Letter to Friend and 5 Questions

Five Questions My Commentary Might Answer

1. Why do smaller towns tend to be more conservative over larger cities/ universities? 
2. Why are certain acts severely looked down upon if they cause no damage or if it is an opinion?

It conflicts with their own values, opinions, and beliefs.

1. Are the abstract ideas and concepts of larger cities a contributing factor to why people might want to move there over small towns?

Yes

1. Are small towns becoming more liberal throughout time and the changing with government or do towns stay conservative?

Yes

1. Do the younger generations that tend to be more liberal conflict with the conservative, older generations?    

Chyeaaaaaa

1.How do you know what you know? (evidence)

How the town was created. If the creators were created during a more liberal time(Great Depression). 

1. Who are you to the subject? (perspective)

I am a person who lived in a small town, but wasn’t as separated.

3.How is this even connected to other events? (patterns or opposing forces)

Voting

1. What if things were different? (suppositions/predictions)

Voting would be closer. It would not be a one sided argument. 

5.Why is this important? (significance)

It affects the voting outcome which in turn could change the form of certain policies that are one sided.

Hey Coco!

I love UCF and all of the wild aspects and peculiar experiences that have taken place. The complexity and unexpectedness makes Jackson seem even more plain and ordinary than I remember. Three experiences I plan on exploring in my composition paper is my first day at school when a club was fighting to convince people of the benefits of legalizing marijuana, and Tent City, and a random guy in a lime green jump suit that covered every inch of his body, including his face, and holding a bunch of green balloons.

I remember how awkward, scared, and intimidated I was my first day of school witnessing mayhem I wasn’t accustomed to. Walking through the front of the student union was the most chaotic event I had witnessed in a long time. At least eight organizations crowded around the entrance shoving flyers at me and chanting the main points of their club. Screaming the benefits and crusading to legalize marijuana was by far the funniest ,and my favorite, organization.  I had never been so close to a cause so rebellious. Jackson would never allow an activity so irresponsible to continue.  

Arriving onto campus shook my entire world and dropped it upside down--I loved it. I loved the freedom of ideas and being able to participate in crazy activities like Tent City. I am Alice and UCF my Wonderland.  

I trudged from parking garage D to classroom building one on slow Monday morning dreading that I was going to math instead of sleeping. About halfway to my destination, I lifted my head and observed about 10-15 tents set up on one of the grassy plains in Memory Mall. Seeing this odd display reminded me of the seniors getting escorted from the football field and I figured it was only a matter of time before this group of rambunctious students were told to vacate the area. To my surprise, the next morning the cluster of tents were sitting on the dewy grass. While other students merely walked past unimpressed, I was drinking the experience in wishing I were a participant in Tent City.

My focus at this point is to compare the radical experiences on campus versus the close-minded, guarded atmosphere of Jackson. Do you remember the strict rules and odd expectations of our town? Home-comers, Friday night football games, and the night all of the 2008 graduating seniors were escorted home from camping on the football field all seem to contradict the imperturbable feel of campus. Do you have any idea why those seniors were told to leave the football field when they weren’t causing any damage? (Other than trespassing) Do you feel that younger generations conflict with older generations because their ideals tend to be more easy-going? I want to figure out why Jackson and other towns around ours were more conservative where as larger towns and universities all tend to be extremely liberal. Do you have any idea of why that might be? I kind of want to focus on the extreme conservative feel of Jackson and contrast that with the liberalness of a campus atmosphere or even a large city and ponder if there is any connection between the two.