To celebrate the 4th of July, I had one of my classes write a paper called "Traveling to America." They had to write about where they wanted to go and why. I graded the papers the other day and they started to make me homesick. They wrote about NYC, California, and Chicago (thanks to my influence) and it was really cool to read their stories.
First, a few of them called the Statue of Liberty the "Freedom Goddess." I think that's a much cooler name and propose changing the official name immediately. Second, as most of them have never been to the US, they wrote about these places as if they were magical places in a far off land. Everything was perfect in the places they visited: the cities, the beaches, the mountains. And they talked about saving all their money for the next year so that next summer they could visit the US.
Very interesting and touching to read about my wonderful home from their perspective. Poor one out for the Freedom Goddess tonight.
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