Actress, writer, director, aid worker, mother, wife and hero. Seven whole jobs, not just tiny little jobs, but huge hardworking jobs. An actress, Grammy award winning actress and looked up to by many children especially for my starring role in Maleficent. A director and respectable one too, after all you don’t see many successful female directors in show business but I made it. Aid worker, I support numerous charities trying desperately to make our world a better place. Mother and wife, one of the most common jobs, but also one of the hardest. Before I persuade you of my being the most inspirational figure to have ever lived, I would like to discuss a few things. Now some people think I’m irritating, and they would say stuff like oh she …show more content…
This has not slowed me down. I have been to Pakistan, Thailand, Ecuador, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and so many others. So far I have spent a third of my money improving the welfare of the earth. I would like to contribute to saving the world because I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation, someone would help us. And I try desperately to be that someone. In 2007 my mother died from ovarian cancer. So I myself am at a high risk of getting cancer, as it is in my genes, and as you should all know it is a deadly disease. Consequently, the death threatening illness forced me to get my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. It was hard to reveal this to the world, but I knew that I still needed time to heal this world from the evil that had been unleashed. However soon after my announcement the numbers of women who underwent genetic counselling had significantly increased. Consequently many women assessed their own risks, and took actions took might have saved their lives. Actions influenced by me. I saved their lives. I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my
I am writing to inform you of the current homeless situation in Australia and how we solve fix it.
Introduction There have been some challenges in trying to figure out the right approach to follow in a research study, and this semester is more of an eye opener that reveals the expected ways in conducting research, which has been a very interesting and tough process. Dudley (2011). The four major search strategies available for locating references related to the chosen topic issues: (1) consultation, (2) searches in subject indexes, (3) browsing, and (4) footnote chasing. Researchers need to be aware of all of these strategies in information gathering. Question 1: What have you learned about research?
Homelessness in the United States has been an important subject that the government needs to turn its attention to. There has been announced in the news that the number of the homeless people in many major cities in the United States has been increasing enormously. According to United States Interagency Council on Homelessness reported that there was an estimation of 83,170 individuals have experienced chronic homelessness on the streets of the United States’ streets and shelters on only a single night of January 2015, which is a small decrease of only 1% from the previous year (People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness, n.d.). The United States must consider this subject that most of the people underestimate it and not pay attention
The amount of students who are or are in danger of becoming homeless has increase on our country over the years. Although society structured people to attend post-secondary school in order to receive a sustained career, there are some cases where college is simply too expensive. Many homeless students are not receiving a proper education due to these circumstances, which results of them dropping out. Because of this situation, there are different methods to combat students dropping out of college due to financial issues. However, increasing taxes and/or tuition would not benefit the situation without an increase of society’s knowledge and awareness in the topic.
Numerous of people believe only certain races are homeless, but it is certainly not true. Compared to seventy six of the general population, thirty nine percent of Non-Hispanic white individuals are homeless. Compared to eleven percent of the general population, forty two percent of African-Americans are homeless. Compared to nine percent of the general population, thirteen percent of Hispanics are homeless. Compared to one percent of the general population, four percent of the homeless are Native-American. Two percent of homeless were Asians (“facts”). Family rejection of sexual orientation and identity was the most frequently cited factor of the LGBT homelessness. Fifty percent of young people that are homeless say parents notified them to leave or knew they were leaving and did not care (“Eleven facts about homeless”). The Williams Institute, said “forty percent of the homeless youth served by agencies identifies as LGBT. Forty
The city in discussion is New Haven, CT, where there are a number of people identify themselves as being homeless, residing in the streets. In the meantime, the number of homeless people continues to rise. A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter, single room occupancy facilities, abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation. According to Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, a count conducted in 2016 for the state of Connecticut counted, 3,911 people were in a homeless shelter or transitional housing on the night of the count. It represented an overall decrease of four percent statewide from the following year, however, there are a still a
The United States is one of the leading suppliers of Foreign Aid in the world, and even though the US gives billions, European countries give aid money to the same countries, this causes many areas of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia to be almost fully dependent on foreign aid. This means that without aid from other countries, they would not be able to support themselves at all. Foreign aid is meant to help countries that are struggling with civil unrest, disease, or natural disasters, it is not meant to help keep the country out of debt, but that is where more and more of the US and The EU’s foreign aid budget is going. The question is, does all this money actually go where it is intended? It should be going towards the government and to help the people, but in many cases, the countries government does not have the resources to properly track the flow of money. The countries in most cases have poor infrastructure and corrupt or oppressive leaders, not always at a national level, but in the towns and cities. So this means there is almost no way to oversee the flow of foreign aid through the country, all we can see is that their situations aren't getting any better and the countries are still impoverished. If this is the case, where are the millions of dollars going? Countries like Afghanistan and Iraq receive the most money from American foreign aid and European aid, yet they are still under oppressive governmental rule and there is still an extreme difference between the rich and poor. Garrett Harding’s theory of “Lifeboat Ethics” exemplifies how not giving aid to others will allow the strongest of society to thrive, while teaching the impoverished to help themselves. He believes that giving aid to poor countries will only make ...
