Week 1 Service Learning

Friday was the first service learning meeting with Mrs.Klose. It was very interesting to see the photographs that Mrs.Klose took in New Orleans of the Katrina after math. She showed us the rebuilded parts of New Orleans first and than the parts that are still not fixed and look the same. It was very emotional to see this because many people lost everything and still had nothing after all this time. The homeless, the dead, the destroyed homes, and the broken hearts. Mrs.Klose showed us the part of New Orleans that was hit the most, this broke my heart. The houses were destroyed and there were many different marks on the houses that represented how many people died there. It was very sad. One house actually had buried a grandmother and a little grandaughter that died in the house in those exact spots. It was very sad. She also showed us the levies that broke and led the way for the tragedy. To me it seemed that they new it would happen because of the condition of that Levi. Even though they rebuild it, it doesn't even seem like it would with hold another tragedy like that. I really think people could be doing more for the Katrina victims because even after all these years later there are still many distraught families with nothing. Seeing the houses marked with how many bodies found in them brought tears to my eyes. In many houses the whole family was found dead. Imagine all the people that still haven't gotten back on their feet. The ones who live under the bridge, the ones lost, the ones who haven't found their families, the ones that lost their loved ones and all the places that have not been rebuild. This gives me inspiration to help them and help them grow.