HW 32: School Supply Time!

The next section that I read from Baghdad Burning by Riverbend was really neat. She talked about many different topics but my favorite was when she talked about shopping for school supplies. She went with her cousin and E. to pick out some school supplies for her cousins two daughters. Her daughters were 7 and 10. "So we packed into the car and headed off for a shopping area in the middle of Baghdad." (Riverbend, 94) They don't have malls like we do here in the United States, they have smaller shops on the sides of streets. Riverbend had a little bit of trouble choosing notebooks for the younger of the two girls. She had to choose between Winnie the Pooh and the Lion King. She eventually chose Winnie the Pooh. Choosing school supplies in Baghdad is just like buying you supplies here. They have notebooks with characters on them that you want when you were their age. She got back to give the notebook to the younger of the girls and she was mortified that she had Winnie the Pooh and she wanted Barbie. We can see the similarities from Baghdad to the US and it is really neat how they compare.

Lindsay