My 11-Year-old on Freedom and America
My son had a class project to take pictures of things that represented the good things about America, as well as some of its problems. He did it pretty much on his own, and I only really saw it when it was done. Most pictures were pretty typical of such kids' products (a flag, statue of liberty, pretty mountains) while a couple were fairly typical of my son (of eleven pictures, two were of professional baseball stadiums). There was one picture I thought, while probably the most prosaic, was, with his caption, the most powerful. Though its a bit over-dramatic, I actually am pleased that he understands just how different other countries can be (grammar needs some work):
Caption: "People sitting and eating and
joking around that is freedom, not being forced into a wall with a gun at your
back."
