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An average meal from temple x. works on incorporating a balanced diet of fruits, vegetable and protein.

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Red line

At the start of the red line, it was mainly nice two story houses with lots of greenery in the surrounding areas. It was slightly suburban and each house was built with nice brick and large windows in varying styles such as victorian and tudor.

The strip malls varied too as one had a German style to it while the next one, just a block down, was red brick and tan signs. A Lot of the parking lots outside of these places and areas surrounding a Panera had nice suvs and bigger cars such as crvs.

Another thing I took instant notice of was the gas. At the start, the gas at a Mobil was $5.29/g and then a few minutes later, gas was $4.67/g at Exxon. About ten to twenty minutes later the gas was $4.75 at Sundco. This was an interesting development because one may think that gas would be more expensive the closer one was to the city, but it was almost the opposite. That might have to do with the change in area and how the switch from suburban homes to townhomes almost discouraged car ownership with the narrower roads. In addition to that, the further down the red line we went, the more people there were who got on the bus.

(Going back to just after the Suburban houses ended, there was an increased prevalence of old red brick townhouses. Interestingly enough, more trash, like paper, empty bottles, and random empty plastic bags, started to line the sidewalks. This uptick in trash started about a block before the Huber Memorial Church.

One red building stood out in particular as it had this large and ornate mural on two sides of it. The mural was a street block and each building was a different and vibrant color. One house was purple and had a man riding a horse in front of it. Another was pink with an old Victorian building. My favorite one was yellow and green depicting a school bus heading into the city.

Not far from the mural was York club tarven. BAsed on the black tarp that was covering up the windows, the tavern was either going out of business or just opening up.

In stark comparison to the suburbia and the vast amount of trees and green lawns, from earlier, there were suddenly rows of old townhouses that were starting to wear down under invasive vines. There was also an obvious decrease in greenery. There was even a beat up white pickup truck that was heavily rusted off to the side.

Mixed in with the homes were random churches that seemed to pop up on every block. Most were weathered down with old red brick and overtaken by vines. These churches were a stark comparison to the ones toward the beginning of the line.

There was an uptick of construction as well on sidewalks and parts of the road.

The further we went down the line, the more the bus filled up. Even though this did not occur outside of the bus, inside, there was a man who helped an elederly lady who was short of some change for the bus. This moment really resonated with me because it just goes to show how the Baltimore community looks out for each other.

Lots of graffiti on two abandoned red brick buildings

Next to a fuel gas station there is a mural of a mother reading her two children a book and of other kids playing around a playground. Not even a few blocks down from that, there was another beautiful mural of multiple women; painted with beautiful smiles and vibrant colors.

On a window there is a chalk line work that says black trans lives matter with outlines of people cheering.

Blue paint is peeling off of a few buildings exposing the red brick underneath.

A cute little playground but no children in sight and only older men were there smoking on the benches.

A nice gothic church. St Ann’s Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Churches tend to seem better funded and looked after compared to others.

The road starts to narrow.

A large graveyard with brick walls along the perimeter.

Then there is a pink mural with flowers that is currently being painted by some teens.

Bottles and abandoned trash were lining the chain linked fences.

Wider sidewalks and more modern and nicer buildings

Taller buildings like mini skyscrapers with lots of glass became prevalent and the roads also got wider with more lanes

Well looked after areas as there was even a man who looks to be working for the medical center was on the side off the road cleaning up trash with a broom and dust plan

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On the way back, there were lots of nice buildings.

Also a lot of greenery despite the clustered, but nice buildings around. The buildings were all well kept and had Victorian themes with other unique characteristics that made each stand out for a different reason.

Some construction is in the works to build another skyscraper.

Marathon gas is 4.65.

Streets getting narrower and skyscrapers are long gone

Lots of hair salons and townhouses start to show up.

More trees and its suddenly suburbia again with nicely kept grass.

Lots of people were out walking in comparison to the red line down.

