Education In Harm
Over
the course of a year 1.35 million children are more then likely to become
homeless in the U.S. Being homeless is devastating. People think that it isn’t
that hard or anything major because they haven’t gone through any of it. One
main of the things it affects is their education. School supplies alone is over
150 dollars, add the clothes and the transportation that’s close to 500
dollars. Most families struggle to afford that, if you are homeless there is no
way you can make that!
The homeless children that are able to enroll into
public school suffer through obstacles. Out of 87% of the homeless children
that are enrolled, only 77% attended almost everyday. In addition to money and
enrollment problems, the fact that the children and their families move around
in order to find shelter their education shifts from up and down. This is not
healthy for the child's mind stability.
If
homeless children were to attend private or catholic school would there
education status be better? Would a stable place for them to live result in a
better education?
In
my next blog I am going to be talking about the jobs the homeless people come
out in life with.
http://cflhomeless.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/how-many-are-homeless-in-america/
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