What Do You Assume to Be True About________?

The homeless, a population of people I really do not think about to often. Only when I've seen someone walking down the street asking for money or carrying a large load of items around is when this population may cross my mind. I am from a town called Isanti, we have a small population of a little over 5,000 people. So I really haven't had to experience this unless I was in the cities. Although I know little about this population, I do have some strong opinions toward it. I do not feel bad or pity homeless people at all. I believe that everyone has been an equal opportunity to receive an education and compete for some sort of job. When I see a homeless person all I think is that they should be out trying to get a job and not waste their time begging for money. If a person were to have a physical or mental disability that would prevent them from learning at the same pace as others and limits them to only certain types of jobs then that is a different situation. But I am talking about people who are able and just have had a tough time in life. I think that they just need to put a little work and effort into it, and after awhile they can succeed in some way. Some people may completely disagree with this, that is why I want to research it. There is so many different opinions about this subject and I have never really looked into it. My opinions all came from my own deductions and from my dad. We were in California once and a homeless person asked him for money, he didn't give them any so I asked why. He explained to me that he had a tough time in school and his family had little money, but he just worked really hard to find a job. He believed that they should do the same.

Although I am very interested in learning about this topic, I am also a little wary. I am afraid that my strong, harsh opinions may hold me back in my research. I feel that I a may not be able to open up to new ideas and this may cause me to be less interested in the topic overall. I will make sure I focus on overcoming this.

Overall, I think this project has a lot of potential. It seems very interesting and I feel I can learn a lot about the homeless population.