Charlotte

Last friday, the freshman, sophomores, and juniors all went on a field trip to the City Council. It was in Charlotte in a huge government building. There, we learned all about Sister Cities. The tour guide told us how sister cities are formed, what they do, and lots of cool things about sister cities. We even got to sit in the city council chairs! Then, we got to see tributes to Charlotte’s sister cities. Afterwards, we went to an authentic West African restaurant in honor of our sister city; Kumasi. The lady there taught us about West African cuisine , it was very interesting. Although the service was slow, the food was exquisite. I can be picky, but sometimes it’s fun to try new things!

This experience was important because we got to learn and do new things. I would have never known what a sister city was if it weren’t for this trip, nor would I have ever tried African cuisine. And, now I can say that I sat in a city council chair!  I also got to learn about cities in other countries which is a nice change of pace from the whole “American History” thing. It also gave me the idea to maybe try and set up a sister city in Japan. I think that would be cool, since I really love Japanese culture.

As stated before, I plan on possibly someday setting up a sister city in Japan. Since the tour guide told the class how to set up a sister city, I now know that maybe it wouldn’t be that hard to do. And maybe I could come to one of those open mic city council days. I could talk about my ideas for change in Charlotte. Perhaps someday I could even be the mayor of Charlotte! Well, I might be getting a little ahead of myself. But the point is that this field trip actually got me excited for the city of Charlotte. And that is not an easy thing to do.