Keizer, Oregon is located in Marion County in Oregon. The population of Keizer is about 32,200 people from the 2000 Census. According to the census there were 12,110 households, 8,646 families in the city. The majority of the city is white with 85% being white. Les than 1% were African American, 1.4% were Native Americans with 1.5% were Asian Americans. The other races category came in at 7.22%. The median family household income was right at about 50,000 dollars a year in the city. About 9% percent of the city was considered below the poverty line.
The neighborhood surrounding Duck Middle School seems to be very clean and friendly. While driving through the neighborhood one afternoon I had many people look at me while driving by and waving at me. These people didn’t even know who I was but were always willing to wave. I was surprised with the community and how friendly they were. The houses in the area seemed very clean and well maintained. I didn’t see too many yards that weren’t taken care of. Most of the yards were green and beautiful. The roads were also well taken care of with sidewalks on every road that I was driving on. I felt very safe while driving through the community. I felt like if I were to get lost in the neighborhood I would be able to ask for directions and be told in a friendly manor where to go. If I were trying to fund-raise in the community I feel that it would be a great experience. The overall feel of the community was warm and excepting of anyone.
I would think that I would be able to be successful as a teacher at the school after viewing the community. I would think that the students would be just as friendly as the people who were in the community. The students would seem to be very clean and organized in the classroom. I think that from looking at the neighborhood that these students may be more like I was in middle school which was organized and nice to everyone that I met. Since this is true I think that I will be able to relate better to these students than maybe I could with students from a different community.
Chad
ReplyDeleteSounds like you got a great school there. It is always nice to drive or walk around a neighborhood and get friendly waves and head nods. Makes you feel welcome. I think you have something going here with your description of the community. The only thing I would maybe think about it the first paragraph and your opinion of how accurately the census information reflects the nearby community. And maybe the specifics of the school's location is it in the middle of a neighborhood or downtown. Besides that it looks really good.
Chad
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great to place to be a teacher. Your right, if your students are half as friendly as the people within the neighborhood you will be just fine. I really hope that I am lucky enough to find my self working in a district and school that has such a great community feel. It sounds like that staff members at the school also share these qualities. Good to hear there are still places that are that warm and friendly to outsiders.