Refusing to “Stay Put”
In the passage, “Staying Put,” Scott Russell Sanders encourages people to “stay put”: commit to the given place and stay here during a long time. For this reason, the benefits of “staying put” in a place are that people can make a remarkable devotion to one place, learn more and go deeper about this ground, and “staying put” does not prevent people from recognizing and honoring the diversity of other places, cultures, and ways. However, from my point of view, staying in one place, especially the dangerous ground , is the unwise way to invest so much of lives, go deeper in the place, and recognize the diversity of other cultures and places. First of all, Sanders puts out the example of a farm family, the Millers, …show more content…
For instance, I live in Xi’an, China, a small city that did not develop very well in the past few years. However, Xi’an has obviously changed over several years: more and more tourists visit Xi’an, foreigners invest more such as the “Samsung City,” and colleges there become famous such as the “Xi’an Jiaotong University.” These changes were made by the people who were born there but now study and work in other places. Actually, they know more about what Xi’an really needs to develop because they get the advanced knowledge from the developed cities and countries. Although these people do not live in Xi’an, they devote more and
In the passage, “Staying Put,” Scott Russell Sanders encourages people to “stay put”: commit to the given place and stay here during a long time. For this reason, the benefits of “staying put” in a place are that people can make a remarkable devotion to one place, learn more and go deeper about this ground, and “staying put” does not prevent people from recognizing and honoring the diversity of other places, cultures, and ways. However, from my point of view, staying in one place, especially the dangerous ground , is the unwise way to invest so much of lives, go deeper in the place, and recognize the diversity of other cultures and places. First of all, Sanders puts out the example of a farm family, the Millers, …show more content…
For instance, I live in Xi’an, China, a small city that did not develop very well in the past few years. However, Xi’an has obviously changed over several years: more and more tourists visit Xi’an, foreigners invest more such as the “Samsung City,” and colleges there become famous such as the “Xi’an Jiaotong University.” These changes were made by the people who were born there but now study and work in other places. Actually, they know more about what Xi’an really needs to develop because they get the advanced knowledge from the developed cities and countries. Although these people do not live in Xi’an, they devote more and