“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” ~ Deepak ChopraBildungsroman: A type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist. To Kill a Mockingbird is just such a 'coming of age' story. As the adult Scout tells us of these events of her childhood, the novel is much more concerned with how she and Jem are affected by them, than describing the events themselves. So, for this weeks journal entry, describe something from your childhood. It can be one adventure that stands out in your memory or a collection of random bits and pieces that collectively represent your childhood in your own mind. Describe your childhood AND how it has affected YOU! And have a GREAT Christmas Break!! :D
Hmm well when i was a child(haha when) all the kids in my family lived in the same neighborhood so we would always be doing things outside and hanging out. But now that i live in stupid missouri and none of my family lives here i realize how important family is and how much it really sucks to be away from them. So when i have kids we will definetly live by our family..Saints wooped on the Rams today people who like missouri
ReplyDeleteMy best friend trey was attacked by a flying squirel in my cabin at church camp. We had been trying to catch the squirel for like an hour and he was usin his shirt to swat at it and it flew at him and attacked him it was the funniest thing to happen at camp ever. That did not have a real big impact on my life but i did learn not to screw with squirels.
ReplyDeleteWhen i was a child we kind of moved a lot. But, then we just finally stayed here in Branson. I remember playing with my toys. I remember going to DisneyWorld. I also remember going to work with my mom sometimes. I remember playing on a trampoline.
ReplyDeleteMy childhood consisted of being outside a lot. I was always out and about with my older brother getting into all kinds of mischief, while my sister was more of the motherly figure. Since my mom was a nursing scool a lot and my dad working we spent most of our time at the house by ourselves. I know it sounds really bad but my sister is 9 years older than me and my brother is 6 so by the time i could remember any of this i was about 4 or five. This basically means my sister was of babysitting age and all our family would come by every now and then to check on us. Having a childhood like that, without any kids close to my age (the closest being my brother who was, as i said 6 years older than me) i learned to do everything really fast to keep up with everyone else. Since i was the only baby in the family at the time, everyone taught me things constantly. My Great Aunt was the biggest factor, she taught me to read so by the time i was in kindergarden i already knew most of the things that they taught me. So growing up like that i think kindof gave me a major head start in learning, and giving me a major boost in imagination because my brother and i would make up games to play while we were chillin at the house.
ReplyDeleteWell when i was about 10 years old we moved from a big and beutiful house to trashy Merrium woods. I alwasy wanted to know how it felt to move around and ride a new bus and get to know knew people but I never asked to move to Meth head city. I was really sad because me and my friend hailey were so close we were together every second of our lives. but now that we were moving it would be along time before we saw each other again. I mean I only moved like 20 minutes away from where i used to live but 20 minutes feels like 200 miles. As I thought about it I would get a lot more we got a horse, a pig, and a donkey. I always wanted to live on a farm. So even though you don't want to do something or loose something there is always something good somewhere.
ReplyDeleteTo me, my father was my childhood. I remember spending hours outside with him in his shop, talking and watching him work. I also remember watching a lot of his favorite things on TV like detective stories, westerns, and anything d.i.y. We spent a lot of time together and I think I learned something from him everyday. He was a kind soul, a gentle soul. He meant the world to me when I was younger, and he means even more than that now. My father really helped make me who I am. He passed on so many things to me, his wisdom, his personality, his looks. I'm so grateful for everything he gave me. He never told me I was to young for anything, I mean we discussed death when I was around five and he let me 'read' his college human anatomy book. He really shaped me and helped me grow. He was, and still is a great man, and I miss him very much. Everyone always tells me how sorry they are for my loss, but in reality, they should be jealous of my gain.
ReplyDeleteJack Chapman February 11, 1928 - July 3, 2009
For the record, I started crying while I wrote this. I don't really have single memories that effected me, I just have him.
well like i said before my family is messed up lol but anyways my childhood was all about me and my bro we were both spoiled when we would get into trouble we would get spanked then my gma would feel so bad that she would take us to wallmart and buy us a toy as we grew up that wouldnt happen also the biggest impact on my life was watching my cosion be pulled out of my house by the cops me and my bro were still lil and didnt know what was goin on so my gma put us in the back yard till they had him out of the house so with all my cosions and them doin drugs and getting into trouble i have learned alot growing up with them.
ReplyDeleteWhen i was a child, me and my sister were trouble makers together. One of my favorite times is when my mom wasnt home, my sister, my best friend Amanda, and I would water the kitchen and put soap on it and go slideing around my house. We never got caught, so its fun to think back in my head about that. Also, another memorie me and my sister crack up about, is the time i cracked my head open. My mom was gone and I got in my dance uniform and I started jumping on my moms bed. I thought it was fun, untill the fan came and knocked me out. In shock i walked up to my sister to explain the story to her. As she looked at it she started panicing and crying. I looked in the mirror and I saw blood dripping down my head rapidly. So my mom had to rush home and take me to the hospital. The funny things you remember when you grow up.
ReplyDeletehmm...when i was young(er) the school tried to say i was ADHD or ADD. truth was, i was just bored out of my mind because i had already learned what they were trying to teach. it took a PSYCHIATRIST (that the school paid for thinking that the psychiatrist would agree with them) agreeing with my parents that i was bored to get them to stop. It taught me that although the school is in charge of a child's education, they should not try to force uneeded medication on a child.
