ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 11月14日 02時44分

Photo by @martinschoeller
Martin: “Do you live on the street?”
David: “I've been living on the street for five years, going on six.”
M: “Anyone who saw you walking down the street would never know. How do you keep that shirt so clean?”
D: “I learn how to keep it clean. You gotta adapt to your environment…take time to respect yourself if you want respect from others.”
M: “You go to job interviews?”
D: “I've had jobs.”
M: “What kind of jobs have you had?”
D: “I had a job right here in landscaping.” M: “You like landscaping?”
D: “Yeah, it's fun. I know a lot about it. It's what I've been doing my whole life besides laying brick and reconstructing houses.”
M: “How did you end up living on the streets? What happened?”
D: “I was a foster kid for a couple years. The last couple of years of childhood. So when I got out I had a scholarship to go to college and I took advantage of the scholarship but in the middle of nowhere in Arizona I didn't have anywhere to go for summer break so I ended up moving out here, getting a job…It took me three years to get back into school at [college – name withheld]. I’m on scholarship too.”
M: “Do your other classmates know you live on the streets?”
D: “I had a classmate that…We got to know each other and he kinda figured. But I don't try to… I don't like that being exposed.”
M: “Do you know of any other students living on the streets, going to college?”
D: “My age that are full time? No.”
M: “Are you sure you're okay having your picture out there?”
D: “Don't worry about it.”
M: “Really?”
D: “Don't put it on there, yeah.” .
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