After the last presentations, the class and material covered from the books stayed fresh in my mind. With this I returned home from Redlands for the weekend and ran into an old coach and grabbed something to eat. We began to talk about college and my courses and everything along with that. I began to explain to him how we were assigned books and did the presentations on those books. Conversation followed and he began to express certain points and questions based on his perception and experiences with homelessness. I was able to inform him directly about Skid Row, being that it was what was in my book, and the history of it involving policies, ordinances, mega missions, etc.  I was effectively able to break down and explain the reason that his perception of homelessness on Skid Row was the way it was, and answered his questions. In result he was more understanding of the people in a way, and as I progressed in explaining things he seemed to understand the view from the bottom up and vice versa.

Through the presentations that my peers shared I was also able to explain different stories and point of views, expressed in the books they were assigned. I talked about the mothers, newspaper vendors, etc. In this conversation my coach was intrigued and even asked for book titles. Never did I see myself being able to simply explain and put learned text into words with everyday people , and engage in discourse. I am excited for the rest of the semester and what knowledge is to be gained, understood, and shared.