Where are you from? (Please answer this in any way you'd like-geographically, culturally, artistically, politically, etc.) Focus on brevity and clarity of content; 300 words I am at 251 words
Do you think I'm answering the prompt in a descent manner? Is it too far off?
I can count all of my closest relatives on both hands. There is no signature cultural piece lying around our house. When someone looks at me, they cannot easily say, "Oh, certainly you're from 'this country.'" In fact, making my grandmother's Swedish meatballs is about as close as my family gets to our mixed heritage.
However, it is my obscure cultural background that makes me curious. The ambiguity of "where I am from" has led me to try to deeply investigate my history. I never fail to ask my grandmother all about her Swedish background. I'll pester my father about family crests that I'll find lying around and our Dutch roots. My persistent curiosity has even led me to Ancestry.com to answer the plaguing question of "where am I from?" I have since collected century's worth of cultural history that has given me a plethora of answers to this question. I come from Sweden and Holland, France and England, Memphis and "The South." I have come to realize that I may never be able to define exactly where I am from. I will never have "cultural looks." I will never have an ethnic heirloom. I will never have an extensive family that reaches across the globe. However, in trying to discover where I'm from, I _________
Learning about my heritage has _________. So while it may be hard for me to say exactly where I am from, I hope to say for the next four years that my home is Gambier, Ohio.
(I know that I want/need something in these blanks, I'm just not sure of what to put quite yet. I want to try to stick to the prompt of "where are you from," so I need to try not to stray from that too much)
I will look at your essays! I promise!
Do you think I'm answering the prompt in a descent manner? Is it too far off?
I can count all of my closest relatives on both hands. There is no signature cultural piece lying around our house. When someone looks at me, they cannot easily say, "Oh, certainly you're from 'this country.'" In fact, making my grandmother's Swedish meatballs is about as close as my family gets to our mixed heritage.
However, it is my obscure cultural background that makes me curious. The ambiguity of "where I am from" has led me to try to deeply investigate my history. I never fail to ask my grandmother all about her Swedish background. I'll pester my father about family crests that I'll find lying around and our Dutch roots. My persistent curiosity has even led me to Ancestry.com to answer the plaguing question of "where am I from?" I have since collected century's worth of cultural history that has given me a plethora of answers to this question. I come from Sweden and Holland, France and England, Memphis and "The South." I have come to realize that I may never be able to define exactly where I am from. I will never have "cultural looks." I will never have an ethnic heirloom. I will never have an extensive family that reaches across the globe. However, in trying to discover where I'm from, I _________
Learning about my heritage has _________. So while it may be hard for me to say exactly where I am from, I hope to say for the next four years that my home is Gambier, Ohio.
(I know that I want/need something in these blanks, I'm just not sure of what to put quite yet. I want to try to stick to the prompt of "where are you from," so I need to try not to stray from that too much)
I will look at your essays! I promise!