An Essay About The Experience In The City - 1568 Words

As I rode through this new town, my eyes dashed from side to side trying to get a good view of the place. I wasn’t used to the country style atmosphere that I felt riding past the flowing acres of grass and corn. With the windows down feeling the fall breeze, the smell of cow manure began to permeate throughout our car. The stench made my nose cringe, I didn’t want to keep the window down much longer. Soon after my mom pointed out a herd of cows in a field, no wonder the air was so polluted. And a few minutes later a couple of horse in a ranch too. As we got closer in town I noticed more homes and stores but still spread further apart and less busy than usual I thought. Since passing the fields, I had let my window low again, but now the†¦show more content†¦The house looked very much was like the others that surrounded it just a few hundred feet apart. Each had its own playground set, half basketball court and big yard out front and back. This would be my new home and start of my 10 year journey at the Milton Hershey School. My mother and I were first introduced to a middle aged white couple that greeted and helped us inside. After a brief tour and brief conversations I made with them, they sat us down to explain some of the schools rules and regulations, most of which I didn’t agree with. The biggest of which was me having to cut my long hair. Boys weren’t allowed to have braids or hair longer than a few inches, I didn’t understand why. But what I agreed with didn’t matter. I had already gotten the â€Å"talk† from my parents before leaving home and was reminded multiple times on my trip there. I don’t remember the whole spiel, but it basically consisted of not acting crazy in front of these white folks and to always be civilized and show respect. See, my mom’s the sweetest person, but she made sure that we wouldn’t act out in front of company and always had respect, especially aro und people we didn’t know. 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