I was seven years old. What do you know when you're seven years old? All my life, or so I thought, we'd been in the city of Alexandria, in the Street of the Carpenters, with the other Galileans, and sooner or later we were going home.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker reflects on childhood innocence and a sense of belonging to a specific place.
- In plain terms
- When I was young, I thought our city was all there was.
- What can you take from it?
- Childhood often creates a limited view of the world.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does childhood shape your view of home?
Another view
This perspective ignores the complexity of the outside world.
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