Skid Row

Last night I went to bible study and during our lesson my teacher started talking about a show called Secret Millionaire. He told us how he was watching an episode about a man that went to skid row in California and pretended that he was a homeless man in order to help the people that lived in that area. While I was in class I began to make a connection between the homeless people in Camden that live in the “Tent Village” and the people that live on Skid Row. I thought about the government and how they have had the perfect opportunity to help these people but don’t. It’s gotten so bad that the deprived areas are beginning to get nick names and attention from the media. Clearly, there is not enough being done to help these people because I’ve known about the Tent Village for quite some time now, I can only imagine how long Skid Row has been around. I believe that the system is way more concerned collecting money from people instead of using that money to help improve the U.S. I hope that more can be done to enable these people to bounce back from the position that they are in.

Mingling With Moreland #8

During my weekly meeting with my mentor, Mr. Moreland, we talked about my presentation and some problems that I am having while trying to balance my school work and other activities that I have outside of school. I told Mr. Moreland how I was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed because all of my school work plus the other frustrations of senior year are starting to build up. I explained to him how there is a lot going on right now between the school work, prom, senior trip, and starting to prepare myself for college I am beginning to become a little stressed out. Mr. Moreland suggested that try to think of the most important things and allow the other things fall into place. He said that I have to come up with a routine that is efficient because I am going to have to learn how to balance everything in college so learning a system now will give me a head start. Mr. Moreland and I also discussed the different supplies that I need for my presentation and my next visit with my sponsor to the Garden Project.

Field Trip #8

During my weekly meeting with my sponsor, Mrs. Hilinski, we discussed what we needed to do in order to prepare me for my presentation and the next time that we would be visiting the Garden Project. We also talked about the hostility that’s been in the air due to the fact that spring break isn’t approaching fast enough. We both agree that everyone is a bit off edge because we are sick of looking at the same people. To be quite honest, I am counting down the days for graduation let alone spring break. Mrs. Hilinski believes that both the students and staff have had enough of one another. I tacitly agreed and began to discuss the different ideas that I had for my project. For example, this weekend I plan on getting some materials for my presentation and I also plan on receiving the answers to the interview questions with Mrs. Pricilla. Mrs. Hilinski said that she would also be on the look-out for the materials and if I had any questions I should simply send her an email. We ended our meeting with a couple jokes and came up with a day that we would be attending the Garden Project.

Mingling With Moreland #7

During my weekly meeting with my mentor, Mr. Moreland, we talked about my interview questions that I emailed to Mrs. Pricilla, the founder of the Garden Project. We also discussed him commenting on my blog entries so that I could get as much credit as possible for my blogs. Mr. Moreland said that he was definitely going to start commenting on my blogs and that he was glad that I emailed my interview questions to Mrs. Pricilla. As of now, I am waiting for Mrs. Pricilla to email me back with her answers to the questions and hopefully she has some questions to ask me in return. I believe that my project is coming along better than I expected simply because I thought that I would have a harder time obtaining legitimate information. I think that I am going to have all of the scoop that I need in order to complete my paper and enlighten my audience about social work and horticultural therapy.

Anthony Wellington

While I was visiting my sponsor on Monday, the entire Senior Project Class was having somewhat a mini life session with an artist named Anthony Wellington. Although I missed this honor, I was told some inspiring information about Mr. Wellington and his beliefs. For example, Ms. Money told me about his theory of passion and his definition of it. Mr. Wellington said that if God were to come down and tell you that you would not get paid for your job, the urge to still do it without pay somewhat classifies as passion. I found this to be something that can be proven true simply because some people only do their job to get a pay check at the end of the week. But, if someone can do a job and not worry about the pay I can tell that they truly love and have a passion for their work. A person that I thought of when I heard this was Mrs. Pricilla, the founder of the Garden Project. I know that the Garden Project is a program funded by donations and money out of Mrs. Pricilla’s pocket. I’m sure that Mrs. Pricilla doesn’t look for a material compensation for helping the women at the Garden Project but, a spiritual one instead. I believe that Mr. Wellington’s life lesson and Mrs. Pricilla’s actual life style relate in more ways than one.  

Stockton

On Sunday, March 27th, I will be visiting the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Ever since I found out that I was accepted into Stockton, I’ve been anxious to visit and see what my life will be like once I actually attend. I’ve heard a lot of talk about Stockton some of the information being good, bad, false, and true. But, I believe that the only person that will be able to determine my opinion about Stockton would indeed be me. I feel that once I go to Stockton on Sunday sit in the classes and have a little tutorial in the life as a college student, I will be able to make my own conclusion about the school. I highly recommend that any students in our Senior Project Class and or any graduating high school senior visit a school before they decide that it is the school for them. My biggest while on my little journey would be attending a school that I simply do not like. I believe that Stockton is definitely my number one school but, I feel that once I visit and experience a little of what I will go through every day I will be able to make that very first down payment with ease. 

"Field Trip" #7

During my weekly “field trip” with my sponsor, Mrs. Hilinski, we discussed the different aspects of my project and the topic for my research paper. Mrs. Hilinski came up with a couple of ideas for my presentation and for my paper for example, she wanted to know if I wanted to make April my last visit to the Garden Project. I explained to her how I wanted to continue visiting the Garden Project simply because I will have more information for my presentation at the end of the year. I believe that visiting that Garden Project will enable me to obtain as much information as possible for my presentation and for my research paper as well. Although my paper will be done before my final visit to the Garden Project, I think that my continuing my visit to the program will allow me to have a better understanding of social work and horticultural therapy.