1. Description. What happened in your project this week? What did you do? Experience?
I only went 1 day to the Listening House. When I got there they wanted me to do some posters for them since I was able to Google search well and work with Word. I was actually a little taken back because being at Concordia we are all so used to computers that it's an extension of our hand, but not everyone has as much exposure. None the less I made some posters on hypothermia and hygiene to inform the patrons what to watch for. I also got in a talk with the manager about just how people live. She was in the army and has a very regimented standard of keeping herself unlike the homeless who don't care much about hygiene or keeping off drugs. It was an interesting discussion.
2. Interpretation. What did you learn from your project this week? About the project? About the issue? About yourself?
Well I did mention above about talking to the manager about how she lives compared to the patrons. I don't really know if I learned anything about myself or the project, except maybe the issue of hygiene among the homeless. It is important to stay clean so diseases don't spread and other issues but even if you give them the products sometimes they won't use it.
3. Evaluation. How would you evaluate your work on the project this week? What grade would you give yourself? Are you accomplishing the objectives of the project? Your personal objectives?
Well...I am .75 hours behind the 50-70 area so I have a tiny bit of catch up, but nothing I should loose sleep over by any stretch. I plan to do some work with my church over break in order to gain a few hours and get a different perspective on the topic. St. Paul is a big city and Fort Collins, CO isn't the metropolis that we have. I want to explore a little how different size cities affect how the homeless live.
