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In the coming weeks, thousands of college students will walk across a stage and proudly accept their diplomas. Many of them will be hungry.
A senior at Lehman College in the Bronx dreams of starting her day with breakfast. An undergraduate at New York University said he has been so delirious from hunger, he’s caught himself walking down the street not realizing where he’s going. A health sciences student at Stony Brook University on Long Island describes “poverty naps,” where she decides to go to sleep rather than deal with her hunger pangs.
These are all examples of food insecurity, the state of having limited or uncertain access to food. Stories about college hunger have been largely anecdotal, cemented by ramen and macaroni and cheese jokes. But recent data indicate the problem is more serious and widespread, affecting almost half of the student population at community and public colleges.
A survey released this week by Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community and Justice indicated that 45 percent of student respondents from over 100 institutions said they had been food insecure in the past 30 days. In New York, the nonprofit found that among City University of New York (CUNY) students, 48 percent had been food insecure in the past 30 days.
Kassandra Montes, a senior at Lehman College, is one of them. She unexpectedly had to take out a $5,000 loan this year in order to graduate, she said. Living in a Harlem homeless shelter as she attends classes, Ms. Montes also works two part-time jobs and budgets only $15 per week for food. She uses the campus food pantry to get most of her groceries and usually skips breakfast in order to make sure that her 4-year-old son is eating regularly.
Отсюда
Почти половина американских студентов ходят на занятия голодными из за нехватки средств. Спасают "суповые кухни" содержащиеся на средства добровольных пожертвований. Студентам приходится выбирать - или учиться, или зарабатывать деньги и кушать. Плюс студентческий долг. Так что, русские американцы, любители капитализма, обычно приезжают в США с уже готовым образованием и считают, что это несущественная деталь, а так "они добились всего сами". Ну и довольно часто в США родители не могут помочь финансово взрослым детям, то есть они с 18 лет должны всё делать сами, в том числе как-то находить жилье, еду - помимо учебы.
A senior at Lehman College in the Bronx dreams of starting her day with breakfast. An undergraduate at New York University said he has been so delirious from hunger, he’s caught himself walking down the street not realizing where he’s going. A health sciences student at Stony Brook University on Long Island describes “poverty naps,” where she decides to go to sleep rather than deal with her hunger pangs.
These are all examples of food insecurity, the state of having limited or uncertain access to food. Stories about college hunger have been largely anecdotal, cemented by ramen and macaroni and cheese jokes. But recent data indicate the problem is more serious and widespread, affecting almost half of the student population at community and public colleges.
A survey released this week by Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community and Justice indicated that 45 percent of student respondents from over 100 institutions said they had been food insecure in the past 30 days. In New York, the nonprofit found that among City University of New York (CUNY) students, 48 percent had been food insecure in the past 30 days.
Kassandra Montes, a senior at Lehman College, is one of them. She unexpectedly had to take out a $5,000 loan this year in order to graduate, she said. Living in a Harlem homeless shelter as she attends classes, Ms. Montes also works two part-time jobs and budgets only $15 per week for food. She uses the campus food pantry to get most of her groceries and usually skips breakfast in order to make sure that her 4-year-old son is eating regularly.
Отсюда
Почти половина американских студентов ходят на занятия голодными из за нехватки средств. Спасают "суповые кухни" содержащиеся на средства добровольных пожертвований. Студентам приходится выбирать - или учиться, или зарабатывать деньги и кушать. Плюс студентческий долг. Так что, русские американцы, любители капитализма, обычно приезжают в США с уже готовым образованием и считают, что это несущественная деталь, а так "они добились всего сами". Ну и довольно часто в США родители не могут помочь финансово взрослым детям, то есть они с 18 лет должны всё делать сами, в том числе как-то находить жилье, еду - помимо учебы.