Geography 370 downtown excursion

My second week completed. Yes. That feels good and I feel that I am in control of the whole school situation. On Thursday, I went around Delaware with my Geography class. This was really interesting because some of the people in the class were not familiar with Delaware's rich history. We got to experience the town together up close and personal, courtesy of our professor, Dr. David Walker.
I love the landscape and the architecture of Delaware. I think that the landscape and the architecture is often overlooked, especially by the students. I wish that Ohio Wesleyan had something like a Delaware course kind of like how Cleveland State has a course for Ohio history and Cleveland history. That would be cool. Maybe I will convince Dr. Walker to add that kind of course so students are not ignorant of the facts and history of Delaware, Ohio.
Class was taught for about thirty minutes or so. Then, we left the classroom to pursue our short journey in the fields of Delaware. We took the new bike route behind the Science Center. I actually took that route last Saturday to go to the Common Ground, where I usually volunteer my time for a part of the week. The tour went like this: we took the bike route across the bridge which overlooks the freeway and the Delaware Run. After crossing, we viewed the older part of the city, which is East of downtown Delaware. We viewed the railroad and the Common Ground. We went into the downtown area where the library and the Strand is to talk about its history along with the architectural side of the buildings along with other important historical places along the way. We then went into the residential part of the city where Chi Phi is. I have not walked that way since the end of the academic year last year so it was interesting to see new changes and some old familiar places still moving along.
I was happy the tour of Delaware was done. Hopefully, when I leave Delaware, I can find a place like Delaware, a small, mostly peaceful town with a rich history, to start my adult life after college. I probably would not have taken a tour of Delaware any place else than a Geography class, especially a class with talks about the World's Cities. I have some field research I have to do for class in Delaware so I am looking forward to researching the information and finding the most obscure place I have never been to in Delaware and just tackling that section of history in Delaware.
That ends my talk about the tour of Delaware with my Geography class. I enjoyed and I hope other students on the tour did too. I also hope that other students that are still new to Delaware will be able to utilize Delaware's stores and resources to its maximum potential. I would love to come back ten years from now and be shocked by the changes in Delaware especially if it is student-led. I have to rest now- work and play awaits shortly. Pictures are below.





Helping Delaware, Ohio,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10