International Contacts

Establishing Professional Contact

Jamaica and Australia

Hi Everyone,
This has really been a trying week for me. This is my 4th class here with Walden evrything has changed and I guess is sort of caught me off guard. Still not to sure that I am on the right track but I am going to hang in there. I chose the country Jamaica because I have had the opportunity to visit Falmouth and Trelawney Jamaica. While in Jamaica I also was able to visit their elementary school. I was fascinated with the uniforms that all the children wore and how much they valued education. Here in the United States our children sit down in air conditioned rooms and eat in nice cafeterias. In Jamaica there are no air conditioners and no cafeterias atleast not at the school I visited. Our children are bused or transported short distances to school in Jamaica I saw children walking for long distances.  I chose Australia because I want to learn more about their country. I did make an attempt to e-mail with no success through the UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html. My plans are to try again before I chose to take the alternative route

Harlem Children’s Zone

The organization that I will explore is Harlem Children’s Zone. From the age 12 years old to 18 years old I spent almost every weekend on 125^th in Harlem New York. As a child growing up I looked forward to going into New York City everyweekend. I was raised on Long Island nothing like the city. I remember seeing children jumping double dutch for countless hours, playing handball off the wall of a building, jumping hop scotch, watching a parade, looking at all the bright lights, passing the Appollo, eating hot dogs from the hot dog stand, waiting for the Good Humor ice cream truck to come by, getting wet playing in the Johnny Pump(fire hydrant), having fun at the partk, and eating the best pizza I have ever had. I can't leave out the homeless sleeping on the street, and those that are hungry looking in trash cans for food. There was violence, stealing,vandelism, old abandon building lots and lots of yellow cab drivers. As a child growing up in Harlem I loved it.

 

Harlem Children's Zone
http://www.hcz.org/
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