Meet Homeless College Professor Who Lives in Her Car
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Ellen James-Penney loves being an English professor. But when she leaves work at San Jose State University, she heads home to her car. Believe it or not, she’s not the only professor living this way. Michelle Mitchell, an adjunct professor of religion at Florida’s Broward College, lives out of a van. For both these dedicated teachers, the fear of being homeless takes a backseat to the fear of leaving the profession they love. #InsideEdition
Get this teacher a dorm, now.
[REDACTED] that’s not a bad idea. They should make a teacher’s quarters for teacher’s if they choose to live on campus
@@aaronarchie7799 , great suggestion!
I agree! This should NOT be a possibility. 😣
I'm ur 420th like
10,000 subs with no vid? Congrats bro
US schools: costs a fortune, pays teachers so little they're homeless
Totally fine
Comrade Stalin do something about it commie
@@sirgrinder we pay our teachers fair wages. Maybe you should try a functioning society
@@WyvernApalis why don't you do something about i?
@@pauljefferson9538 cos I'm not American and I'm fine watching America crumble
Comrade Stalin
Any school system besides American: Pretty much a fuckton better
The US is so messed up in so many ways. The education system is whack, the medical system is whack, the judicial system is whack, everything is just WHACK
snow flower I want to move I’m getting sick of my head constantly being under water
The government controls/regulates all these things. Maybe they shouldn’t.
I'm glad I'm a Canadian.
snow flower you’re wack
"Crack is whack"
-Whitney Houston
25 thousand dollars?! My little sister makes that at Walmart a year with zero education or student debt... sad why go to school.
My mom is a professor and she’s a six figure earner. I had no idea stuff like this happened tbh
Tyrell Lopez no one cares
@@finalhourhd8822 their comment was perfectly relevant and a good comparison?
Amy Geake money bores me, why do we work for money instead of passion?
@@finalhourhd8822 because without money we can't live lol
We can't afford to buy anything
Money at the end of the day is the main reason for each job
Passion is not the first thing important to a job
When you have to pay thousands of dollars to go to college, but your prof has no home...
They should move to another country
Draz'Gul
With what money?
Draz'Gul
Or colleges can pay them more instead of wasting student money on statued and many useless decorations.
Draz'Gul in other countries teachers and professors get paid like doctors
Draz'Gul
Or another state that doesn't cost as much to buy or rent a home
I mean have you seen Californias prices
Draz'Gul Or state
Man it’s sad that sports player get so much money for playing games. But the people that shape America can’t even afford a house
people who play in football and stuff risk their life also.
Ice cream Meme You could being back the USSR
Major apples and peas there, but I get your point.
Sypticle pshh, they get paid more than our veterans, the ones that actually risk their lives, the only thing sports players risk is a concussion
This statement goes back to a redistribution of wealth scenario. Sports players make their managers and other people billions of dollars annually by filling sports stadiums, selling memorabilia, etc.
My mom is a teacher and I make more than her working at Target it is so wrong that teachers don’t make more.
And yet my college pays our football coaches 2 million a year 🤦🏻♀️
Impossible
Impossible
Impossible
Impossible
Entertainment over education
This is so ridiculous. How can this be happening? We're told to go to college to get a good job but cannot afford to live. $25k for a teacher? I made that 22yrs ago! Ridiculous and disgusting! I wish they posted something so we could help them!
Swnsasy _ college is a business they make money 💰 from students
Detroit Rockin Reggie What does that have to do with the professors making so little?
Like a go fund me?
Minefreak22JHM Official Yes! Help them get a place to live..
I so agree
This is very sad, I wish someone would start a Go-Fund for them... they shape America into what it is. Yet they live in a car.
I'd contribute
Audacious_Killler+ But most people in America or arrogant and racist.
Why don't you?
Joshua Herniman - It depends on where you live. Where I am, you'd be lucky to eat AND rent an apartment. And the apartment would be in the slums, and a studio.
Why don’t we? Hell I would donate as much as I could to help them.
Who read the title and immediately knew it was in California?
MatthewP64 I did, lots of crazy stuff going on there. The big problem is that the professors continue to work there, they need to find a better paying job....
Me.
The professors and their liberal indoctrination made Cali what it is. I was just upset she had hand crank windows😁
Ikr. They should look for employment elsewhere.
Not only my guess was California, but specifically Bay area.
"The American Dream" is a nightmare for many.. 😒
I think for the majority it is a nightmare, few make it to the dream stage...
"It's called the american dream becayse you have to be sleeping to believe it"- George Carlin
God bless these dedicated professors
K!ngOfUSA gods not real
Prove it, I am A name and SomeHumanOnThe Internet
SomeHumanOnThe Internet your comment will not invalidate the existence of God :)
People can believe in what they want, stop saying discouraging things.
lol and i believe what i believe
my whole family together earns less than $20,000 and we live in apartments....wherever they live must be super expensive..
