“Scratch Beginnings” is the story of recent college graduate Adam Shepard, and his journey to prove “Nickel and Dimed” wrong; you don’t need much to make it in America, you just have to work hard. For his experiment, Shepard relocated to a city he has no knowledge of and tried to work his way out of homelessness with only $25 and a sleeping bag. He could not use his education or prior business contacts to acquire a job. For the majority of his experiment, he resided in a homeless shelter and worked miscellaneous hard labor jobs and slowly saved up his money. While in the shelter, he met a myriad of men that have had many hardships in life. From addiction, to mental illness, to being kicked out by an ex-wife, twice, many men in the shelter seem
