Over these first two weeks in the program I have been experiencing many different people, ideas, and information. The first week we began by meeting the new people within our group. My group includes three girls including myself and five males. Our mentor is Samantha Brown a temple student inspiring to become a Pharmacist. So far we have been studying the Ben Franklin Parkway and the history of it. We took a trip to the Parkway on Monday where we learned about the parks and statues on the Parkway. Some of our stops included Love Park, a mosaic map of the Parkway from the 1800’s, Logan Square, and lastly the Art Museum. One last thing we did over these few weeks is we watched a video on how Philadelphia is trying to go green. We learned about different ways that different neighborhoods have helped in accomplishing this goal. So far this has been a learning experience and over the next weeks I hope to learn more within both my group and the program.
- Imani Ferguson
Over the past two weeks I have enhanced my knowledge about my city, Philadelphia. I have lived in the city of Philadelphia all of my life and it is embarrassing to admit that I have never taken time out to appreciate and admire the history that is present in my backyard. Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a prime factor in what makes Philadelphia so beautiful. The Benjamin Franklin Parkway was formed in 1917 and over the years with the help of the creative minds of designers such as Paul Cret and Jacques Greber historical monuments. Also, statues like the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Free Library of Philadelphia were born. In addition, in the last two weeks I have learned the process and planning that goes into creating murals. I never knew that so much time and effort goes into choosing the right wall to place the art and I was really surprised to learn that the community plays such a vital role in the development of the mural. Murals are not created just to beautify the neighborhood, but they are meant to tell a story and bring to light the visions and hopes of the community. I look forward to learning more as this program continues.
- Jessica Dixon
In the first two weeks that I have been here I have learned a few things.One of the first things that i learned was the year in which the Benjamin Franklin parkway was built, and that is 1917.I also learned that Logan’s square witch is on the parkway used to be an execution site. I was able to see a numerous amount of statues as we walked along the parkway and I was able to read facts about them. This experience has shown me that our city holds a lot of history under its belt. I also viewed a video about how many people use face book and different chatting websites.
- Dishaun Crawford
What I have learned in the past 2 week while working is that we do research on different parks before we visit them. Also when we visit the parks we look for the problems in the park so we could probably fix them. Another thing that we do is when we go to the parks we check the water to make sure its safe to drink. So, this is some of the stuff I have learned while working here in the past 2 weeks.
- Tykeim Fisher
Over the last two weeks i have learned a numerous amount of new things. For example, when we took our walk on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, I found out that Logan Square was once an execution site. I also learned about the mosaic map of Philadelphia. The mosaic map only shows the features of Philadelphia that have a historical background or meaning. The parkway has also changed its appearance over time and was not always as appealing to the eyes as we see it today. Outside of the Benjamin Franklin parkway I learned about the social media network. Examples of social media networks are facebook, myspace, twitter, and any other way to communicate with others through the world wide web. Without the social media network, our lives would be a lot more different from what they are today and might not be as successful.
- Devin Edwards
During the last two weeks I learned a lot of Philadelphia history and how it is good to know the history of the city you live in. Until recently, I didn't know that the parkway was first designed in 1917. So the parkway been around for a long time and is in good shape. And I learned about the statues in the area of the Parkway and we talked about the people that were important to the city. For example, the Rocky statue or the Benjamin Franklin statue. And the presentation we had on how the social media talked about how the internet is used in a lot of ways by checking the weather and how 8 out of ten couples today meet online. And how there are so many people that have a facebook account that if it was a country it would be the thired largest country. And how you can make money on wikipedia, and also how youtube is a large search engine.
- Michael Dorsey
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