News — Children
Izzy Washington
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Photograph by Alex Martinez | 5, kindergartener at Fernbank Elementary School I like to go to Lullwater Preserve, the [Atlanta] Botanical Garden, the [Georgia] Aquarium, Fernbank Museum [of Natural History]. I saw lots of dinosaurs in the Fernbank Museum. And lots of dinosaur bones and stuff. On the entrance, they have a hawk, a stuffed hawk. I thought it was pretty cool. Atlanta’s a fun place to be. There’s lots of cool things around here. I know lots of people are nice. I have a neighbor around me who is also my friend that we play outside with. We play...
Malcolm Gladwell calls it the ‘Tipping Point’. The critical moment where the smallest thing could make a huge difference. That one moment that completely alters the trajectory of your life.
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In his book, The Tipping Point, Mr. Gladwell does not assert that childhood has a ‘tipping point’ but I believe childhood has an inexhaustible number of ‘tipping points’. I’d be willing to bet anything that you totally agree with me. I have little doubt that if you took a second to reflect on your own childhood you’d remember some seemingly trivial incident that undoubtedly impacted the course of your life. Recently, I was asked to reflect on my life and my childhood. Upon reflection, a couple of tipping point moments immediately came to mind. I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE During the...