“The uniform gave me a sense of belonging, and something. I had never experienced all the while I was growing up; I felt distinctive.” This is essential to the story as after the engineering class he felt lost, especially regarding …
Category: Reading Response Colin Powell
Reading Response Colin Powell — Odalys
“The discipline, the structure, the camaraderie, the sense of belonging were what I craved. I became a leader almost immediately. I found a selflessness within our ranks that reminded me of the caring atmosphere within my family. Race, color, background, income …
Reading Response Colin Powell-Mouhamed
“it was not a place where you would expect much of a military presence. When I returned to school in the fall of 1954, I inquired about the Reserve Officers Training Corps, and I enrolled in ROTC. I am not …
Reading Response Colin Powell — Jonathan
“Ronnie was only two years older than I, but something in him commanded
deference. And unlike me, Ronnie, a chemistry major, was a brilliant student. He was a cadet leader in the ROTC and an officer in the Pershing
Rifles. …
Reading Response Colin Powell – Valon
“it was not a place where you would expect much of a military presence. When I returned to school in the fall of 1954, I inquired about the Reserve Officers Training Corps, and I enrolled in ROTC. I am not …
Reading Response Colin Powell- Edwin
“As soon as I got home, I put the uniform on and looked in the mirror. I liked what I saw. At this point, not a single Kelly Street friend of mine was going to college. I was seventeen. I …
Reading Response Colin Powell — Bithiah
“Ronald Brooks was a young black man, tall, trim, handsome, the son of a Harlem Baptist preacher, and possessed a maturity beyond most college students. Ronnie was only two years older than I, but something in him commanded deference. And …
Reading Response Colin Powell — Gilbert
“As soon as I got home, I put the uniform on and looked in the mirror. I liked what I saw. At this point, not a single Kelly Street friend of mine was going to college. I was seventeen. I …
Reading Response Colin Powell – AJ
” PRs drilled together. We partied together.
We cut classes together. We chased girls together”
“The discipline, the structure, the camaraderie, the sense of belonging were what I craved.”
Colin making these statements showed his feeling toward the ROTC. It …
Reading response Colin Powell- Jason
“When I returned to school in the fall of 1954, I inquired about the Reserve Officers Training Corps, and I enrolled in ROTC. I am not sure why. Maybe it was
growing up in World War II and coming of …
