Neighborhoods in the Bronx

of ST. Elizabeth in Jamaica, as is my mother and so there may be just a bit of bias in the selection. Colin Powell, with beginnings in humble poor surroundings, rose to prominence because he sustained self- discipline even while living in neighborhoods of Bronx, New York, where elements of self- discipline entailed a scavenger hunt. His approach to life and his rejection of failure and the attitudes…

his childhood, Berkowitz lost interest in school even though he was very intelligent. He grew up in suburban part of New York called the Bronx. He enjoyed playing baseball and eventually…

Elizabeth believed it wasn’t fair her school was not as pretty as the other schools where. In the Bronx Kozol saw other bad schools in poor condition and with no playground. A school in Harlem did not even have enough chairs for the students to sit. A teacher saw that during the year 69 to 70s there was a major negative change. There was an economic…

driven out and residents will be less educated as to how to change the negative aspects of their neighborhood. Kirst-Ashman and Hull (2015) state that the community prospers due to the business that thrives within it. It is difficult to flourish successfully when trying to merely survive day to day.…

September 9, 2001, was a day filled with despair and misery for all New Yorkers and the rest of the world we lost an iconic landmark, The World Trade Center as well many good people including fire fighters, police officers, and World Trade employees. Today we have a chance to say goodbye again to all of which was lost on 9/11. I remember when I was younger traveling to the city, on the Staten Island Ferry with my farther every weekend ready for a fun filled adventure in Manhattan. I always…

The Broken windows theory is a theory that was introduced by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in 1982 and stated that the condition of a setting or environment is conducive to that of its crime rate. For example, such environments such as slums and projects are subjected to higher crime rates theoretically because they have deplorable infrastructure and already visible post-crime distress. That being said; any place with qualities such as good infrastructure and an absence of distress will…

Good Shepherds Services is a voluntary leading youth development, education and family service agency with more than 80 programs that serve 26,000 children, youth and families each year. This agency gives vulnerable youth in New York City the opportunity to make a difference and take ownership of their future. “ Good Shepherd Services goes where children, youth, and families face the greatest challenges and builds on their strengths to help them gain skills for success. They provide quality,…

In the book, The Other Wes Moore, two boys sharing the same name grow up in similar living situations. The boys resemble each other in terms of both being fatherless and growing up in rough areas where a life of crime and gang involvement is almost inevitable (according to the University of Michigan, only 76% of African American's who attend high school graduate while the others are most likely to spend the rest of their lives involved with drugs). This fate was not predetermined for both Wes…

who would not normally do such things. Wilson and Kelling stated in their article that because of the nature of community life in the Bronx, unkempt properties and abandoned cars the “no one cares” vandalism begins much more quickly than areas where people take care of private possessions. It was believed that if residents maintained and monitored their neighborhoods small crimes would drop…

In this first reflection, I would like to focus on racial segregation and economics of injustice. The story of Eleanor and her daughter depicts the reality of inequality. Eleanor did not have an opportunity to go to the college. No one was expecting her to go to college. The school discouraged her from going to college. “they didn’t plan for you to go to college and they didn’t lead you to expect that it was something you should plan on either, they led you to expect to clean the houses of the…