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Codebook

Balance - A great many struggled with trying to balance a heavy workload or juggle work and multiple classes

“Balancing well social life in school life is in the same place and I didn't really allow myself a lot of off time so like I would be done with school and immediately go back into social and back and forth and I didn't spend enough time alone” - (Melanie)

“I had two part time jobs and six classes and that was just too much for me and I had to step back and realize that I had to work on my time management and uh work on balancing my life out between academic, social life and my personal life.” - (Jay)

“Yes I don't procrastinate anymore…  Time management is very important to me.” - (Leo)

“And so it was trying to find that balance between commuting and my school life and trying to. Time manage my, um, assignments from all six of my classes. Thankfully, I was able to do it, but I wouldn't have recommended by doing that, especially your first year.” - (Tai)

Finding peace in Solitude - people were learning how to be okay with themselves and also how to be an independent person

“ And... I... accepted more so that I'm not much of a friend groups kind of person... um... and that it's okay to be alone sometimes.” - (jordan)

“I'm able now to go to things by myself more because I was pretty scared about doing that and I'm more…i'm able to…I can better advocate for myself, that's how I feel like I've changed the most, like I feel like I'm more outspoken, i can say like no I want to do this or i don't want to do that rather than just going with the flow” - (Raven)

“I think I’ve gotten much more independent” - (Melanie)

“I do it's a way of life and I feel like showing other people that I’m not afraid of what others think, I only care about what one person thinks.” - (Leo)

“I am always going to be African. And even changing my accent at this point isn't even going to change that I am African. I had to learn to love myself. That really helped me in college.” - (Darrel)

“like I had to make it OK to be alone. It was like an internal thing. I would see everyone with their friend group and I had to make it okay that I was alone.” - (Samuel)

“Yeah. I felt like I've become a lot more independent because I was like on campus by myself… I feel like once I got here, I was able to like believe, settle into my own individuality.” - (Patience)

“i've learned so much you know like i've learned my self-worth i didn't believe that i could be a smart student like i didn't believe i could get like all a's i didn't think it was possible i thought it was too difficult but then i realized like you know i really can” - (Dami)

Friendship expectation - finding the right friends was difficult and not as easy as some thought

“I thought it was gonna be like that click, i was gonna find those people immediately” - (Raven)

“I had a harder time making friends. first semester… I was so lonely in the first semester.” - (Rosa)

“I kind of... I think I thought that I would find my crowd faster than I did or I'd be okay with not having a crowd, but I did struggle a little bit with that” - (Jo)

“ I didn't struggle with making friends in high school much. I kind of, it was  easier I guess, but here it was a lot tougher because I feel like people already formed their little clicks from like just from the group from the get go and I was like ah this is a little different.” - (Leo)

Change - A job or change in mindset prompted change

“I guess one of the biggest things that prompted the change, was i got a job…t made me push myself out of my comfort zone” - (Raven)

“ I've changed my goals... a lot. I came in... um... wanting to be a very different person than I was. Like, for -- for all of high school, I wanted to go military” - (Jordan)

History can always teach one a lesson - most classes that were history related tended to have a stronger impact for people rather than their other ones

“Introduction to Human Rights. It is... the most impactful class I've ever taken…and it... it showed me... a side of history that I didn't know was there, um... you know the whole thing about like Critical Race theory?” -  (Jo)

“My class was about like the Chinese...The Great Famine. I just never really like knew about that” - (Samuel)

“I took a class about the supreme court last semester and i think it's definitely changed my perspective about the court works and how the constitution is really vague.” - (Melanie)

“it’s all hundreds and thousands of thousands of years ago but um toward the end of it one of the last things that we did is we talked about how all of this is affecting us today and about how that the butterfly effect from ancient Greece to modern-day like nazism and racism and classism in general” - (Mac)

“so I knew but i never really knew like  how like racist and kind of like divided the school system really is in terms of like yeah brown versus board of education was passed but we still had segregated neighborhoods…It changed my perspective on the school system and like the flaws and how it made me think about how can i fix this like or not just me” - (Raven)

“It talked about immigration itself and the problems, not only within migrants trying to migrate to America, but, um, the structural violence and then politics within the border, um, border patrol. And so after reading that, it, it really enhanced my perception, not only immigration. Uh, globally too, because it's happening other places” - Tai

The importance of a group or Club - Finding a club became an outlet to find friends and feeling connected with others

