How has hearing them impacted you instead of just reading it?’
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of being able to hear the interviews of Laura Smalley (Left) and Fountain Hughes (Right). We also got to read from their interviews to follow along. It was extremely enlightening as we got to experience what it was like to be a slave. While the teacher could have just let us read it, we got the chance to actually hear their voices and we got to hear how they talked. It gives it an actual feel of what it was like to live in that time period. It feels a lot more immersive than just reading as you can hear the emotion in their voice. You can tell what is supposed to be serious and what is supposed to be humorous. We learned about the exact hardships of being a slave. Children, as soon as they were old enough to feed themselves, would eat out of a pig trough type thing. A lot of people, even though they were free, were indebt and they were only slightly older than me and my classmates.
How will technology help my grandchildren see me?
We live in a generation where we get the chance to experience many things. New inventions are brought into the public eye every day. I imagine that it won’t be any different for my children and grandchildren. But, instead of only being able to see pictures like I have to, they will be able to hear my voice, watch me in videos I have taken and will take in the years that come. They could take comfort knowing I went through the same struggles they will go through, experienced the same embarrassing experiences they might go through. They will be able to laugh with me, cry with me, get infuriated with me. Instead of just having to wonder what it felt like to live when I was younger, they can actually see and hear it. By the time that i’m 30, they might invent a number of devices to capture beautiful memories we can view for years to come. Holograms might become commonplace and my grandchildren will be able to talk to their grandmother and grandfather when they were the same age as them!
I think that the future holds promise for technology that will allow my grandchildren to see me.
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