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Reflect on feeling like an outsider in a new place or event and explore the intersections of identity and urban life in New York City. Consider your expectations, learnings, and surprises to form a deeper understanding of yourself and others in this diverse setting.
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Have you ever been in a place, experienced an event, had a brief encounter where you felt like a “foreigner” “outsider” “Other”? What was that experience like? What might you draw from that experience to help you make sense of being in NYC? Schools and Urban Society:Buildings/ Bridges
What are your expectations about NYC and life in an urban context?What do you know or assume to believe about life in a NYC school?
What do you want to learn ?-about yourself? -about others?What do you want to take away from this experience?What do want to leave behind?
What still continues to surprise you about yourself and others?
How might this experience reveal something about yourself that you never knew before?
What if we don’t like what we see?
How might we step back so that we might locate our self in the larger conversation?
How might we continue the struggle against injustice?