Reflection Paper

In my early years, I hadn't given much thought to the depth of this city, only knowing bits and pieces of the puzzle that I was trying to put together in my head. However, as the years went by, I grew accustomed to the city, its people, and its ways. This city influenced and shaped my persona into the individual I am today. This city taught me a great deal of what

There are multiple reasons I am where I am today and why I’m going where I’m going. I have struggled in school ever since I can remember but without the people that I have had in my life I wouldn’t where I am today. But as I will talk about the teacher have played a huge role in the reason I am able to be where I am today.

In the summer of 2017, I had visited Wilkes-Barre, Arcadia University, Temple University. Wilkes-Barre and Temple had the urban atmosphere that I craved for college. Living in York, where there is farm down the street from my house, I needed to experience fast pace, never sleeping aspect of the city. With this in mind, it disappointed me how much neither Temple nor Wilkes awed me. I could see myself going there, but I could also see myself not. Another impediment was that it is only one hour away from my parents.

America, in the early colonial years, was mostly country. Multitudes of people lived on farms, and few towns existed. As time has passed, America has innovated, and now millions of prodigious cities overpower the dwindling areas of the country. Because of the numerous towns, rarely any Americans have experienced the modest country life. Some individuals believe that the city is superior to the nation only by considering the conveniences that the city possesses. However, nearly all Americans have yet to realize the specialness of this country. It is an improved place to live in the city because it is peaceful, self sufficient, and beautiful.

The city is a nexus of social interaction. Humans originating from various locations all tangle together in the city. Louis Mumford characterizes the city as “a theater of social action,” where “man's more purposive activities are focused and work out…into more significant culminations.” The social actions occurring in a city connect and gradually culminate into a something that contributes to the fabric of the city. The interactions between people are no longer discrete events in isolation. Instead they come together to contribute something to the city, whether in the form of politics, architecture, or entertainment. The city provides a theater or playground for social action, and subsequently becomes a stage where the results of the social actions can be clearly viewed.

I am beyond excited to participate in the Semester in the City Program. I like to learn about theories, history, etc. in a classroom setting, but more importantly, I love hands-on learning. The Semester in the City program provides opportunities for their incoming students to pair up with an organization/agency that addresses a social issue that the student is passionate about and allows them to develop the skills that they want to accomplish. I am interested in learning how an area that is becoming an urban area affects the local economy and education, while considering how the local economy and education system affects the urbanization process. A community plays an important role in creating resilient kids, so I think it is important to learn

Welcome to the City of Brotherly love, better known as Philadelphia, one of the most well known cities in all of the United States. Philadelphia is a melting pot bursting with endless opportunities and experiences for people of all ages. Although this is a city where many individuals come to create new beginnings, how do they accomplish this if they do not feel comfortable with their surroundings? Jane Jacobs, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, really focuses on the idea, that today, sidewalks and streets serve more of a purpose than what we believe.

Chapter 1 of experiencing cities was all about the foundations of the constantly growing metropolitan city. It includes everything from facts about how fast our cities are growing to city as a state of mind. But the section that intrigued me the most was “symbolic interactionism and the study of city life.” symbolic interactivity means that people are the ones who play an active role in their environment. In other words the area you live in is going to be determined by the way you interact with others and how you live your life. This idea was not one that shocked me but allowed me to grasp a greater understanding as to why different cities are the way they are. For example, i’m from a small town in California with little to no crime. It is a pretty affluent area and people are pretty friendly. However you drive about 30 miles and you are now in one of the most dangerous cities in america, Oakland California. Here deadly shootings are a regular basis along with many other crimes. The citizens of these towns are usually right at the or below the poverty line. So to introduce this theory to me gives me a greater understanding as to why certain cities are dangerous and some aren’t. It simply

The city that I came from has more than 4.9 millions population. It’s been a while for me to adjusted into this small town with 10,000 people. Through the two years of American high school experience, I realized that I’m a city person and the city is where I belong to. It is harsh for someone who grow up in city all the sudden there are no noise, no traffic, not even people on the street. I felt disconnected with the living world. Back to my city, while I handed my egg pancake to an old cripple man who’s looking for something to eat from the trash can on the street, he can’t stopped saying thank you. So did I. How lucky am I on the way to my future.

However, some people were content in their small town life, but others were rushing to be a part of big city growth. In the beginning of this massive growth, Wiebe describes the influx as uneducated, jobless, homeless, lonely people. Community leaders, described as an “unwieldy council, mirroring a fragmented and confused city” (13). At this

On September 24, 2017, I attended the Hofstra University Open House. One of the first things I noticed when I entered Hempstead the day before was how it reminded me of where I live back home in Boston. Just outside of New York City, it had the busyness I was used to and the vast opportunities of a city. My parents have always said that I am a “city kid” because I am always so excited to explore them and I feel so at home in them. Attending Hofstra would allow me to be in a completely new area while still being comfortable with discovering new museums, restaurants, and people.

My associates and I lived in one expanse where we could simply saunter to each other’s house. Malls, theaters, and restaurants encircled us; everything was neighboring each other. Traveling from one place to another was easy because of the short distances and different means of transportation such as riding metropolitan trains or walking. Although the city had its advantages, it also had its detriments to people’s lives; the city was a precarious place! Living in the city, I was relentlessly hearing about deaths and delinquencies. Growing up in the city, I was petrified for my family and uncertain about their welfare.

For years, urban universities of various types have struggled with their environment—be it because of internal tensions such as growing enrollments, or external pressures such as competition for land and the demand for balancing renewal and conservation (Klotsche, 1966; Perry and Wiewel, 2005). As a product of the evolution of metropolis, the urban university has long been considered an important part of the urban process, having to utilize “its resources to influence the character of urban life” (Klotsche, 1966, p. 22). In this arena, publically supported urban universities

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

In my past years of education I have been involved in many classes, but I had never taken a summer class until this semester in college. In elementary school, middle, and high school, I did not take summer school either. This semester in college, it was necessary for me to catch up on my studies and attend this English class as a requirement for other classes that I also intend to take, therefore I decided to enroll in a summer class to help me catch up with the mandatory classes for my nursing degree. I have been lucky to have chosen a great class with a very helpful teacher who has taught me so much. In this course we wrote four major essays, a narrative, an argument, a report essay and an analysis. I learned many things from the essays