Preprimary Challenges
Zachary Chernoff White
English 1
Mr. Dearinger
1/29/15
The Challenges of Freedoms These days all children go through challenging cycles of growing up and earning their freedoms and independence as young adults. When I was a young boy in the preprimary and in second grade I didn’t have much freedom at all, because my parents knew I wasn't responsible enough yet. In the sixth grade, I had more responsibility and freedom then I did in the second grade. But I didn’t have as much as I do now. Now in the seventh grade (Form 1) I have much more freedom than I did in the sixth grade. My behavior and better communication skills helped prove my maturity to my parents, who had increased the freedoms I have.
During the preprimary year I did not have any freedoms, and did not need or want any …show more content…
independence. The only freedom in pre primary I really had was that I was able to do more things like ride my plastic ‘hot rider’ bike around and play sports when watched.
I understand that I had not much freedom at second grade, since I did not even know how to really have any responsibilities, except maybe washing my face, and trying to stay clean and neat. So, no responsibilities meant that I did not have any real freedoms. I realize that now, but did not realize that then. In the second grade I was given more responsibilities from my parents. Another example more freedom is that my parents let me spend more time with my friends then before.
During the sixth grade, when I was twelve, my parents gave me a large package of freedom in my life. They gave me and let me be responsible for my first Apple Ipod Touch, which is expensive. It is also my first, big step into being responsible, since I had to take care with using the Ipod and taking care to treat it special and not to lose it. Also in the sixth grade I was able to begin to choose my own team sports. I chose to join the Browning basketball team. I was also a member of the 92nd Street Y travel basketball team(because I love basketball.) In turn, I had to be responsible for the time commitment of attending the required practices …show more content…
and games. That sixth grade year I had wanted to have more freedom, the freedom to walk home from school alone. But my parents did not think I was ready for it.
Then in the Form 1 my parents allowed me to have more responsibility, which primarily was the freedom to leave school to go home alone.
The responsibility for that freedom was to be able to be a good communicator with being in touch with my parents with my new first Iphone. I had to follow the rules that went with the Iphone ownership, and being responsible for the phone and myself. My mother felt that there was a point where she could trust me to use it in the way I was supposed to, and to follow the rules that went along with the ownership. These changes and important steps in responsibility tied into my first year of being a teenager, at thirteen, and being a Bar Mitzvah. This was a big step of responsibility. If they had to worry, then I could not have that freedom. That was an important factor in my earning that important freedom, one of the most important freedoms yet in my life so far. By the end of this school year, I would like to take a greater responsibility for my summer vacation in terms of having it be fun and yet meaningful in some ways. I will have to be responsible in helping to choose and then follow through in what my parents and I choose.
Freedom and independence for a child growing up , and then as a young adult, as I
am now, is tied to how responsible a person is, or I am. All during the years at school, second grade and then sixth grade then Form 1, (not really pre primary), I had wanted more freedoms. And I received the responsibility that was more right for me at that age, and grade level. I realize that I will probably always think that I should have more independence and freedoms than my parents think I should have, until I am 21. I hope that they will see that through the years, I learned that the more responsible I act, the more they see that I deserve to be treated as a young adult, not a child anymore. I think that they always wanted to keep me safe. And when I have children, I will want to do the same. I want to really be absolutely sure that I know when the right time will be for me to give my children the freedoms they want, and remember when I wanted them too.
English 1
Mr. Dearinger
1/29/15
The Challenges of Freedoms These days all children go through challenging cycles of growing up and earning their freedoms and independence as young adults. When I was a young boy in the preprimary and in second grade I didn’t have much freedom at all, because my parents knew I wasn't responsible enough yet. In the sixth grade, I had more responsibility and freedom then I did in the second grade. But I didn’t have as much as I do now. Now in the seventh grade (Form 1) I have much more freedom than I did in the sixth grade. My behavior and better communication skills helped prove my maturity to my parents, who had increased the freedoms I have.
During the preprimary year I did not have any freedoms, and did not need or want any …show more content…
independence. The only freedom in pre primary I really had was that I was able to do more things like ride my plastic ‘hot rider’ bike around and play sports when watched.
I understand that I had not much freedom at second grade, since I did not even know how to really have any responsibilities, except maybe washing my face, and trying to stay clean and neat. So, no responsibilities meant that I did not have any real freedoms. I realize that now, but did not realize that then. In the second grade I was given more responsibilities from my parents. Another example more freedom is that my parents let me spend more time with my friends then before.
During the sixth grade, when I was twelve, my parents gave me a large package of freedom in my life. They gave me and let me be responsible for my first Apple Ipod Touch, which is expensive. It is also my first, big step into being responsible, since I had to take care with using the Ipod and taking care to treat it special and not to lose it. Also in the sixth grade I was able to begin to choose my own team sports. I chose to join the Browning basketball team. I was also a member of the 92nd Street Y travel basketball team(because I love basketball.) In turn, I had to be responsible for the time commitment of attending the required practices …show more content…
and games. That sixth grade year I had wanted to have more freedom, the freedom to walk home from school alone. But my parents did not think I was ready for it.
Then in the Form 1 my parents allowed me to have more responsibility, which primarily was the freedom to leave school to go home alone.
The responsibility for that freedom was to be able to be a good communicator with being in touch with my parents with my new first Iphone. I had to follow the rules that went with the Iphone ownership, and being responsible for the phone and myself. My mother felt that there was a point where she could trust me to use it in the way I was supposed to, and to follow the rules that went along with the ownership. These changes and important steps in responsibility tied into my first year of being a teenager, at thirteen, and being a Bar Mitzvah. This was a big step of responsibility. If they had to worry, then I could not have that freedom. That was an important factor in my earning that important freedom, one of the most important freedoms yet in my life so far. By the end of this school year, I would like to take a greater responsibility for my summer vacation in terms of having it be fun and yet meaningful in some ways. I will have to be responsible in helping to choose and then follow through in what my parents and I choose.
Freedom and independence for a child growing up , and then as a young adult, as I
am now, is tied to how responsible a person is, or I am. All during the years at school, second grade and then sixth grade then Form 1, (not really pre primary), I had wanted more freedoms. And I received the responsibility that was more right for me at that age, and grade level. I realize that I will probably always think that I should have more independence and freedoms than my parents think I should have, until I am 21. I hope that they will see that through the years, I learned that the more responsible I act, the more they see that I deserve to be treated as a young adult, not a child anymore. I think that they always wanted to keep me safe. And when I have children, I will want to do the same. I want to really be absolutely sure that I know when the right time will be for me to give my children the freedoms they want, and remember when I wanted them too.