Internetainment no way, where do you guys work? McDonald's?
Cheyenne Collins jerk
Sasmodog it is the truth
Internetainment I'm a nurse assistant thats our yearly wage.
F.Y.I how would u know if they work at McDonald’s?
I took a class with the Professor Mitchell in 2014. She was honestly the best and I wish I could’ve had more professors like her.
Do you have any updates on her?
Cap
Full time jobs should pay a living wage. Full stop.
BTassie being an adjunct professor is often not a full-time job
Am a truck driver who makes 60k a year with no degree. Talk about the irony of this so called American Dream smh
king kong That’s how much my father makes and he’s also a truck driver! & Im in college right now and he tells me there’s no point of me going there /:
Wow u live life the easy way while other hard lower payed workers have to live life the hard way. U should feel guilty to be honest
E-Leazy No it’s called working smarter not harder.
@@AskingAlexandria2303 44% of people who graduate college end up getting a job that doesn't require a degree. Your father could be right
hes 100% right. i work at costco making damn near 60k a year. in the beginning i was part time and going to automotive school and realized im going super broke and miserable so i dropped out and went full time at costco. i am now topped out 5 years later, no school debt, i just got a brand new car and im about to buy a house. im happy af with my life
Do these colleges have dorms? If so, I wonder why the school hasn't made some type of provisions to allow them to live on the campus.
Kriss L. I was thinking the exact same thing.
It's America
In our labs at uni we have couches, I'd just sleep on them should I ever need to.
Then they will have to house all the teachers, then less room for paying students. The college's may act and teach liberal, but deep down, when it's comes to money, it's all conservative!
Tom Clyburn so? They’re obviously in desperate need if they’re living in their cars
I don’t understand how she’s making so little.. my mom is a public high school teacher in nc and she makes over 60k yearly
She may be an adjunct.
Cuz its cali
@@latenightkrabbypatties8511 the other one is Florida
SON: Dad why i need to get a student loan ??
DAD: so you can go to college.
SON: Why i need to go to college???
DAD: To get a good Job.
SON: Why i need a good job for ?????
DAD: so you can pay your student loan.
👏👏👏👏👏
Or just get scholarships and graduate debtless
Go to college in Europe it's sooo much cheaper.
@@Defrap22 you have to qualify for scholarships. They don't just give them to anyone who wants one. Otherwise everybody would be going to college for free.
@@liamgallagher406 get financial aid broke boy
The American dteam is more like a nightmare every day!
I agree
When you teach and brainwash our children why should we pay You? When you're teaching about religion, of course you making 25k
ImAwakeRyou ??
ImAwakeRyou How?
Josh Smolander um
This is so sad. I wish I could help
Macy Phan Wish Granted Go donate now. Search google with their names + donate.
Macy Phan this is so sad, alexa play despacito
Same
Can we just take a moment to be grateful for everything we have
They should rent together!
@1GoldRunner yess
I think one teaches in California and the other one in Florida
I realized that people who protect a football get paid more than people who protect our country.
Michael Trovato I mean it’s a different business and do you know how hard it is to go pro
KLAY Wharf do you know how hard it is to not get shot in the head?
Its alot harder to go pro in football than to become a professor
ur dad no one is talking about dodging a bullet football is entertainment and entertainment is a different buisness and then being in the military
KLAY Wharf my point is that going pro is no where near as hard as becoming a soldier
I need a documentary about this, so many unanswered questions!!!😫😫😫
Empress Rosinella *_Be GONE TROLL_*
Exactly... this doesn’t make sense to me
0:36 the emptiness in her voice oml
Dedication
$25,000 a year think about the people that live on disability that barely live off of lil over 8000 a year and they have homes I know a couple of them
Coleen Taylor your point
andrew Rodriguez if you don't understand my point then you need to do some research
Coleen Taylor wow, chill , and no thanks for research, research HA that's hilarious
TR EA *I did not say anything about welfare and food stamps I said disability*
no but you're making the point that they're better off than these teachers even though they're disabled and have a house, foodstamps could well enough play into their overall income so that's a valid argument, so does welfare, and i'm pretty sure there's other systems integrated into the government that financially supports people with certain disabilities, your argument is a little silly, think you should do some research instead of leaving such a stupidly open statement.
This world is backwards. To think someone went to jail and got famous over night for being simply “pretty” in a mugshot is absurd. Now he makes millions.
Fryzzle At least he turned his life around. You have to think about it in a positive way. He could still be out there doing crime and getting arrested but he turned his life around.
BufferingEternallyProductions
The media turned his life around. He even left his wife to be with a billionaire’s daughter. But whatever.
