If a catastrophic event happened and my family and I had to quickly move to another country and take only three things, the three things that I would bring are: my cell phone, picture album and a book.
My cell phone is important for me to bring, because that is how I would be able to keep in contact with my family. I am really close with my family. Being able to let them know what is happening and where I am located, it would allow for my family to be able to send anything that could be used to help my family and I or just to talk and be open with my family. My family is located all around the entire United States, so that is why a cell phone is so important to me right now. Not only is it important to call my family members, but it has internet access and allows me to keep up to date on important news going on around the world.
A picture album would have pictures of my family and friends. The photo album would contain pictures from when I was a baby up until my life now. This would remind me of memories and to still feel close to my family, even if I am not in touch with them.
A book is the last thing that I would bring with me because almost my entire family read's in their free time. It is a relaxing time for us and allows us to let the worries go.
Each of the three items mean a lot to me. They all relate back to my family. I have a very close family in which a lot of us have a lot of the same interests. That is why the three of these objects would be important for me to bring to another country if a catastrophic event happened.
If I arrived to the other country and I was told I was only able to keep one item, I would be very stressed and frustrated. The one item that I would keep would be my cell phone. My cell phone has pictures of my family on it and I would be able to contact my family using my cell phone. It may be a lot more difficult to use my cell phone, but I would do whatever it took to contact my family members.
I learned that it is very important to value your family. If something happened and you had to leave almost everything behind and go to another culture, it would be harder to communicate with your family.
I have thought a lot about catastrophic events especially through this assignment and so often people cannot find their families for days, months and sometimes never. I think it would be unbearable to survive an event never to know what happened to my family.
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Hi Chelsea, after doing this assignment I most definitely realized that I value things that I never thought that I would have valued. I realized that I value my family just as much as you. I think that family is very important to value. I enjoyed reading your blog and I hope to read more of them as the course goes on.
ReplyDeleteHi Chelsea, I see we have a lot in common. Family is equally important to me as well. Cell phone or ipad to Skype was one of my answers as well. Staying in constant communication with my family is an absolute must! Thanks for sharing. I look forward to getting to know you more through blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Chelsea, I never thought about taking my phone. Its funny because that is one thing that I know I can live without but it feels weird when I don't have it on me. I think that we all value things in life a lot but we never really think about what we value in life and how important it is to use until we are faced with a catastrophic event in our lives. I enjoyed reading your blog and I hope that as the course continues I will get to read more of your blogs and learn more about you.
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ReplyDeleteI would never think of a cellphone. I chose my family bible. However, technology has become a part of our culture. Therefore, I can see why you would keep a communication device that had pictures. What would you do if there was no electricity?