Project
We started hanging out at a drop-in centre but we had a purpose
What we did
We visited a drop-in centre and simply spent time there. We talked with people, listened to stories, shared a few ordinary conversations. No surveys. No agenda. Just presence.
Why this mattered
We were studying the topic, but books don’t show you what life feels like. We wanted to “work the field”—to learn in real life, not just in theory. To see what the day actually looks like for people who live it.
What happened
Conversations started easily. Some were light. Some went deep. People told us things they wouldn’t put in a textbook. We saw how the space really worked—not how it was described, but how it was used.
What we learned
Practice changes understanding. When you meet real people, ideas stop being neat. They become human. The field teaches you things classrooms can’t.
Next small step
Keep going back. Keep learning from real places and real lives.
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