Reflection-4

My first visit to YES Philly was a rather warm and welcoming one. Upon my arrival with Shaquerra, we met Ms. Velvet who would be hosting us for our field experience. We began having a conversation about what we expected to get from this experience, as well as what we had to offer the students. After this conversation I immediately became excited about this opportunity.

On this day, the students were beginning a picture project in which they had to go around the YES Philly location, taking pictures of people and things trying to tell a story. While taking a tour around, I was able to meet some of the students, introduce myself and have them tell me a little bit about the project they were working on now, as well as some of their past project which were plastered on the walls throughout the school. Two girls in particular, that I met that day were very excited about having students from Temple University working with them and could not wait for us to actually begin our field experience. We also peeped in on a Mathematics class and observed the students for a few seconds on this day.

Lastly, Velvet introduced us to other faculty, and then we dispersed.