Fryzzle Totally forgot about that part. That's a dick move.
Lowkey hate my city for making his dumbass famous
@@crishernandez5828 yup! The spouse was good when he had nothing, but as soon as he got money he left!
This hurts. It makes me appreciate what I have. The college should have housing for them. This is a true epidemic in California. My prayers go out to them.
A professor earning 25k a year? In San Jose, the minimum wage is 30k a year (assuming $15/hour, 2000 hours).
Yeah, this story is real fishy
Maybe she teaches just one class
It's likely that the SJSU professor is not teaching full-time. It's much more common for adjunct faculty to be assigned less than a full-time teaching load. However, even if she were full-time in the fall and spring semesters, that still leaves two months (summer) where she may not earn a paycheck from SJSU.
OMG EMPIRE STATE BUILDING!!! Hi!!! HOW IS NEW YORK DOING?
its not fair that an athlete who doesnt do as much as any teacher earns millions per year for entertainment but teachers who teach students for an education cant even afford a house. someone start a go fund me for these teachers!!
Topperz This won't ever will happen or happened in my country in saudi Arabia or in the other three arabic gulf countries Qatar UAE and Kuwait one because our culture religion and morals second because she is a woman how dear you not to help her and even spend many of your money on her yes we have the highest payment in the world and most things here is free like electricity water hospitals education universities and studying or treat it out of the country and many other things like the daily payment you gets since you porn and for every family under high payment gets a house here but it is not fear thats the woman here gets everything to her feet but we men don't
Wrong, NFL Players entertain hundreds of millions of people.. College teachers may teach 1,000 people a year.
College football coaches easily earn 1 million per year. A teacher at a college? A fraction of it.
That shows what Americans value more.
moodi a still our footballers or soccerplayers whatever you name it man , they deserve more than our teachers do in Saudie. Sometimes these teachers also have like the womem
In the video a low income
Samuel Nelson And? You're saying that entertainment is more important than education?
Wtf she is a English college professor and why she gets 25k yearly and a high school teacher all of them I know get 50k and up.
PogoLeader true this might be fake
PogoLeader lmao in Canada the national average is 99k
They might just teach 1 class
PogoLeader some teachers at my highschool were making $100k a year
probably some part time lecturer
This breaks my heart. God bless these two wonderful women!!!
I can't believe this and makes me so sad. A big respect for them ❤❤❤
wow all that time and living in a car wow they wasted their lifes for no reason i feel so bad for them jesus
TheTyrranicalT-Rad
He's talking about them wasting their life to get masters degrees (which is the highest degree you can receive before a PHD and doctors degree) and living in a car.
Jesus oh I don't believe him
He's saying it's a waste that sge did all this work to get a degree to be a Professor, and then get screwed over by life. He's not saying that teaching is a waste of time.
pigman 1738 theu should switch to being a janitor. I make more than that as one lol and i dont have to grade papers
Its shameful how college professors and dedicated teachers give so much and dedicate themselves in the educational profession and to be treated as if they never pursued any formal education. Every educational institution should be ashamed....especially top corporate executives with millon dollar salaries.
A lot of elementary school teachers get paid much more then that
this is so sad :( my prayers go out to those women, may God help them through rough times.
I cnat believe they would do anything just so they could help other ppl....Thats my respect. God plz bless these wonderful teachers they deserve a home for what they do
I hope after this, these two dedicated deserving teachers got a home. Somebody tell me that they have a home finally. Please
Oh my God that's so sad how could this be happening it's like super hard for them to live in such bad conditions so I'm sending a prayer for them
Both of them can come stay with me!!!! I feel so bad for teachers. They deserve so much more
That is so messed up why is this happening
sólveig Diðriksdóttir messed
Lol learn how to spell
A autocorrect
B English is messed up
C I am from Iceland
sólveig Diðriksdóttir well sorry
Its in the california bay area where all the rich tech companies have their offices so everyone moves here and has high paying jobs and theres only a limited amount of places to live so it drives up the cost of living so people like this professor and other normal working class get priced out and forced to sleep in their car
Why not move to a more affordable state?
In some states one can find a 4 bedroom HOUSE for a little over a grand a month.
Interesting... 🤔
money has no trouble moving; people do.
L BW they’d lose their job, and it’s extremely difficult to find a job these days.
easy to talk to move.. but without job nowdays especially with their age..
Cece Ruben Considering their degree and want to stay in their profession, transitioning master degree jobs isn't exactly thr easiest thing to do. Yes, they have experience and knowledge, but withouy demand, telling them to secure another job away from their homes is pushing them out of their own security. Not everything is as simple as that.
My❤God! ~IM HUMBLED~ PLEASE DEAR GOD, BLESS THEM.. THEY LOVE TO TEACH!
