rettabby
Mar 25, 2015
Undergraduate / LIBRARY: SECOND HOME (QUESTBRIDGE SHORT RESPONSE) [4]
If you could change one thing about your community, what would you change and why? (100 words limit)
During middle school, I did not have a computer or a printer at home and my mom worked long hours. My only resort was the public library.It was my second home; I could escape to magical places by reading books.The children section was and still is full but the teen section is almost isolated.Most teens in my community are not education-oriented and just want to get money to assimilate to the latest trends. I wish that teens would frequent the library more often because it would enable them to expand their knowledge and improve their school performance.
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If you could change one thing about your community, what would you change and why? (100 words limit)
During middle school, I did not have a computer or a printer at home and my mom worked long hours. My only resort was the public library.It was my second home; I could escape to magical places by reading books.The children section was and still is full but the teen section is almost isolated.Most teens in my community are not education-oriented and just want to get money to assimilate to the latest trends. I wish that teens would frequent the library more often because it would enable them to expand their knowledge and improve their school performance.
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