Hello from the Windy City!
My name is Jacob Ward and I am a Fall 2015 student teacher in the
Chicago Semester program. Before delving
into what Chicago life is like, here’s a little bit more info about who I am
and where I came from:
I am a recent graduate from the University of Mount Union
located in Alliance, Ohio with degrees in both Art & Theatre
Education. The purpose of coming to
Chicago is to complete the requirements necessary to receive my teaching
license. About one hour away from Mount
Union is my home town, which is smack-dab in the middle of farm country and is a
place where everybody knows everybody.
So you can image what kind of major shift it was to move to Chicago.
I am currently living in Canterbury Court, which is one of
the two housing options available for Chicago Semester students. The building is within walking distance of
Lake Michigan, and luckily enough, a ten-minute walk from my student teaching
placement at Franklin Fine Arts Center, where I teach K-8th grade
art. The past couple of weeks some of
our students have been studying Henri Matisse and creating collages similar to
his, making masks, and studying photography and how to tell multiple stories in
a single shot.
As for city life, I have made it my mission to take Chicago
by storm and part of my is to ride from end to end on each color of the “L”
trains and see what their many stops have to offer. I have successfully completed the Red,
Purple, Brown, and part of the Green line so far.
Adventuring has led to multiple free events
including street art festivals, concerts, gallery openings, museums, and The
Great Chicago Fire Festival which commemorates the Great Fire of 1871. At the festival were acrobats, performers
from the different neighborhoods of Chicago, vendors, food trucks, the single
greatest fireworks display I have seen since coming to Chicago, and the Grand
Finale of setting the GRIT House on fire.
I of course have a bucket list of things to do before leaving the city
and have already made a dent by just getting out and living life!
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| Chicago Fire Festival |
Pretty successful start to this semester, I’d say!
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