HSOF Walking Tour – Day 2: High School of the Future
• Roles
 Group Leader – Records findings, keeps everyone on task, makes sure that the work is completed - Anderson
 Photographer – uses the camera to take pictures and record visuals of findings -Saadiq
 Time keeper – manages the time of the group - Urie
 2 Primary Researchers – responsible for conducting the interviews, making sure that when others are asking questions that they are appropriate questions –Terone & Deanna
 1 Data Cruncher – will be responsible for putting together found information and relaying it to the class – Anderson

• Start at either the Cyber Patio behind the food court, or the front of the building – the educators will assign you a starting location.

 Cyber Patio:
o Have everyone in the group take a deep breath of fresh air – ask them to describe what the air feels like. Record the observations of at least three learners.

 Learner # 1 – Taste bad

 Learner # 2 – it stinks

 Learner # 3 - refreshed


o What do you see back here? Take 4 pictures of the view of the “outside” world from where you are standing – and describe the view below.
 View - Quiet serene landscape, few cars passing by

o What do you hear here? Describe below three DIFFERENT sounds you hear (do not include other learners talking).
 Sound # 1- leaves rustling
 Sound # 2 – cars
 Sound # 3 - air conditiioners

o Step back and take a look at the shape of the HSOF building back here. What shapes do you see (does it look more like a circle, a rectangle, a square, a triangle)? Does it look like one shape, or many? Record all the shapes the learners in your group point out and take a picture of as many of them as you can.
 Shapes: Rectangle, circle, oval, diamond
o Go up close to the building. What materials does it look like were used? Touch the different construction materials, and take photographs of the different textures that you find.
 Textures - rough bricks, sleek glass, cool steel

 Front of the building: Find a spot on the school grounds near Girard Ave – but do NOT leave the school grounds.

o Have everyone in the group take a deep breath of fresh air – ask them to describe what the air feels like here. Record the observations of at least three learners.

 Learner # 1 – Good

 Learner # 2 – feel cool

 Learner # 3 - smells like air freshener

 Leaner # 4- Feels refreshing, semi polluted


o What do you see back here? Take a picture of the view of the “outside” world from here – and describe the view below.
 View - It’s very busy, people all trying to get to place some important and some just for entertainment.

o What do you hear here? Describe below three DIFFERENT sounds you hear (do not include other learners talking).
 Sound # 1- cars horns
 Sound # 2 – leaves rustling
 Sound # 3 –trolley

o Look across the street – what sorts of building materials were used to construct the buildings across the street? Record your observations below – and take at least 3 different pictures (max 5) of three different textures you observe. Describe them below:
 Texture # 1 – bricks
 Texture # 2 – wood
 Texture # 3 – cement

 Inside the building: Communicate with the School Police

o School Police – Ask a police officer to describe the community of HSOF – ask them about the atmosphere of the school, how do they view the community of HSOF learners, and how do they describe the community we are located in.
 Atmosphere of the School - Very calm atmosphere with students eager to learn

 View of the community of HSOF learners - very enthusiastic young people, students eager to learn

 Community we are located in – Family oriented and waiting for change for the better



We dont have any picyures becaues we never got to upload them and Ms. A took the cameras to upload and distribute to the class

1. Identify your community location. (Streets, shops , houses, structure of house, who/how many people live there, how many rooms does your home have, do you share your room with a sibling etc). How do they this impacted your life and identity?
There are many people who live in my community. There are also a variety of shops that range from selling food the hardware supplies. I have about five or six room in my home and I do have to share my room with a sibling, I think this has had a reverse effect on me since I think that sharing a room with a sibling would make you more open.

2. Identify five houses to your left, right, and in front of you. Find their architectural patterns, history and trace how many generations of the same family lived there?
Most of the homes surrounding mine have the same architectural patterns since they were all built by the same person. Most of the homes have had only one generation lives in that same house.

3. How many of the families living their nuclear families, single parent family? Has a parent ever been incarcerated; is a drug user; is in rehabilitation?
None of the families living on my block are nuclear families, and I think there are about two families that have only one parent running them.

4. What kind of work do the parents do? What is the average income? Is the money is sufficient to serve your needs?
My mother is an accountant for the City and my Father is a track engineer for Amtrak. I think their total average income is around 100k but I am not really sure. I think it is enough to serve my needs I mean I’m never hungry or cold.

5. is your neighborhood residential or commercial?
My neighborhood is residential

6. What are the nearest hospital, park, drug store, grocery store and school to your community?
The nearest park is Fairmont Park. The closest rug store is a Rite Aid. The closes grocery store I guess is an Acme. The closes schools are Beeber, Gompers, and The Laboratory Charter School of Communications and Languages

7. Who is your Congressman from your area? How often do you or your community get to see him? How much time does he spend with the community? I don’t know who the congressmen for my area is, which probably shows that he or she never really visits my community.

8. Has some state and federal grant been given to your community and how have they been utilized? Is your neighborhood peaceful and quiet? Have any gang related wars erupted in your hood? How have you dealt with violence and bloodshed? Has someone counseled you at such times? If yes, how did it help you? If not, what were the repercussions on your identity and that of your family?
I don’t think any state or federal grants have been given to my community. My neighborhood is relatively quiet and peaceful, I mean it has its bad days, but there aren’t that many of those.

9. What sort of intervention has been provided to your community to make a positive difference?
The stop the violence mach has happened in my community

10. Would you want to continue living in your community even after reaching your goal of success in life? What would the driving force behind your decision be? If you moved out, what would be the motive behind your decision? Do you feel any sense of responsibility towards your community? If yes, what would you personally do to bring about changes (if needed)?
I don’t know…I mean I like it here but If it gets bad I could see myself moving somewhere else after reaching my goals of success in life.

1.What are your ambitions in life?

2.Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

3.Who influences you the most and why?

4.What is your greatest flaw and Why?

5.What is your greatest strength and why?

6.What is life for you like?

Oaxaca is the fifth-largest state in Mexico and is bordered by the states of Puebla and Veracruz ,Guerrero , Chiapas and by the Pacific Ocean. It also represents the mexico as a whole through its landscape that extends from the mountans to the coast.
The both my and the community of Oaxaca are the same because they have diverse backgrounds. Also both communities both believe in some kind of higher power.
The communities are different because in the community of Oaxaca they farm to provide for them selves for example coffee. But in my community people open up business that sell food or household products.
The most interesting thing I have learned about the community of Oaxaca is How they make hand made crafts to sell to the tourist. This is the mosst interesting thing to me because it shows that they use their skills , skills that where used in their past to provide entertainment or clothing to provide for them selves now.

9/11 impacted me in my thinking and the way I was living my life. After 9/11 I realized how tomorrow isn't promised for any of us and how our life could end with a blink of an eye.
It impacted my thinking through the way I think of others,like its not what they look like or where on the outside but its whats on the inside and what they do that defines them. I replied to Shannon's post.