Detroit is a sprawling city. Because of its decline, Detroit is also pretty vacant. Places to go, whether for groceries, movies, or anything besides art are few and far between. What I\u2019m getting at is that Detroit is not a city you can walk in. It was built for cars. I probably would not get to see much of it if not for my placement.<\/p>\n
An unexpected advantage of my placement, Detroit Public Schools, is that we travel to most of the schools. This wasn\u2019t in the program description or anything. In fact, I was a bit disappointed in my placement because the program was described as having no interaction with the community. It just so happened that, over the next few years, DTE, the major electricity provider for Michigan, is taking over and replacing the PLD grid in Detroit, which is city-owned electricity. Furthermore, this year, they are doing a lot of the site evaluations for Detroit Public Schools. I don\u2019t necessarily get to talk<\/em> much to the community, but I do get to see a huge chunk of it. And as we drive to each of the schools, my boss Emile gives me mini history lessons on the parts of Detroit we\u2019re going through, which is great. I\u2019m also getting to see more of the city by tagging along with my co-worker, Charlene, to restaurants and, once, her church. I feel very fortunate to have gotten such a great placement for learning about and exploring Detroit, especially considering that I had never even been in Michigan before this year.<\/p>\n Also, I may have written this and forgotten to post it…Whoops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Detroit is a sprawling city. Because of its decline, Detroit is also pretty vacant. Places to go, whether for groceries, movies, or anything besides art are few and far between. What I\u2019m getting at is that Detroit is not a city you can walk in. It was built for cars. 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