In Countee Cullen’s “Incident,” a brief encounter and a few words have a lasting impact on the speaker. Sometimes, a single conversation, whether positive, negative, encouraging, or difficult, can stay with us and change the way we think, feel, or see ourselves. Prompt: Write about a conversation that changed you. What was said, and why did that conversation have such a lasting impact on you?

 In Countee Cullen’s “Incident,” a brief encounter and a few words have a lasting impact on the speaker. Sometimes, a single conversation, whether positive, negative, encouraging, or difficult, can stay with us and change the way we think, feel, or see ourselves.  Prompt: Write about a conversation that changed you. What was said, and why did that conversation have such a lasting impact on you?

Prompt Response: A conversation that changed me was when I first started ROTC. As a first year, it felt pretty intimidating, especially perceiving the military atmosphere as strict and alarming. But, with the persuasion of my friends, I joined. The best part, every stressor and lonely feeling melted away once Sergeant Williams arrived with his booming enthusiasm and determined nature. He said that we all had the chance to be great leaders and be successful in our future. It really inspired me to be more active in ROTC and help others because by helping in my community, I could help in the workforce of my dream job, from my experience and efforts in ROTC.

Summary: In class, we wrote about the impact of insulting words towards us. 

Reflection: It made me realize that history always repeats itself. As there was and now hate speech still going on between groups of people. So in my generation, I hope we can progress by respecting everyone. 

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