The real eye opening experience for me was the during this summer when I participated in an anthropology study of three Brooklyn neighborhoods. Imagine this I never thought was going to need to speak to large groups people, now I am required to go talk to strangers in neighborhoods I never been to. This was the equivalent of throwing me into the deep end of the pool and watching if I sink or float. The first day of fieldwork, I get off the G train and step out into the street of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The sun shined brightly flashing a beam of light right into my eyes, as my eyes began to focus I soon realized that I was out in a different world. Greenpoint was home to aging population of second generation Polish, Irish and Italian immigrants
