Writing Prompt #1 - week 2

Directions: Choose one of the following. Copy and paste the title of the one you choose onto your blog, then follow it with your response. Think deeply, deliberate carefully, respond thoughtfully and coherently.

1. Title: Things Carried - Make a list of objects you carry on a regular, daily basis. What are the items you must have with you when you leave your house? After you have made your list, try to look at it from a different perspective. What would those objects reveal about the person you are to someone else? Are there any that you carry that are unique to you? Are any of them similar to items other students carry? Are any items connected to your memory of another time, another place? Do you carry anything that represents something else to you? Which physical objects are necessary for physical survival? Which are necessary for your peace of mind or your emotional survival? YOU NEED NOT ANSWER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. INSTEAD, THINK, DELIBERATE, THEN WRITE A COHERENT REFLECTION OF YOUR MENTAL EXERCISE.

2. Title: Memories - Everyone has memories; we remember on both a long term and short term basis. We remember dates we learned in history [July 4, 1776; December 7, 1941]; facts from science [the scientific method; acid into water, not the other way around]; we automatically remember that an octagonal red sign with white letters tells us to STOP. We also have memories connected with emotion. Try to remember an early emotional memory from school, one that you may have experienced with someone else. What are the facts you remember about the experience? How are the facts connected to how you felt? Do your emotions get in the way, in remembering the facts? If you know someone who was with you, who had a similar experience, are his/her remembrances the same as yours? Is his/her remembrance colored by emotions? If so, how?