In this column by Krista Ramsey she explains what it feels like from a parent's perspective on what it is like to send a child away to college and their life after that.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/06/krista-ramsey-young-adults/6144909/
"But we smile and wave until they turn the very last corner and head to their gate. Then we return to our car, fold ourselves across the steering wheel and sob."
I chose these two sentences because I believe that this shows how strong someone can be to get through a situation like this. It represents the ability to overcome hard obstacles in our life. This also helps the reader prepare for when their own child goes off to college or moves away from their own household, and Ramsey helps the reader understand that they aren't alone with this feeling because there are others around them that might be suffering from the same thing. I noticed that throughout this little excerpt, Ramsey decided to use words that aren't elevated because she was saying that even something as simple as this can be very hard for some people.
I can tell that Ramsey likes to be straight to the point but also adds in details to help support her viewpoint. In the "Super Bowl QBs score points for great style", Ramsey crafts the story so that anyone can relate to what she is saying. Like in the seventh paragraph where she says "If you're the parents of the bride who put thousands of dollars into an elegant wedding, you might well feel a pang when people arrive in jeans with sunglasses atop their heads. The sight of sports jerseys and sweat pants at a carefully planned memorial service can be hurtful." She also gives the reader a view from the person that is being effected. In "For better vision, kids need time outdoors", Ramsey gives her viewpoint as a parent trying to protect her children from having terrible eyes. Ramsey explains that it's not the device itself that is effecting the child, it's the amount of time spent on the device. "But before parents claw back the iPhones, experts say the problem may not lie in the technology itself, but the amount of time spent on it, the environment in which it's used and the activities it's replacing." Ramsey thinks that there are a few activities that she wants her children to be doing in reality rather than the activity itself being replaced by technology. In "We're raising out kids to go out and explore the world. But what happens when they do?", Ramsey gives the viewpoint of a parent again but this time the concern is not with technology, but with a child going away for college."And they're gone. And they'd just gotten here." Ramsey shows that being a parent is very tough, but getting through all of those had times, such as having a child go away to college, can be worth it in the end and the rewards for the reader's child are endless.
Why did Krista Ramsey chose to write about children going off to college? Are her's going away this year?
How does she structure her sentences so that it leaves the reader to think? Is it through the way she words her sentences or is it the length of the sentences?
When Ramsey was talking about how the parent gets to their car and cries after the child leaves, did she begin to talk about her own experiences or were those other people's experiences with the same situation?
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