That does suck that you put out the call and nobody showed. Do you think there is a disconnect between people who identify as "photographers" vs writers? It would maybe be interesting to ask a few of your students if they saw the event and why they chose not to join.
ZoomInReachOut.org is a sister organization to Aminus3, which started as youth photo walk project. We have done several walks with younger students from ages 10-17 and nearly all the participants seemed to have a very positive experience.
Thanks for your response, Aminus3Photography! There's a definite disconnect between writers and photographers, and I often feel that I might be wasting my time trying to combine the two. But photography has always helped my writing, and vice versa, so I'm hoping it might help other folks too. I will check out your sister organization. Thanks again. And Happy Thanksgiving, if you're in the US.
If a thing worth doing occurs and no one is there to notice, was it still worth doing? You bet! I say go ahead and schedule the next one because this exercise is worthy of appreciation and before long someone will notice and benefit. Beyond photography, the domains of critical thinking, imagination, empathy development, and improved composition come to mind as opportunities for growth.
An elderly couple, fleeing gang violence in their Venezuelan village, make an illegal crossing into the U.S., only to be transported to New York City, where they end up as unwitting caretakers of a group of young refugees taking shelter in a South Bronx tenement.
Ouch! I am so sorry no one showed, that sucks especially after putting in that much work. I will say on my end it certainly is far from effortless as well, but I also wonder if students aren't a much harder group to corral an activity. I say DO make it part of a school assignment, they might end up falling in love with it. Gotta bring that horse to the water first.
That does suck that you put out the call and nobody showed. Do you think there is a disconnect between people who identify as "photographers" vs writers? It would maybe be interesting to ask a few of your students if they saw the event and why they chose not to join.
ZoomInReachOut.org is a sister organization to Aminus3, which started as youth photo walk project. We have done several walks with younger students from ages 10-17 and nearly all the participants seemed to have a very positive experience.
Thanks for your response, Aminus3Photography! There's a definite disconnect between writers and photographers, and I often feel that I might be wasting my time trying to combine the two. But photography has always helped my writing, and vice versa, so I'm hoping it might help other folks too. I will check out your sister organization. Thanks again. And Happy Thanksgiving, if you're in the US.
If a thing worth doing occurs and no one is there to notice, was it still worth doing? You bet! I say go ahead and schedule the next one because this exercise is worthy of appreciation and before long someone will notice and benefit. Beyond photography, the domains of critical thinking, imagination, empathy development, and improved composition come to mind as opportunities for growth.
Thank you, Timothy. Agreed!
An elderly couple, fleeing gang violence in their Venezuelan village, make an illegal crossing into the U.S., only to be transported to New York City, where they end up as unwitting caretakers of a group of young refugees taking shelter in a South Bronx tenement.
Hey, not bad! Wanna enroll in my writing class? :)
Wait until I retire, Alex. Few more years. Then I'll be so bored all I can do is write. And drink whiskey.
Boredome may inspire drinking, but never writing. Gotta be driven. it's too much work, dude.
But what about hand in hand? Not boredom, but writing and whiskey. (That's probably a question for Faulkner).
I'm always in conversation with him, but it doesn't make me a better writer, alas.
Ouch! I am so sorry no one showed, that sucks especially after putting in that much work. I will say on my end it certainly is far from effortless as well, but I also wonder if students aren't a much harder group to corral an activity. I say DO make it part of a school assignment, they might end up falling in love with it. Gotta bring that horse to the water first.
Thanks, Wesley! I appreciate your comment and your advice.
Next time it will be part of the assignment, for sure. Will they drink the water or just look at it, remains to be seen :). All the best to you!