{"id":2200,"date":"2018-03-11T21:50:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/SOAN324WP\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2018-07-31T21:23:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T21:23:41","slug":"blog-post-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/?p=2200","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">During our oral internship progress reports, we presented how each agency serves the homeless in the community in different ways. It was interesting to hear about the language that the agencies use to refer to the people they assist. This encouraged me to research how others feel about the approach and language in regards to homelessness. An article titled, \u201cEver Wondered What To Say To A Homeless Person?\u201d by Winston Ross, discussed way to acknowledge and speak to the homeless. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The article began by explaining how most people do try to avoid the homeless. Thankfully, there are those who decide to talk to the homeless and are interested in helping. I believe the right words can make a big difference. The article states that a simple \u201chi\u201d or \u201chello\u201d can make an impact. Regardless of what your greeting may be, it\u2019s important to look the person in the eye when speaking. It was reassuring to hear during the presentation that one agency encourages everyone to speak at eye level. The article also exemplifies that a \u201chow are you\u201d can create an opportunity to provide help. \u201cMany who live on the streets battle the feeling that they\u2019re inadequate or nonexistent to the rest of the world.\u201d Having a genuine conversation can reduce those emotions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">I believe all people should show respect and dignity to the homeless and to not dehumanize them. This is also something that each of the agencies value. Acknowledging these individuals and speaking with them may be a way to provide the help that he or she so desperately needs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 107%;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nationswell.com\/homeless-america-5-things-to-say\/\">http:\/\/nationswell.com\/homeless-america-5-things-to-say\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our oral internship progress reports, we presented how each agency serves the homeless in the community in different ways. It was interesting to hear about the language that the agencies use to refer to the people they assist. This encouraged me to research how others feel about the approach and language in regards to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/?p=2200\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blog Post 7<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47OlK-zu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions\/2201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcguire-spickard.com\/SOAN324WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}