Christopher Awalt: The State Of Homelessness
The author’s family allows the strangers to come to their house and treats them just like their family members; however, in my family, we never invite a stranger to our house to eat or stay. I admire and appreciate the author’s family for helping strangers; indeed, if someone can lend me a hand when I was in trouble, I will feel hope again and my predicament can be relieved. The harmonious coexistence and mutual help between people is a beautiful society that people desire to have. I agree with the author that people are one family and should help each other generously; however, in my point of view, we should help others but not everyone. According to a statistic, 564,708 people were homeless in January 2015 (The State of Homelessness in American 2016). It is shocking to me that there are so many people are suffering homelessness even
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For those who are worthy of help, we can encourage them to work. A brilliant idea that I found is created by Christopher Awalt. He said: “Offer him a hard day's work for an honest wage, and see if he accepts. If he does, tell him you'll pay weekly, so that he will have to work for an entire week before he sees any money. If he still accepts, offer a permanent job, with taxes withheld and the whole shebang. If he accepts again, hire him.” This idea can motivate the homeless and guide them to go back to the normal life. Moreover, the people who cannot offer a job for a homeless, we need to respect them and we can give them some food or some books. Knowledge is powerful, if we give them some inspirational books, they might regain the confidence and come back to the normal life.
Overall, helping others is a virtue and we should help someone who is worthy of help. What's more, people live in harmony and construct a caring society together and I think our world will become better in the
For those who are worthy of help, we can encourage them to work. A brilliant idea that I found is created by Christopher Awalt. He said: “Offer him a hard day's work for an honest wage, and see if he accepts. If he does, tell him you'll pay weekly, so that he will have to work for an entire week before he sees any money. If he still accepts, offer a permanent job, with taxes withheld and the whole shebang. If he accepts again, hire him.” This idea can motivate the homeless and guide them to go back to the normal life. Moreover, the people who cannot offer a job for a homeless, we need to respect them and we can give them some food or some books. Knowledge is powerful, if we give them some inspirational books, they might regain the confidence and come back to the normal life.
Overall, helping others is a virtue and we should help someone who is worthy of help. What's more, people live in harmony and construct a caring society together and I think our world will become better in the