Julie Mill’s first blog was about her visit to her assigned charter school. Julie mentioned that she could not distinguish between her school and the office buildings around it. Likewise, when I was walking towards HOPE with Sarah, we passed a residential neighborhood on one side and on the other side were run-down shops and a car garage. Continuing on 8th street as stated in the directions, we saw a building shape like a huge block next to the car garage on the opposite side of the neighborhood. The building had one layer of bricks painted blue at the top, outlining the buildings structure. The tiny playground Julie mentioned was similar to HOPES. The children play on either sides of the building. One side is parking space turned playground, and the other side has a tiny playground on it. The equipment is new; however, the children do not have enough space to run around. It is truly saddening to see this students play on parking lots. As a child, I played on one of the two playgrounds at my school. In addition, I agreed with Julie when she was talking about not helping the children directly. On my first visit, I was told to send out enrollment forms. I did not help in any classrooms. My first experience with the charter school was not a pleasant one, I did not want to return.