Prompt: Think about a moment when your understanding of your family changed as you got older. How did that shift impact your perspective, and how does that connect to Chris’s realization about his parents in Chapter 11?

 Prompt: Think about a moment when your understanding of your family changed as you got older. How did that shift impact your perspective, and how does that connect to Chris’s realization about his parents in Chapter 11?


A moment when my understanding of my family changed was when I learned more about my family, where we came from, the history, and what some people have done. This shifted my perspective on what I should do as well in life.


Today in class, we read chapter 11 (I read 9-11), and we worked on our worksheets.


Today I learnt about Chris's family life and who he was as a person.

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