Over the last few years I've come across different national volunteers trying to solicit former homeless to speak at local schools, for educating the kids as to what life on the streets is about.This made me wonder if it's reasonable or not for the speaker to get paid for his time, travel, and presenting information that in all fairness is based on years of experience.
As my ceiling fan twirls it makes me wonder...is it wrong to expect such compensation? Would we be so easily able to attain other speakers if they weren't paid?
Then again, who screens or decides which former homeless walk into schools interacting with young children? What if any level of criminal background is the limit, since many chronic homeless have that in their past in some shape or fashion?
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