CF Scavenger Hunt

1) Children’s Friend, founded in 1834

4) There are four schools in the Central Falls school district.

8) Yes there is a post office in town. (See picture below)

10) There are no movie theaters in Central Falls, the closest ones are in Lincoln and Providence.

12) Jenk’s Park is located right next to the Central Falls city hall. (See picture below.)

16) There are no large supermarkets in town such as Stop N Shop or Shaw’s, but there are many little market like places in CF. Some examples being Carlo’s Market (see picture below). However there is a Save A Lot and a super Stop and Shop close by in Pawtucket.

19) Adam’s Memorial Library

22) Central Falls High School

23) James Wilson

24) Charley Bassett, Jim Slwy, and Max Surkont

 

Carlo's Market

 

 

Jenk's Park

 

CF Post Office

 

 

I knew by looking on MapQuest that Central Falls was a small city. But by driving around it I got a better sense of how small and congested the city is. I can’t help but feel that this city is very cluttered and lacks a lot of open spaces. Even visiting Jenk’s part, I noticed that it was very small, and that MapQuest is misleading because parts of the park on the map were actually just parking lots. This scavenger hunt led me into neighborhoods I would have probably never been to, and I got to see how even the housing areas are cramped. Often time’s people have to travel out of CF for entertainment and shopping because there is a lack of fresh grocery markets, movie theaters, and shopping centers. The layout of the city with its tiny, barred shops and lack of open areas can lead one to feel a sense of entrapment.

 

Thinking as a teacher candidate, I realize that students may feel this way about their home town. Just driving from CF to Pawtucket’s downtown area I noticed a difference in architecture and structure and students must notice that too. Taking the bus from CF to downtown Providence, students see the water, art, culture, and the malls. This says to students that there is not a lot in Central Falls that fits with the modern culture, you have to leave the city to get to that. There is a sense of teaching pride of CF to the community which makes me hopeful because there is a lot of history and things to be proud of here. Unfortunately it is often shadowed by current issues with the education system and headlines of corruption in local politics.