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Project I-57 |
Question: What do you think life is like in a mining town in southern Illinois -- good and bad points?
What are the people like who live there?
Which is a better place to live - Fisher or a mining town in southern Illinois? Why?
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(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
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N.B. The M and F after each essay refer to the student's
gender. Spelling and grammar have not been corrected,
per the teachers' request
except in cases where misunderstanding is likely.
I still would pick Chicago to live at.
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois))
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
Living in a small town could be crowded, and not have enough of what they need. For example they won’t maybe have, food, shelter and necessary things so they can survive because it’s a small town. And maybe they don’t have all the food, people, may want or shelter that they need.
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(F - no other info)
(F who has never visited Southern Illinois)
Don’t know!
The people are probably into mining alot.
Chicago!!! [is a better place to live]
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
[good and bad points] I don’t know.
[people] I don’t know.
CHICAGO is better.
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
(M who has never visited Southern Illinois)
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N.B. Spelling has been corrected at teacher request.
The M and F after each essay refer to the student's gender.
I don't know.
(M who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I don’t know.
(M who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
Good because there are a lot more football and other sports. Bad ... I don’t know.
They are mostly into sports and wrestling too.
Fisher [is better]; I know a lot more people here than there. I don’t really want to live in southern Illinois.
(M who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
The air would not be that good. It would be a good job for people though. I don’t know [what kind of peple live there].
Fisher [is better]. The air would be better plus Fisher is where I live.
(M who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I do not know. Good points it would be small, bad points loud explosions. I don’t know [what people are like there]. Fisher not as loud.
(M who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
1. Probably the same up here.
2. I have no idea [what people are like there].
3. I’ve never been down there.
(M who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois )
Life in mining town is busy and I think that's pretty good [unclear] because we need more coal and rock. I think it’s bad because of the messes they can make with oil. I don’t know what the people are like in mining town. Fisher [is better] because it’s not so busy and messy, and it would be crowded because of the hills around [unclear] rock area.
(M who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
Good points are you can get a lot of oil or gold. Bad points are it's dangerous. I would rather live in Fisher because there's not as much heavy work going on and there's more room to do stuff.
(M [no further information])
I don't know.
(M who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I don't know.
(F who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I don’t know what life is like in a mining town is like. I have no idea what the people are like who live there. Fisher is probably a better place to live.
(F who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
1. dirty and dangerous.
2. bad and good people
3. a mining town [is better]. I like to get dirty and I like danger.
(F who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I don't know.
(F who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
Bad: cause the mine could blow up then we wouldn’t have any money.
Fisher [is better] because there are no mines or anything like that. It’s more quiet here. There is not any robberies or any thing like that.
(F who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I think it would be Bad. Bad points/pollution. Good points, none. Don’t know [what the people are like]? Fisher [is better]. Quiet town with NO pollution.
(F who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
I don’t know [about life or the people]. Fisher [is better] because it is quiet nice people, little, and just a nice place to live.
(F who doesn't know if she has visited Southern Illinois)
I don’t know. Good - I would get to see a lot of family and bad points - the explosions. People are very. Fisher [is better] because it is a nice place to be.
(F who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
1. I think life in a mining town wouldn't be so cool to live in
a mining town.
2. They're very nice people my great aunt lives there.
3. I would like to live right where I am NOW.
(F who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
1. I guess kind of polluted and hard to breathe in that smokey air.
2. Fisher [is better] because not as polluted.
3. I have no clue [what the people are like].
(F who has never visited anyone in Southern Illinois)
1. I think it would be kind of cool. The good things are
that you would probably know a lot about mining. The bad things are
that if you didn’t like mining you would not like it there.
2. I don’t know [what the people are like].
3. I don’t know [which town is better] because I have never been
to a mining town.
(F who doesn't know if she's visited someone in Southern Illinois)
I don’t know [about life or the people].
I think Fisher is a better place to live because there is less crime. I also think that Fisher is a better because I like small towns and Fisher a small town.
(F who has visited someone in Southern Illinois)
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N.B. Spelling has been corrected at teacher request.
The M and F after each essay refer to the student's gender.
I think life in a small mining town is sort of quiet. I think a good thing about a small mining town is that it is so quiet that hardly ever gets disturbed. I think a bad thing is that someone could trip and fall in to a mine shaft. I think the people their are probably sort of ordinary.