Homelessness is a subject that has inspired many to write poems, speeches, and even songs. However, there is more depth to homelessness than just a source for inspiration; this is an ongoing problem for many all over the world. The 40th president to the United States, Ronald Reagan, once said that "what we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice."(Reagan). The president's expression is very powerful even today, implying that even in the best of times homelessness is one of the top issues in society. Notice how President Regan cleverly used the wording "by choice" at the end of the sentence, what did he mean to convey by this? Was he implying that those who are homeless are so by choice? Or that many individuals perceived homelessness to be a choice? Perhaps it was a way to raise awareness of the impending problems that can lead an individual to homelessness. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the National Coalition for the Homeless, there are three triggering factors that lead to homelessness, lack of affordable housing, unemployment, and health care ("Why Are People Homeless?"). Therefore, when exploring into more depth the determining reasons, considering the key roles that a home, money, and employment play in an individual’s life will facilitate a better understanding of the downward spiral towards homelessness.
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it." This is one of Mitt Romneys famous quotes. The scary part about this quote is that he is right. About half of our country is dependent upon government assistance, and some are passing this way of life on to their many children. This is the main problem, if the future generations begin to think this is a good way of life our government will crash, again. Government assistance is a problem due to the fact that; there is no incentive to work, people get handed money with no enforced restrictions, and there is no constant supervision for people, “needing” this assistance.
In 2011, more than two thousand people were saved by military rescuers. It’s a good thing we have people who are able to save us when we are in danger even when we put ourselves at risk. If we’re able to rescue someone than we should take that opportunity to save them instead of letting people die. I think people should be able to have access to rescue services even if they are the ones putting themselves in danger or at risk of dying or getting injured. Climbing season for Mt. Everest only last for two months, that isn’t a large amount of time.
Homelessness Why is homelessness an issue that impacts both rich and poor countries all over the world, especially now that our country is more innovative than ever before? It is crucial to find out why and how does someone get to the point of being homeless. What are the factors? How can America fix this chronic problem we see all over the streets of California, for instance how do we prevent homelessness from occurring in the first place. As a society we tend to overgeneralize, chastised, and stigmatized why someone ends up living on the streets with nothing to their name.
Could you handle being homeless day after day and keep things together? Visualise feeling lost, alone and not knowing what to do or not having anywhere to go. You spend each night in the musky weather on a bench, on which you call your bed. Being disturbed and woken up by the sound of chattering noises where you decide on which public place would allow you to cleanse yourself. When you get hungry, you beg people for change to eat a cheap meal or you search the nearest garbage can.
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when seeing a person who is living on a pavement? Do you feel afraid, disgusted or do you feel pity? Whatever you answer is, it isn’t their fault, it is just the life they found themselves obliged to live. There are many people who suffer throughout their life; one category of these people is the homeless ones. Homeless individuals are the ones who don’t have a permanent house, who may live on streets or any other non-permanent shelter.
As the ISIS joined the war in Middle East, an increasing number of people are trying to escape from the warzone in Syria and Iraq. They are facing the problem which is how to survive during the migration. Most of them could be died. The Federal Government has announced it will accept 12,000 extra refugees affected by conflict in Syria and Iraq. This additional quota is on top of the existing 13,750 places already set aside for this financial year. Because of the existence of potential risks such as crimes, terrorism and government spending, some people refuse to intake the refugees while the others are arguing about humanism. So, after refugees come into Australia, there may be conflict between citizens and refugees. The Government needs to
Poverty is in our own backyard. Poverty isn’t turning around a globe and looking toward third world countries for an example. Poverty is everywhere. Poverty is the children down the street who go to bed hungry each night filled only with emptiness. Poverty is my neighbor who had her heat shut off this past winter. However I believe that poverty is preventable.