Assignment 1.2 Summary and Personal Response – Revision
Mike Sopkowiak
Anna Cahill
English 115
08/12/2013

Assignment 1.2 Summary and Personal Response Final Draft
In the essay “Farm Girl” Written by Jessica Hemauer I think one of the main points in the story is the work ethics that are taught at a young age turns to make them successful at life. A family of three girls Jessica who the story is told from her perspective. And Sisters Angie, Melissa and one boy Nick that work on the farm to provide for themselves. They all do chores get up two hours before school and start milking the cows feeding the calves and cleaning up the barn. When there are done with their morning chores and get cleaned up they are rewarded with a hot breakfast. Hemauer, j. Farm Girl While attending school Jessica express a desire to be like the city kids get up an hour before school, attend before and after school functions. She doesn’t tell her friend’s that she has to do all the chores at home and that’s why she doesn’t play basketball or any other sports. Her dad has a family meeting letting them know the farm is growing and more chores will need to be done. Hemauer, j. Farm Girl In eight grade she pleaded with her dad to let her play basketball and he said yes just make sure your chores get done. She quickly became the team’s starting point guard, she was thrilled to be on a team and still kept her word with her father. She did her chores in morning and after basketball, she felt she was starting to have a life. It wasn’t too long after that dad had another family meeting to let them know the farm is even grown more and its time the kids stop helping and he was going to hire some help. She felt it was he’s way of thanking us for all the hard work we have done over the years we were all excited. Hemauer, j. Farm Girl
From the moment on she became more involved in school programs and even took on a waitressing job at a local resort. She began to notice that people started to follow her more and they commented on how she manages her time so well. When she thought being in all the extra school activities would make her fit in she stuck out she became a leader. Though she hated growing up on the farm she began to realize it had made her the person she is today “happy”. Hemauer, j. Farm Girl
I think the writer wanted to show the readers that working hard when you’re young and growing up you develop strong work ethic. Leadership skills that will help you succeed in life that growing up away from the city can have its advantages, you don’t see many kids growing up on the farm these days. Now day’s kids play video games 24/7 it’s hard to get them to take out the trash or do any chores and when they do they expect something in return. The writer was able to tell the story a short but concentrated on work ethic and got the point a cross in on four pages. The writer describes a family working on a farm and how one girl “Jessica” struggles with not being involved in school activities. How she develops strong work ethics and becomes a leader and successful and happy with who she is.
The audience the writer wrote this for a wide range people from kids in elementary school teaching them lesson about hard work ethics. That the chores they do are nothing compared to what Jessica and her family had to do. To High school kids that think they know it all that would teach them that this girl had to work daily on her dad’s farm until her freshman year in high school. She seems to have it together never late for anything. Just maybe it would make one of those kids think about life a little different. Maybe a couple of them would not complain about taking out the trash are mowing the grass because the story spoke to them. Also an adult myself it reminded me of my childhood I had a very strict dad I had a lot of chores, but it was a different circumstance where I ended up getting allot of trouble but still had the chores. But later in life I always had excellent comments on my work ethics. And I just enjoyed reading it and thinking how it would be like growing up on a farm and have to do chores on a daily biases and living with all the different animals and having the responsibility to have to make sure they get feed. Having the opportunity to make friends with the animals especially if they had horses that would be nice, you could ride them on the many acres a farm. You would have and the smells of the farm the hay and the not to pleasant smells it sound so peaceful. Being able to look up to the sky on a clear night in see the stars. I think to myself how different it would be then growing up in city.

Reference
Hemauer, J. Farm Girl (2011) The Mcgraw-Hill Guide for writing for college, Writing for life Page 83 – Page 87 ROEN/GLAU/MAID 2ND Edition/2011