Sunrise over the countryside and suburbs. Birds singing in
the trees. Families starting their day. Kids waiting for the bus, high
schoolers speeding by. Adults off to Toyota, commute to the bigger cities,
start work in the local/ smaller businesses.
Little bits of traffic
jams. Waiting impatiently and cussing out the others, but never honking because
we was raised better than that. Looking out the window to see diversity. Red
neck jacked up trucks, Camry cars bumpin to some R&B, conservatives quietly
waiting to get started with their day.
Skipping out for lunch because the teachers do not notice.
Lunch traffic with Toyota in the little growing town. Maybe evening skipping
out on afternoon classes because no attendance is taken and don’t feel like
waiting behind the sea of yellow.
Friday night football or basketball games. Parents, high
school teens, middle schoolers, elementary kids, friends and family all decked
out in red. Biggest band in state, heck, we got the biggest school in state.
Dominating sports and priding ourselves as cardinals. Afterwards get cheap food
and cruise around looking for something to get into.
Saturday nights you’re sure to find red neck row not causing
too much trouble at The Wal-Mart. Worst case scenario in this town we’ll get a
warning since we know the cops.
Ambitions are there. In some cases... You live for
graduation. You live stay in the middle class town. You live to be the proud
farmer and country boy. You live for Toyota. You live for some type of college.
You live to get out of this little growing town. You live through the motions.
You live to dream big.
We all are friends, or “friends”. Waving to those we know,
even some we don’t. Enjoying summer nights fishing with friends. Social groups
intertwine and for that night we are all one together. Enjoying parties at a
barn or house. For that one night we are all one group. Living for the moment.
Living for the future. Living for a good time.
Diversity is what I see. It is what we see. So many walks of
life connected by some common institution. Little town, growing city. This is
my hometown.
Sunsets in beautiful pinks and oranges over the hills of
Kentucky. Sippin on a sweet tea. This is my hometown.
This is the view of an older teenager looking at life in
Scott County Kentucky. Each section represents a new category or explanation of
my hometown. It is very diverse when you really get to analyze what is going
on. I used a lot of my personal views about what I think about my hometown and
views or the lives of the people I grew up with. I tried to use images of more
what happens with the people of the town rather than what happens on the
outside that everyone can see. The bolded words are aspects that everyone from Georgetown knows about the county or are common images for the town.
I thought you did an awesome job describing your town. While I was reading it I could imagine exactly what was happening, I felt like I was a person living there. You used a great amount of detail, so it was very easy to picture what was going on. I really enjoyed how you did this in the perspective of a teenager living in your city and how you used bolded words. I also liked your quote “but never honking because we was raised better than that”. I thought this was an awesome detail that helped me picture your town and learn more about where you are from.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job at telling the story of your hometown but still leaving it up to the reader to decide if the changes were a good or bad thing. Bolded words of the key things that readers should remember is great. With the bold words readers could read just those and get a a basic description of your hometown. My favorite line was "Saturday nights you’re sure to find red neck row not causing too much trouble at The Wal-Mart. Worst case scenario in this town we’ll get a warning since we know the cops." because I am from Jefferson county in Louisville and its such a big area that knowing all of the cops isnt ideal but that line really gave readers an idea of how big your hometown really is. It would be safe to say that little towns like your hometown give Kentucky its good side of its reputation and is important to maintain in this fast growing world.
ReplyDeleteHeather,
ReplyDeleteYou've done a good job capturing, for lack of a better description, the awkwardness of Scott County by depicting it as a small town that is growing, a place with a lot of movement as people come-and-go for work or other opportunities. You bring together farmers, rednecks, Toyota plant workers, and white collar professionals, a diversity of occupations that one might not expect in one place. Your use of bold words is an interesting visual touch, drawing our attention to key words and phrases that you want us to remember. Indeed, these are the kinds of labels that would often rush through our minds upon meeting someone for the first time---and attempt to figure out or size up someone. Good work!