History is the developing knowledge about important events and individual developments over time;investigations about past and legacy.My history started from the time i was born to the time I came to the United States for the first time.This lens affected my life because when I was growing up I did things that I cherished and I remember like the time I went on an excursion with my friends in Ghana to Kakum national park and Cape Coast Castle.It was exhilarating because it was the first time we went on an excursion in our sixth grade class.The journey started at 6:00 needing us to be at the exact place around 5:30 to take the uton bus.I went with my cousin and friends because my cousin was in the same class as me.When we arrived at the national park we got a tour about the animals and keeping a close eye on our surroundings.Others were pretty scared and claimed to have seen a snake and owl but all i saw were a few crocodiles.When we were done with the tour they told us to go on the canopy walkway.This was the only park that had a canopy walkway.The canopy walkway was at 40 m (130 ft) height.The canopy walkway passes over 7 bridges and runs over a length of 330 m (1,080 ft). Some of the tree canopies are more than 50 metres (160 ft) in height. Imagine being that high whiles the kids swing it back and forth to scare others.Some of my friends chose to do the shortcut instead of going on 7 bridges but I did.On the last bridge it was the shakiest bridge so they told us we could sing whiles walking on it.From there we had our food and kept on going to the next stop, Cape Coast Castle known for its historical features like the slave trade.We learnt about how the slaves were placed in one room with no light and in different chambers.We saw the door of no return which was when slaves were taken through the door and were sold to the whites hence the name the door of no return.This has shaped my life because I learnt how history has been important in everybody's life.Just like when I won the patriots pen I didn't think i would win but I just wanted to try.I was the first won in my family to win a writing contest in my school.
Answers for questions It wasn't difficult to have me around when i was little and where we come from ,our official languauge is english and therefore,we are taught the english language right from kindergarten. |
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