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when I was a kid I played out side all the time, and was just getting started on the what would soon destroy my grades for life, "Video Games!" But my childhood was a good one.
ReplyDeleteA time that really stands out in my childhood was the time my family and I all went to Africa, it was my first (and so far only) trip out of the United States. We went because my father is the president of a missionary group called Torchbearers and also to see our grandparents who, up to that time, we'd never even met! It was an amazing trip, seeing my family, making new friends, and experiencing Africa in itself caused me to really see how big and diverse the world is and I wouldn't trade those memories for the world.
ReplyDeleteI can't think of much, but one thing I can definitely recall is getting my dog. I had wanted one for ages and my parents just refused. Then I was begging for one, they still said no, but then on my eighth birthday they finally got me one.I was extremely excited. Getting a dog has had quite a big impact because now she's part of the family. She's also lying on my bed as I type.
ReplyDeleteAstroKitty, what can I say? Your father sounds like an amazing man and you must have been lucky indeed to have had him as you seem to have thrived with his influence. Thank you for sharing your memories of him with me. His light shines on.
ReplyDeleteAnd also for the record, I've read this half a dozen times since you told me on Thursday that you had posted; I've been just trying to decide how to respond. But truly, there are just no words. I too had an amazing father whom I miss every day, but was tremendously lucky to have had. I feel your pain and understand your gratefulness at the same time. Keep writing about him for yourself; you'll cherish those memories.
In my childhood I lived in Harrison. I lived in these old fashioned pink apartments. It was cool because I lived by all my friends. One of my memories there was when it would snow we had this hill and we would get a big huge sled and one time I went down that hill and there was a fence at the bottom. I went through the fence and stood up an couldn't help, but to start busting up in laughter. Another time was when i first learned how to ride my bike without no training wheels. I got on the bike and was going real fast, I thought I was really cool and then I forgot how to stop. So I thought if I ran over some things that it would slow me down. When I started running over rocks and sticks I flipped over my handbars and I broke my thumb. As I look back now I think wow the things I did when I was little.
ReplyDeleteI can remember when I was about 6 or 7 living in Texas my mom came to pick me up from my aunts and when we got into the car my feet began to swell so much we rushed to the E.R, come to find out I had stood in a huge hill of fire ants.
ReplyDeletemy childhood was a little rough growing up with out a dad. nobody to play ball with or do what guys do with their dads. so i had to teach myself how to throw a baseball and football. and to play these sports to. i don't really know where the heck my dad is even though i do write he don't write back sooooooo ya thats about it.
ReplyDeleteMy childhood aftected me a lot as I was growing up, there was the good and the bad. My big brother used to come around then he stopped and I had always wanted him to come around and it hurt me a lot and made me feel as if everyone was amways going to leave me no matter what I would do to try and stop them. So this is most likely part of the reason why now it's harder for me to get close to anyone and let them in. Then now probably a half a year ago he called me somehow said "Nichele" yes, "This is your brother K****" and i remember my heart stopped and he told me he wasnted to try being a family again.. Well, a couple weeks later he quit calling and i found out why. He was back in jail for counterfeit money and drugs and since then it's hard for me to say he's my brother.
ReplyDeleteUmm when I was a lil kid about 12 I went on this farm in my backyard (when I lived in Arkansas) and stayed there the whole day. I didn't tell my dad I was going. I was with one of my friends. My dad thought I went missing because he couldn't find me so he called the police and I got a big spanking that night when I got home. So I learned never to disobey my parents.
ReplyDeletewhen i was like 10 eddy niboh and I use to hang out all the time and just chill.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little kid, I used to think I was a professional bike rider. I was the fastest of the fast. No one could beat me. Although that dream is long gone. It's still in my head.
ReplyDeletethe only thing i can think of is all the times i have moved and the time spent in the car
ReplyDeleteMe and my friend Tyler, who replaced my drunk brother, were best friends and we were constantly hanging out causing trouble in the neighborhood. That's really the highlight of my childhood. Don't really remember much else..
ReplyDeleteTo Kill A Mockingbird is "okay" story for me but i like comedy and action stories! I also watched the movie of the story. The old time movies that i watch don't have anything bad just adorable things in it like "Shirley Temple" and "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedy hour" Now they don't have hardly any like that anymore.
ReplyDeleteSomething that kinda stands out to me was kinda how things were once my parents got a divorce because it made me and my mom more close since I live with her and me and my sister got more close.. I was only in the fourth grade and I remember the teachers sent me to the counselors a lot cause they thought I was slacking..
ReplyDeleteiv moved 4 times and most times they where to a new state so i dont care and my child hood was odd....
ReplyDeleteme and all the other kids used to play basketball, and jump on the trampolene
ReplyDeleteWEll i remember a time from my childhood that affected me was when my friends and i were waking down in a creek that we allllways used to. and it was winter and alll frozen over there was a tiny water fall and it was incredible...the only thing was there was a deer in there!!!! frozen!! i was like crying lol
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