Monday, June 1, 2015
PACCE
For our PACE project, we helped clean up a popular intersection near the Vatican. Graffiti is a big problem in rome and all of Italy. Together we washed the metro entrances and repainted parts. Many elderly stopped to tell us thank you but few would join in. The people of Rome have become really use to graffiti and litter. Also the metro up until now didn't participate and they were very strict when they did.
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I was shocked that people were as welcoming as they were about this project with saying thanks and lending a hand. I feel though more of the community should be taking apart of this project because they live here.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm glad that many were thankful that people are cleaning up the community, it's not enough. The people in Rome need to act for themselves instead of only letting some do it for them or the problem will never be fixed.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that graffiti is so widely accepted where as in America that would be considered vandalism.
ReplyDeleteI find it ironic that most Roman citizens weren't willing to help clean up their city until they learned that Americans were helping. Then their sense of national pride kicked in and they were willing to help.
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