“Life is Hard”

I ask myself why I live like this, so bad.

I walk the streets looking so sad.

I wish I knew how I got here,

I live my life with such fear.

I go day to day trying to protect my life,

It’s hard having people attack us with a knife.

I live outside with nothing,

Trying my hardest to keep on loving.

The weather is like ice,

But a jacket is such a large price.

I weep, weep, weep,

Thinking of how scared I am to go to sleep.

Every day I hold up a sign asking for help,

At the end of the day I begin to yelp.

Sometimes I feel sorry for myself,

When I realize no one should blame thyself.

There have been many hate crimes for people like me,

I guess to others killing the homeless is easy.

I am no harm,

But I must be to people who carry firearms.

How I got like this is unknown,

But one day I will not be so alone.

I have hopes that one day u can be safe,

And not live in a place that is so unsafe.

Life is hard,

But it is worth trying instead if living in a yard.

One day I will look back,

And remember all the smacks.

I will no longer starve,

I will begin to have a life that I can carve.

I promise to everyone that I will try,

I will learn to spread my wings and fly.
I am sorry for the people, who hate people like me,

But you will all soon see.

I am thankful for those who help me so dearly,

There are many that care and many that don’t clearly.

Becoming homeless is a horrible to live,

But one day I will soon be able to give.

Life is hard,

Mine will soon become cured.

Never give up on your dreams,

I will one day be a queen.

Is the Government Preventing the Homeless from Death?

Hypothesis:

Bias attacks on homeless have increased in the past ten years. There have been more bias attacks on homeless people than terrorist attacks and plane crashes put together. I personally believe that people think that homeless people are a waste to population. If the government was focused on the topic then maybe the percentage of attacks would decrease. I believe that answers to my question like “From a 1 to 5 how much do you believe the government is helping the attacks” will hopefully help my research. My topic is “Is the government preventing the homeless from death.” I am doing this topic to help the homeless have one less thing to worry about and that is death.

Context:

When giving out my survey, I targeted different age and gender. I targeted ages that very so I could find the ages that knew more about the problem with homeless attacks. Why I chose to separate in gender was to see the different opinions that men have over women. After receiving my positive responses from the audience I targeted. I believe my results are valid and reliable based off of the feedback. I asked for open ended questions in my survey to see there honest opinions on how they felt about the homeless getting attacked. My questions were very straight forward and I believe that the questions did not sway anyone into a certain answer. Throughout my survey, my questions stayed the same because it was giving information. The results I got back were very accurate and I believe they can positively help me throughout my research.

Results:

Age Group	Question 1 “Are you a female / male?”	Question 3 “Did you know that a large amount of homeless people are being killed by bias attacks?”
14-20	Male: 7 Female: 14	Yes:7 No:8
21+	Male: 0 Female:4	Yes:1 No:5
Age Group	Question 4 “Why do you think that the homeless are being attacked other than people thinking there a waste of our population?”	Question 5 “When using a scale from 1 to 5, how do you feel about preventing the homeless from death?”
14-20	Racist, Broke, Worthless, Don’t care, Discrimination	1: 0 2: 0 3: 3 4: 4 5: 9
21+	Uncompassionate, Easy Targets, No one care, Alone	1: 0 2: 0 3: 0 4: 0 5: 3
Age Group	Question 6 “Since the numbers of death have been increasing, what do you think can solve it?”	Question 7 “How else do you think this topic can be solved?”
14-20	Government should get more involved? 11 People should make the topic more known? 12 Make an organization to support the homeless? 13	Laws should be made, help them get on their feet,  local support.
21+	Government should get more involved? 4 People should make the topic more known? 5 Make an organization to support the homeless? 4	Job training, more shelters, get police and government involved, provide places for them.
Age Group	Question 8 “Do you think if the government focused more on this topic that it would reduce the deaths of the homeless?”	Question 9 “When using a scale from 1 to 5, how much do you believe the government is trying to prevent this?”
14-20	Yes: 11 No: 4	1: 5 2: 2 3: 5 4: 1 5: 2
21+	Yes: 5 No: 1	1: 4 2: 2 3: 4: 5:
Age Group	Question 10 “Do you believe that this topic should affect everyone in a way such as make it more known so that it can be solved?”
14-20	Agree: 12 Disagree: 3
20 +	Agree: 7 Disagree: 0

Data Analysis:

When reviewing over my result, there were many trends that had stuck out. I had expected the answers that I had got because I knew that people might have been concerned. Based on my prior knowledge I knew that people were going to answer my questions the same as I would. Why I believe that is because not everyone in this world has hatred in their hearts. People should not be killed because of their life style and because they have nothing.

 Most of the respondents had answered questioned 8 the same way. They stated that they believe that if the government focused more on the topic that the number of deaths will decrease. I believe that this was my strongest finding because it is a good way to start changing the problem with the attacks on the homeless. Many people agreed that the government should focus on this topic. If this topic was to become more known for the government the deaths and attacks will start to decrease. I know now that the more I let the public know more about the topic the more it can affect people and then the government should get involved.

My second strongest finding was question 10. This question stated that the topic should affect everyone so that it is able to become more known to the public and government. Most of the respondents answered the question by agreeing with the statement that I had made. I am glad that they agreed because this is what I would like to do with this topic and that is making it more known. I believe that the respondent believe that it should affect more people because then there will be people that will spread the problem with the homeless getting killed by the bias attacks,

My third strongest finding was question 4 which said “why do you think that the homeless are being attacked other than people thinking there a waste of our population?” Most people answer with saying racism, poor, and worthless. This was strong because it shows why people believe that the homeless are getting killed by bias attacks. If people state more on why they believe that they are getting killed the government can make a law to protect the homeless.

Conclusion:

My surveys had given me information that can guide me throughout this project. I know I will need to understand how this information can put me in the right path; I do believe that it has put me in a direction that can help prevent the homeless from these attacks. This topic is very important to me because the homeless already so much to worry about, I would like them not to have to worry about death anymore.

Follow Up:

My survey answers have put me in a new path than what I was in before I had got the results back. With my answers I found that the government should be more involved so therefore the deaths of the homeless can start to reduce. Where I must go from here is try to find a way to make it more known to the public and then raise it up to the government after that. I will be looking more into how much the government has been looking into this topic as of now. I will also tell the public more about the topic and how many homeless people get killed every year because of bias attacks. I am able to answer my survey questions along with my main question on “Is the government preventing the homeless from death?”

Work Cited

"Why Are People Homeless?" National Coalition for the Homeless. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.

"Violence and Hatred Risky for Homeless." Bring America Home Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.

"A Step in the Right Direction: Amending State Police Monitoring Laws to Include Hate Crimes Against the Homeless." RI Coalition for the Homeless Resources Homeless Legal Clinic Hate Crimes Against the Homeless. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.