Prompt: What is the best piece of advice of that your parent or guardian has given you? Tell what the advice was and what prompted you to ask the question.

 Prompt Response: The best piece of advice that my parents gave me was "to never change myself for anybody because the people who really care about me like me for who I am." I was prompted to ask them this question when some of my friends from elementary school told me that I should change the way I act and do more things that they liked. 


Summary: Completed writable assignment over the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes.


Reflection: I learned that many poems are influenced by the speaker's community and the time period that poem was written. Knowing this will better increase my understanding of poems as I progress through my academic career.

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