Thinking about "The Rockpile," what is something your parents forbade you from doing when you were growing up? Explain what it was and why they might have set that rule.

 One thing that my parents didn't allow me to do when I was younger was have sleepovers at a friend's house. I was told that it was to protect me because you never know what will happen if you are stuck in someone else's house. This seems totally okay to me now, although I was upset at this rule at the time. My parents cared about my safety, and they did eventually remove this rule when I got older and more mature.

Today in class, we read the story "The Rockpile."

I learned how to recognize symbols in stories, such as the rock pile. 

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