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When I was first told that we were taking a class field trip to Skid Row my immediate reaction was, “Are you kidding me?” But I found myself enjoying the trip more and more as we were moving closer into LA. The car I was with had parked a few blocks away from our destination and my initial reaction was creeping into my head again. But once we had entered the building of our intention I had forgotten where we were at. After the presentations and the performances I had felt ashamed of what I was feeling and thinking before we had left and once we had arrived. One of the greatest lessons that I had learned from the performances and the presentations is that we are all people. It amazes me when I see struggle like this and very little is being done to correct these living situations. It is interesting to see that society has placed all of these social standings and class standings amongst people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures but at the core of it all: We are all people. No one is truly better than someone else. We all live on this planet together and the realization of that will be the first step towards lending that helping hand.