Today in class I told you about my nighttime ritual when I was a kid,
remember? How my mother used to tuck me into bed and tell me a special
story?
Then we heard Maz Jobrani tell us what he used
to do when he was a kid and how he used to feel when his father would
come get him from the park.
For this post, I want you
to tell us about something that you used to do when you were a kid. I do
not want one sentence. I want a good explanation so we can really
experience what you experienced :)
I was born in a small village in Vietnam, but my childhood was very peaceful and full of happiness.
ReplyDeleteI used to walk to school with my friends since my school was just 2 kilometers away from my house. Class would start at 7 A.M from Monday to Saturday, but I used to be there around 6 o’clock that meant I used to get up at 5 A.M before leaving my home at 5:45.
After finishing class, my friends and I would stay back for 30 minutes. Believe me, we didn’t discuss about our lessons. We used to play some traditional games of Vietnamese’s students and enjoy our time together. We used to get home just when we felt very tired. While walking home, but we used to wish the street could be longer and longer forever.
That was me and my student journey. I used to be a playful and lazy student.
I used to be a problem student of my elementary school teacher, but I think she still loved me. I used to catch a snake and then pack it by aluminum foil putting on my teachers desk, and I thought she would want to kill me; but she wasn't. I used to spread glue on my classmate's chair, and my classmate just sit down and got stuck on chair. When I was in elementary school, I would go to another class to play with my friends; and teachers would kick me out of classroom. my mother used to be notified to have a meeting with my teacher, but she didn't go. However, I used to tell my mom that I didn't hurt any one, I just liked doing practical joke.
ReplyDeleteWhen i was young, I had many wonderful and fantastic memory. I used to walk to go school when i studied from middle school until high school. Moreover, I used to go to cafateria with my friend after each break time in school. In addition, I used to play badminton with my brother on the weekend. Furthermore, I used to listen to music before i went to bed. When I studied university, I used to study on group with my friend.
ReplyDeleteIt was the greatest time in my life; the time when I was a kid. My cousin and I would chase each other on the front yard and would laugh aloud. We used to fight each other over toys, and I often lost my toys to him because he was older than I was. I would cry and would tell my mom. My mom would let him give me my toys. Every Sunday afternoon, we used to fly kites on the hill; I often tripped and fell when running. My cousin then would carry me on his back to home. Seeing us, mom would tell me that there would be a time I should learn to get up by myself whenever I fell, but my mind was full of kites in the blue sky. I did have a happy childhood. I used to cry, I used to laugh. As I grow up, things have changed. Life is not always pink as it used to be when I was a child. Getting older, I forget how to laugh out loud as I used to when I was a little girl.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high-school, I used to cause a lot of problems. All my teachers would get mad at me for everything I did. My teachers used to tell my all the time that I was a really good student but I had to change my behavior. I remember I used to talk with my friends during the class and my teachers would take me out of the classroom. I was really funny because I used to dance and sing in front of everyone in my class.
ReplyDeleteIn my memory, the specific point of my childhood is that I always feel lonely. I did not have a lot of friends when I was a kid. My mom worked for the government; thus, we used to live in a tenement house. Unfortunately, I was the only one kid at those houses. I did not have any sibling until I was ten. Also, my parents were too busy to spend their time on playing with me. Therefore, except for classes at elementary school, I would study and play alone most of the time. My home had a black board. With it, I used to act as an elementary teacher without students. I would teach empty seats how to write beautifully each letter in table of alphabet and how to be a good student. I used to do these funny things almost every couple days before moving to fifth grade. This memory used to be my ashamed childhood, but it's still an unforgettable part of my life.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young I used to be stubborn child because my entire story when I was young was qualify as amazing. For example for my mom my last name was terrible and first name junior because I used to be terrible. One example, which illustrates very well this story is the story of my left cheek. When I was young, I used to play with the domestic iron for fun I guess and one day I plugged this domestic iron (my toy) and I noticed that it could get hot. Like a stupid boy at this age, I decide to wait a couple of minute and also as a stupid boy that I used to be, I wanted to feel the sensation of hot iron on my body. Before my stupid action, I went to kitchen to drink a glass of water in order to be ready and then I took this domestic iron and I ironed my left cheek instead of other part of my body. As I didn’t except it was very painful that I start to run inside of home yelling that my cheek is in fire. My mom was so upset that she said it is good for you and you can cry because you don’t want to listen when we talk. Because she is a lovely mom she took care of me by putting eggs on my cheek immediately. That why I didn’t have any scar on my cheek :D
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, I used to play with my cousins . My cousins would not talk to me if they saw playing with my classmates. Probably they were jealous that they didn't have many friends as I did. I didn't want to play with my cousins because there would be someone who would make me mad. It is true that I used to get upset. However, I enjoyed playing with my cousins. I remember the other day I borrowed one RialSaudi from one of my cousins. Then, he went to my father and told him that I borrowed ten RialSaudi. When we became adults, he apologized for what he had done. Before coming to the USA, I reminded him of that story.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in elementary school, I enjoyed every day in my summer break because I would go with my father who was a house constructor to work. At work, I would play with the plaster, sand…etc., and I would annoy my brothers who work during the summer time with my father. I would eat from the launch which my mother prepared for us before launch time.in home. I used to enjoy every moment I spent with my father in the three years which I remembered from my childhood.