I'd rather live in Fisher than a small mining town. Another bad thing
is if you are a miner you could get black lung disease. The reason I think
it might be a quite town is that we don't really need coal anymore
so most of the mines are abandoned.
(M who has visited Chicago)
The life of a miner is very dangerous. A miner's life is also wealthy. I'd say that the people that live there always have headaches.
I would live in Fisher because it's a small town. Fisher
is a quite place to live. Fisher is also a very good town.
(M who has never visited Chicago)
I think life in a mining town would be noisy and dangerous. The good things are that it is quieter because the towns are farther apart. The second thing is the towns are alot smaller and so they don't have very many gangs so that you can't get robbed or hurt. The bad things are that you could get hurt in the coal mine because a piece of coal could fall on you. The second thing is that you might not have computers because you might not have enough or the school might not have enough money to buy one. I think the people would be nice.
I think Fisher is a better place to live because it is not as dangerous
and it is not as far from a different town.
(F who has visited Chicago)
I think a small mining town would be kind of nice. I would like to imagine it nice and quiet. But there is not as many jobs there and the people are probably boring to me. Some people just sit around waiting for some thing exciting to happen ,but not me . I would probably do something unordinary to them.
Fisher is way more exciting than a small mining town in southern Illinois. All my friends are here not in some mining town. I have lots more things to do that are not unusual.
(M who has never visited Chicago)
It would be fun to live in a mining town. Why? Because they dig up coal.The people would be nice and a lot of fun. Why? It would be fun helping people dig up coal. Why? Because they will be nice to people that live in Fisher. Why? Because Fisher Schools are nice and no robbers come here barely. Oh by the way there's dangerous equipment in mining towns.
(F who has never visited Chicago)
I think it might be annoying hearing the trains going by at night but I guess you would get use to it after all. I also think it might be kind of cool living by all those coal trains and getting up in the morning watching them go by. I also think the people there are very nice.
(M who has visited Chicago)
I think what is good about living in a mining town in southern Illinois is that it has good farming, hunting. It wouldn't be too noisy and it would be nice to live there. The bad thing is that they're not mining anymore so some people might not want to live there. I think that the people would be nice and friendly.
I think that Fisher is a better place to live than living in a mining town in southern Illinois.
(M who has visited Chicago)
I think life in a mining town is sort of weird. Good points of a mining town are they dig up different kinds of gems. Then they can take them to the banks and cash them in for money. Another good point of a mining town is if a tornado comes along they could go into the mine and be safe.
Bad points of a mining town could be if they went underground, and it collapsed they would be caught and would not be able to get out. People that do mining underground could be hurt very badly. They could be cut by metal or other sharp items. If they go too far down, they could die because of heat and the pressure. Life in a mining town is not a good idea because of all the coal dust. The people could die because they could get what was called black lung.
I would not like to live in a mining town because, if I went underground I could die. I would not be able to do things I am able to do now. I would not be able to go to school, or have any fun with my friends because I would be underground. If I was in a mining town there would be too much coal dust in the air, and we would have a hard time breathing. If I lived in a mining town, I would probably have no friends because everybody would be underground with me.
I would rather live in Fisher because it is safer. We do not have to go underground. I can go to school and have my friends to play with in Fisher. I can walk on the sidewalk by myself. I can go to the store and get things for my mom or dad. I can go to my friends and play with them.
(M who has visited Chicago)
I think life in Southern Illinois is like not very crowded and busy. The good part about Southern Illinois is that it's nice and quiet. The bad part about Southern Illinois is the old dangerous mining machines that might fall down.
I think that people in Southern Illinois are like really nice. I think the people in Southern Illinois are nice because they don't have to worry about traffic jams or being late. I also think that the other people who live in Southern Illinois are nice too, but I don't because I've never lived there or visited there.
I think that Fisher is a better place to live because it doesn't have dangerous old mining machines that can fall down and hurt someone. I think Fisher is a better place to live because there are not underground mining shafts that could cave in and trap people. I also think that Fisher is a better place to live because Fisher is a farming community and is a safer more profitable community.
I think Fisher is a better place to
live because the ground is all ready
settled to build a house on but,
if you steam roll a mound of dirt
from when people mined and build a
house on it you have a chance of
it settling and ruining your house. Since
Fisher is a farming community it will
probably be around a lot longer than
a mining community. These are the reasons
I picked Fisher than a mining town
in Southern Illinois.
(F who has never visited Chicago)
I think life in a mining town would be cool because I think it would
be fun to watch them if you live near by. It could be dangerous too. I
think there are nice and bad people too.