The first professor teaches at a university that's located in one of the highest cost of living cities in North America. And for whatever reason they can't pay her respectively.
What happens if someone steals their cars.
Aredi Morado than theyre car-homeless
Kyrlics carless
Nichking,/ i thought you said careless
Aredi Morado This won't ever will happen or happened in my country in saudi Arabia or in the other three arabic gulf countries Qatar UAE and Kuwait one because our culture religion and morals second because she is a woman how dear you not to help her and even spend many of your money on her yes we have the highest payment in the world and most things here is free like electricity water hospitals education universities and studying or treat it out of the country and many other things like the daily payment you gets since you porn and for every family under high payment gets a house here but it is not fear thats the woman here gets everything to her feet but we men don't
moodi a what the ... lies!
The college should provide some type of affordable housing for their Professors! This is very heart breaking
that’s dedication 👏❤️
I have the upmost respect for teachers 💯I mean these man in woman know there coming into a field making not a lot in they do it cause they truly love teaching 💯 respect to every professor in teacher out here
It is crazy to me that universities can take so much money from students in this country, yet the teachers can't even get a decent share of that money. The people that shape our country need better.
“all those important papers, yeah they’re under the seat”
good job telling the whole word whereby keep your documents
This is why we need to appreciate our teachers.
Homelessness, something I know to well and is what I'll be in a month.i feel your pain.
At that point just pick up and move to a more affordable state.
Just don't vote like its CA, we don't want to end up like CA.
Students go into debt paying tuition and universities still find a way to underpay their employees
Im so sorry for these women!!!
God Bless Them 🙏
One of my professors wasn’t getting health insurance from the university. She was hard of hearing and couldn’t make an appointment to get a hearing aid. After months of arguing with them, they agreed to give her insurance so she can get it. I just couldn’t believe that they wouldn’t take care of their own
0:38 The shirt she's wearing..PERFECT.
Hope these kids will one day help their teachers out
I value personality more than social status. This teacher is clearly someone amazing.
I hate these types of stories that don’t have a conclusion on why they can’t afford a simple studio... I need more info please???
Good point...because why aren't the other professors homeless too?
Because studios in California cost a ridiculous amount. Depending where you live in San Jose, a studio can almost cost you from $1400 and upwards of $2,000 monthly. That would equal to $16,800-$24,000 a year in rent alone. That doesn’t include utilities, groceries, gas, car insurance or car payments.
25k a year that's it? 2 master degrees? She's teaching our future and deserves better from us. God Bless her!
Praise these two women ♥
Just keep their heads held high and BLESSINGS WILL RAIN DOWN ON THEM TROULBLE AND HARD TIMES DONT LAST FOREVER🙏🙏🙏
This makes me sad 😔
Oh I know how they feel I am with them two degrees and almost homeless
Godbless you im sorry
Props to them getting up each morning showing a smile in there face, be grateful with what we got
This is why teachers need to get more pay
They must really LOVE teaching because I would've gotten another job especially living in California.
DEDICATION LEVEL 💯
This is so crazy! As much as I love the bay area the cost of living is beyond ridiculous. So sad to see this
will y'all ever help them tho???
I'm a San Jose State alumna, so this hit especially hard. Back when I was in college, I knew the faculty were horribly underpaid and wondered how some of them made ends meet. Given what she makes, I suspect Ellen James-Penney is "part-time," which is the school's way of avoiding paying a living wage.
You know what? Good for both of them. 👍🏻
This is really sad I feel bad for the people who have to go though This
Awww that so sad
We live in a broken system. Sad to see this
well done America your a class act
We will all hope they will have happy life in the future
That's sad they must be hard working dedicated people and get treated like this?? I hope they get a home soon
This just shows that teachers don’t get enough money. 😭
Changes tune of yes every time
Being a teacher is a very hard but noble job. Yet, they get paid almost nothing. Respect to all teachers out there.
Something doesn’t make sense here, I have friends here in California, who teach 2nd grade and make 60k a a year, no masters, how Is this college professor only making 25k?
I agree. Doesnt make sense.
The teachers here make 30k so I guess it depends on the school.
San Jose State University is like 10 min away from my house 💀
Give theses wonderful women a raise
I just don't know where to begin with... This is so depressing 😪😞😰
Wtf? I thought college professors made way more money.
4 and I'm one of them
Ur a little girl
HA you’re like 12 years old.
They deserve better
I feel so bad for them
Meet a carless student who lives in his home
Hey look on the bright side. U don’t have to pay for house bills.
RagnaGamez but you pay car bills :P
That's the point..
Andkirby 25k a year :P
hahah
At least they still have a happy smile
So sad so sorry.
u don't need a house get a 1 bedroom apartment thats it