ReplyDeleteI remembered how my mother used to tell me to study and help cleaning our home, she used to be very strict with us when we were kids. She used to punish us when we got in troubles during playing with our neighbors kids.
Angola, is a very rich country with many green areas.When I was a little kid, I remember my father's hobby to make trips by car in the weekend so that me and my brothers could appreciate the nature. We used to go out to lunch every Saturday because it was the day that we choose to do family programs. As we were on the streets, my parents used to ask questions about the vegetation. They usually asked about kinds of trees and its fruits to test our knowledge about it. Sometimes, we prepared the food at home to do picnics. We used to take a lot of pictures to register those moments. Also, my father used to select a special playlist of songs that we sang together.
ReplyDeleteThose moments are still alive in my mind as a beautiful thing from my childhood. Today,listen to those musics take me back to a happy time and it's really warm my heart.
Hello everybody,
ReplyDeleteIn my childhood I used to surf the internet for hours; at that time my mother would feel angry at me. I would go to her and apologize saying that I wouldn't use the internet much if it wouldn't benefit me me.
Later on when I was in the university I would remember my mother's action and laugh. I used to call her from my dorms land land. she wouldn't answer me since I would get in trouble since the land line is for the university use only.
When I moved to the US I missed those day, The days I used to visit our family house where I and my brother would gather and have lunch.
When I was child, I used to go every saturday to my grandparents' house for the family's reunion. Once I have no brothers and sisters, I used to enjoy a lot because it was an opportunity to play with my cousins and with other kids of the same age as me. We used to swim in the pool and play a lot of games. I would live in my grandparents' house before I moved to an apartment with my parents, and since we moved, I have missed the pool of my grandparents' house and all the memories that I had have there. That is also the reason why I used to enjoy the saturdays back there so much.
ReplyDeleteHowever, my apartment life was not bad neither. I used to play in the playground with my friends and other children from the building, and at this time I made some true friendships. The most fun part used to be our monthly dancing competition, that I used to win with my fancy moves. :)
When I was a child, we used to have a coffee farm just next to our house. And during summer, my brother and I would spend the whole day playing around without getting tired. We used to build a tiny house in the farm and enjoy cooking with our cousins. And after eating, we would play hide and seek until my mom came and told us to go to take a nap. My mom used to plant a lot of fruit trees and veggies in the garden. Sometimes, when we felt hungry or just wanted to eat something, we would go to the garden and "steal" some of the fruits before they were ripe. My mom would yell at us a little bit. But as we were kids, we would do it again anyway. My dad was an easier person, he would never yell at us, instead of that, he would spend time building stuffs for us, such as the swing, the treehouse, and many other stuffs. We used to had a lot of fun playing at home with all our cousins and neighbors. Growing up in the countryside was one of the best things that i have expericed.
ReplyDeleteMy childhood was so interesting. When I was a kid, my family used to live in a wonderful neighborhood where my grandparents and many of my relatives have lived. We kids would sleep over in our grandparents' house. When my cosines and I wanted to play, we used to get out to the backyard, and my granddad would come out and join us. After spending all daylight playing and having fun, we used to go to the grocery, which my uncle owns, and get a lot of candies. And when came back, we grandma would cook delicious dinner for us. She used to make us soup, rise with chicken, and cakes but she did not allow us to get any piece of the cake until everybody finished up their dishes. The funny thing is that we kids were a lot and there was not enough beds for everyone so that we used to sleep every where and there was no wonder if I woke up and found somebody sleeping in the floor. However, it was unforgettable stage of my life and l hop God bless my grandparents’ souls and send them to the heaven.
ReplyDeleteUnlike the others, I had a terrible memory when I was in middle school. First of all, I used to fight with classmates who made me angry. Also, I used to run away from school to a internet station which I could spend the whole night at. My mom used to be angry; however,she told me that it was the last time she would be angry because she was too depressed to keep teaching me what I should do. After all those things, I understood that my mom is right. I used to hate studying, but I am not now. I used to make my mom angry, but I am not now. For me, those experience were the most important memory.
ReplyDeleteIn high school i usualy had a lot of friends that i talk in class and always after clsass we went to different houses of my friends. this years was the best for me because my friends and i always travel toguether to differents parts of my country, and we all were living on the beach and most of the times we went to the beach for tubbing and parties. some people thing that high school is the worst, but for me was really interesting and fun.
ReplyDeleteSince coming to U.S, to be honest, I really miss my high school life. As you know, Chinese have to study very hard especially in the high school because of the population pressure and Gao Kao, the most important exam which can determine most students' destinies. When I was studying at grade 3, my life seemed like being filled with studying. I had to keep studying very hard to get good grades. I used to feel bored and exhausted about that life; I just wanted to get rid of that quickly, however, now I miss those days which made tired but really enrich and happy!
ReplyDeleteI lived an interesting childhood. One of my habits, which I used to do during my childhood, was collecting ants in a bottle. Actually, I used to make a challenge with my little sister to collect more ants. In addition, when I was a child, I used to go with my brother to the grocery to buy some chips and chocolates every afternoon after the school. One more habit, which I feel shamed once I remember that I used to hide the TV remote from my feather because I wanted to watch my carton movies and I didn’t want him to turn it to news channels.
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