Growing Up
Some people expect that growing up is when you get to become free. You get your own car, your own apartment, you even get your own job! But growing up isn’t some elevator, it’s a rollercoaster ride, filled with ups and downs, hard bumpy spots, and some smooth, fun, exciting places, as well. It’s all about the way you decide to enjoy it, all about your point of view on the overall journey. For example, in stanza 7 in the poem “Fish Cheeks” it says, “After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside." She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. "But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame." This means, you will always be that …show more content…
Yes, we are our fathers’ sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here, still alive, still breathing.” These lines show that children across the globe aren’t their parents choices. They are not what their parents might have been, they are their own person and they could act and look like their parents, but they are not. They are themselves and there are sometimes in life that your parents won’t be there for you, sometimes on this rollercoaster there are bumpy places when your parents aren’t holding your hand. They have their hands in the air while you fear that you won’t make it through the ride, but once you learn how to teach yourself to do things on your own, you can experience the fun in your life instead of sweating the small things. You need to be there for yourself, and let others help you along the way. Even if your parents weren't there for you, you should be there for them. We are all different. Don’t be in everyone else's crowd, create your very
Some people expect that growing up is when you get to become free. You get your own car, your own apartment, you even get your own job! But growing up isn’t some elevator, it’s a rollercoaster ride, filled with ups and downs, hard bumpy spots, and some smooth, fun, exciting places, as well. It’s all about the way you decide to enjoy it, all about your point of view on the overall journey. For example, in stanza 7 in the poem “Fish Cheeks” it says, “After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside." She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. "But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame." This means, you will always be that …show more content…
Yes, we are our fathers’ sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here, still alive, still breathing.” These lines show that children across the globe aren’t their parents choices. They are not what their parents might have been, they are their own person and they could act and look like their parents, but they are not. They are themselves and there are sometimes in life that your parents won’t be there for you, sometimes on this rollercoaster there are bumpy places when your parents aren’t holding your hand. They have their hands in the air while you fear that you won’t make it through the ride, but once you learn how to teach yourself to do things on your own, you can experience the fun in your life instead of sweating the small things. You need to be there for yourself, and let others help you along the way. Even if your parents weren't there for you, you should be there for them. We are all different. Don’t be in everyone else's crowd, create your very