Southern Illinois would be better to live in because it is quiet there.
(M who has never visited Chicago)
I think life in a mining town in southern Illinois is small . The good points are it probably is not so busy like a bigger town . It's bad points are it could be polluted and dangers because it may have big machinery . The people that live there are adjusted to the town .
I think Fisher is a better place to live because it is not as dangerous and it probably is not as polluted. I like Fisher.
(M who has never visited Chicago)
Well, I think that life would be kind of nice to live in Southern Illinois. There would be more doctors. There would be some bad points too. Like the pollution. It would kill a lot of animals. I think the people who live there would probably be pretty nice. I think some of the people would be kind of mean.
I think Fisher would be better than Southern Illinois because you wouldn't
have to live with all the pollution and noise.
(F who has never visited Chicago)
I think life in southern Illinois would be really quiet on the farms. And I think in the city would be noisy.
I think Fisher would be better
because ITS NOT THAT LOUD AND NOISY!!!!
(M who has visited Chicago)
The good part about mining towns is people are real friendly. The bad part about mining towns that it has no grocery stores and it is very noisy.
I picked Fisher because it is fun to play at. People are nice and I
have a lot of friends there. And the school their is fun to go to, we have
snow, stores and a lot of toys.
(M who has never visited Chicago)
A mining town is probably noisy and dangerous. Some of the people there are miners who mine coal. There is a lot of dangerous points about mining town because there is a lot of machines. Like for example, if your ball went into a mine you could not get it out. A good point about living in a mining town is that you can get a lot of coal. If you had a furnace that you had to use coal with this would be a good town for you. Some of the people there are very poor. Some of the people are more fortunate and work at a nice place and can live in better homes.
I think that Fisher is a better place to live because it is not as dangerous
as the mining town in Southern Illinois. Children do not have to worry
about where they play.
(F who has visited Chicago)
Mining towns life is like good and bad because when you go in the mines you could get hurt .And the good points about mining towns are that when you are living in a farm it is quiet there. They like to live in mining town because they like to live in cities and like to mine in mining towns. I don't really know because they are good places to live in
Fisher is good because there is nice people living here and mining towns are good because you could get coal and you can get lot of electricity at your house. You can sell coal to other people to use the coal.
(F who has visited Chicago)
I think that mining towns would be good because people would find gold, oil, silver and coal. I think the bad things are that the mine could cave in and hurt people. Also they could close the mine and people would lose their jobs.
I think the people are very hard workers and they might be greedy. I
think Fisher is a better place to live because the people aren't greedy
and there aren't as many robberies.
(M who has never visited Chicago)
I think life in a mining town is noisy. One bad point is that mining is dangerous. One good point is coal can help us. The people who live there are nice. I would like to live in Fisher. I have a nice teacher. I like my day care too.
(F who has visited Chicago)
I think living in a mining town would be dangerous. It would be dangerous because, if you ran into a big machine and, it was running you would probably get hit or hurt badly. Now for the good points. One good point about living in a mining town is that you probably wouldn't have an electric stove, you could just use a furnace with coal. There are probably alot of mine workers. I know that there are some bad people and some good people.
I would rather live in a town named Fisher. I would rather live in Fisher because, all of my friends live in Fisher and, I really don't like the sound of tractors and, machines. Plus the tractors and machines go really really slow on the roads and, if I or anybody else were trying to get some where quick and, you were in a NO passing zone you wouldn't be able to pass and, would have to go the same speed limit ass the slow tractor.
(F who has visited Chicago)
I think it would be bad to live in a mining town because of pollution, its a dangerous place,noisy , and might not have a doctor. Some good things are more forest, good hunting and fishing. To tell the truth I have never met an southerner . But I think I would like too.
I still like Fisher better!! I like
the quietness of Fisher
(F who has visited Chicago)
I think it might be really exciting because they get to use dynamight in the mines. It might be dangerous and people might get hurt from it. I think the people would probably be very nice and friendly to live by. I would like to live in Southern Illinois because they have dynamite.
(M who has visited Chicago)
The good thing about southern Illinois is that they have coal mines. They are kind of noise and dusty. Well, the bad thing about southern Illinois is it is kind of polluted. They probably have trouble breathing.
They probably have good and bad people there. But when I went there there were a lot of people. Well, I think southern Illinois is better than Fisher.because it is probably much hotter than fisher and it must be pretty cool.
(M who has visited Chicago)