Self Evaluation

Just as finding an alternative source of energy, such as wind energy, has its pros and cons, the pros being the reduction of burning fossil fuels, and the cons being the fact that there is not enough wind in all regions to create energy via windmills, working in a group to complete this project also had its pros and cons.

The pros were that we were able to divide up the work equally, and we were able to work cohesively together, each member knowing exactly what his/her part of the project was. The cons were the fact that, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink". In other words, we could tell a member what to do, but we can't make a member do it. We had to confide in that member not to forget to do his/her part, and to do a great job in whatever the task at hand is.

I was able to learn valuable information from this research project, and I never imagined the magnitude of all the hardships these homeless women endure. It absolutely changed the way I think about these homeless women, who in fact are not all prostitutes as they are commonly labeled by society. This project changed my way of picturing the homeless as a group of men living under a bridge begging for money, but also as an emerging group of single homeless women with children, abandoned by society, in need of some physical and mental aid, as they are vulnerable to all sorts of diseases, disorders, depression, and trauma out on the streets. This project greatly impacted me, especially after the research we gathered regarding the accounts of some of these homeless women being beaten, tortured, and killed as a sport, and largely unnoticed by society, even though they are the fastest growing sector of the homeless population.