

lost their jobs. The majority of promising careers are trade jobs, such as auto mechanics and plumbers, that require specialized training that can become expensive. This forces the unemployed members of low income households into dead end jobs at fast-food restaurants and retail stores. Most people can not live with a low-wage job. That introduces the final point. Trying to get some extra money, people turn to selling drugs. This fuels addiction, especially in teens. With teens targeted, drug…

•Economics Professor Guy Standing explains basic income in his book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class as follows: “The core of the proposal is that every legal resident of a country or community, children as well as adults, should be provided with a modest monthly payment. Each individual would have a cash card entitling them to draw a monthly amount for basic needs, to spend as they see fit, with add-ons for special needs, such as disability. In most rich countries, it would be less…