Dreams & Hopes

Last Friday, we took our kids on a community walk field trip. We walked from school to a near by park. On the way, students used our digital cameras to capture meaningful and important spots in their neighborhood. Half way in the trip, we came upon an empty and seemingly abandoned lot. We asked the students, what would they like to put in this space if they can put anything in there.

And here are some of their answers,
















Jonathan: "We should move our school here."
Me: "But you already have a school."
Jonathan: "But we can have a bigger school. We can put the science building here (pointing to the left of the lot where some abandoned looking cargo containers were), and have more classrooms here (pointing to the empty space to the left near the trees), and a playground here, (pointing to the middle section)."

Juan Carlos: "We should put a park here with play grounds and a soccer field."

Alexa: "We should put a school here for the poor."
Me: "How is a school for the poor different than our school?"
Alexa: "Because we go to our school, and we are not poor people. But this school is for the poor people that live on the street."

Aaron: "We should put a hospital here."
Me: "Why? Don't you have a hospital around here already?"
Aaron & Alexa: "No!"
Me: "Where do people go when they get sick then?"
Aaron: "We have to go all the way down there (pointing with Alexa to a far away place)."

Vanessa: "I want to put a school here."
Me: "Yes?!"
Vanessa: "It's because there are a lot of people in the district waiting to go to school."