“I started making friends was less because of classes but more because i joined… i’m a nerd… i joined the dungeons and dragons club” - (Rosa)

“the first time I ever stepped out of the box and joined a club, especially a sports club, since I'm more of a performing arts…it's just so much fun. And I signed up on the same day ever since everything else was history. And I still talk to everybody that day.” - (tai)

“I told myself i was gonna make the most of my situation so when i got here i put myself out there in every way i applied for thankfuls accepted into the freshman council then i ran for vice president and that worked out for me and also later did badminton club” - (Dami)

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Fieldnotes

I only saw a camera on a dental building

There aren’t really any mailboxes. They’re all attached next to the front door

Lawns were manicured

Some houses were abandoned with boarded up windows

The background music is just the right volume bc it really adds a calming presence

The app wouldn’t always tell you when to move onto the next location. The first and shorter tour didn’t have that. But the sound was a little jarring sometimes bc it was loud

Met a nice man who we told about temple x and he wants to donate and help in any way

Encouraging to see how the community really wanted to give back and help out in any way

App Feedback

It would be nice if there was a transcript option for people with impairment issues or those who forgot headphones

a lot of the locations they told us to look for, through the Audio, you couldn’t find it. Such as the lake or a mosque

The longer the routes are, people could still be talking and you could walk along. Like from point 4 to point 5, there is a large gap of silence

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Going to temple x consistently for a little more than a week has shown me the disparities found in the reading levels of kids in same age groups.

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Initial questions (7/20) concerning the literacy group

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Initial questions (7/20) concerning the literacy group

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1. Concerned about coming in with a curriculum when we will be working with an already established project of Temple X or are we coming up with our own curriculum?

2. Since there are different age groups, what levels of literacy are each of the kids at?

3. Background checks? Time? Cost? Necessity?

4. We need to go to Temple X to connect with the volunteer whos in charge of literacy and see how we can be of the most help

1. Tomorrow from 0930-1130?

2. Who is the volunteer person?

1. Lisa Smith???

2. Can we get her contact information?

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Initial plan before first visit for temple X

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Initial plan before first visit for temple X

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Further Notes:

Talk to teachers at Temple X tomorrow - find out if there's anything to help with concerned education aspect in general

Try to have a conversation with Terris about getting his contact information & his goals for us

Sit in on a class

Plan ahead if necessary

Talk with teachers about what already exists and try to come up with improvements.

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Know how to read, poor comprehension

Don’t understand suffixes, know how to read word endings and tenses but don’t know the difference

Vocabulary

Boredom told to reread same book (3C)

The children are more emotional and clingy as they feed off the attention from the middle schoolers and adults

The children struggle with rules and conformity (i.e cleaning up after themselves)

Walked vs walk

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The park was a beautiful place with lots of bio diversity. There was even what looked like a tide pool at the very end. Lots of things to take note of such as the large rock formations, the small rivers that ran through and the windy terrain. Towards the end, the path narrowed considerably. It made it difficult to navigate through, especially with large poison ivy plants.

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ideas for Temple X to incorporate more technology in their lessons

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ideas for Temple X to incorporate more technology in their lessons

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Online websites/games that teach children while also entertaining them & keeping them engaged

One study showed that kids who played video games, or online games in general, exercised the part of the brain needed for quick and efficient reading more

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-video-games-skills.html#:~:text=The%20study%20determined%20that%20exposure,for%20quick%20and%20efficient%20reading.

Using games in teaching kids can help increase participation, foster social interaction/emotional learning, and motivate students to take risks.

It also keeps them from getting bored with reading & rereading the same books over and over again

Introduces a new way for students to interact with what they are reading

Websites to Use (all free to use):

PBS Kids: https://pbskids.org/games/reading/

Education.com: https://www.education.com/games/preschool/ela/

Teach Your Monster: https://www.teachyourmonster.org/

Teachers can make a classroom for their students to join/track their progress

Or students/parents can make their own account at home

ABCya (pre-k to 6th grade): https://www.abcya.com/

Starfall.com: https://www.starfall.com/h/

Can be used for reading or math learning - covers many age groups and reading levels