I have many ideas to answer the prompt. I will share a few. The prompt ask "do you think you will remember fondly? With distaste? Can you pinpoint any one part of your current ecosystem that you believe may shape your future?When you are older and look back at your time growing up here in Athens do you think you will want to "turn back and embrace" Athens later in life?" I would answer this question by saying I will definitely remember A LOT of things from my time in Athens or embrace as I might look back in the past.
Some things would be the small town and how almost everybody "knows" everybody(only if your social), the way the how Athens is so small and you go out to a store and see many people you know, and also schools. Probably with not a lot of distaste but not so much. I say these things because so far as I'm growing up in Athens and how I think "Wow Athens is so small compared to Chicago" I'm most certainly going to grow and look back and say/think of that. I said Schools(positively) because who doesn't remember their 1st,3rd,9th Etc. Teachers, and I really think I will remember my teachers as I grow up. I also said Schools(negatively) because some people might remember Bullies, Uniforms, Bad Teachers, Etc. . I think I will really remember these things and they will most DEFINITELY impact me positively.
Zipporah,
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me the primary ways you think the city ecosystem (Chicago)is different from your local ecosystem (Athens)? I would love to hear more about this.
I like your reasoning behind each statement, as well as the way you can take one aspect of your childhood and find both positive and negative views on it! I really enjoyed your response!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Katy. It is nice to see you explore both sides of the question. Takes the "gut reaction" right out of the equation.
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