Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Walk a Mile in my Shoes: 2nd edition
I scanned my room, searching for an object that would describe my culture. My attention was immediately drawn to the floor of my closet, specifically to my shoes. Shoes can tell a lot about the social, economic, geographic status of an individual. If you were to look at the floor of my closet (please excuse the mess) you would immediately know several things. The heels, riding boots and pink tennis shoes would reveal me to be a girl. You can tell that I don't live in a tropical or arctic climate. There aren't many flip flops or sandals in my floor this time of year and my boots are bairly equiped to handle the snow that we have. If you look a little closer you would see glimpses of my socio-economic sphere. You would see that I am definitely not a laborer, but follow a more academic/professional path. Looking in my closet, you will notice three pairs of practical shoes: my snow boots, my purple and brown plaid rain shoes, and my pink tennis shoes. These sensible shoes are swimming in a sea of sparkled heals, black healed boots and pumps. None of my other shoes would be helpful in an environment outside of an academic or professional setting. I would hate to hike a mountain or pave a road or plow a field in a pair of black pumps. My shoes go the same places I do: class, internship, running, church, out with friends. You can tell a lot about what I do, and a lot about the students at Belmont, by the shoes in our closets.
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