It's Country for Me Short Summary

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It's country for me short Summary

It's country for me Summary

In this lesson, the author, Patricia Demuth wants to highlight the satisfaction, hard work, and passion of country people for their work and their land. 

She says that Joel is a 13- —to 14-year-old boy in grade 8 at a Public school in Scales Mound. The writer has described the boy's life, feelings, and love for his work, farms, and the country.

Joel has been living on a 245-acre land that his great-great-grandfather bought in 1860, 160 years ago. Joel was born on this land and has a special attachment to it. For the attribution to his great-great-grandfather's name, Joel's family was called Holand's family.

After coming back from school, Joel does many small chores and helps his family with farm work. He works for hours daily. During weekends and holidays, he works 8 to 15 hours a day. He is an energetic, active, and hard worker. He visits the animal barn many times a day to feed the animals. He knows how to care for the animals. He has been watching and doing all this since his early childhood.

Joel attends a public school at Scales Mound and almost half of its students are farmers. He is very sociable and friendly. He cares for relations and knows their importance. That's why he knows the names of all his schoolmates. He is a good student too. He usually gets an A grade or B grade in exams but in national testing, he scored 99 percent. He is aware of the day-to-day lessons of his school.

In daily chores, Joel helps his family to run the farm and to support the family. He does the work of an adult despite his teenage. The Hollands operate as a self-sufficient farm. They raise cattle and animals mostly cows and sheep. They keep some females to replenish the stock and the rest are sold out to meat companies every year. Hollands raise all types of crops their animals need- corn, oats, and hey. They sell the extra crops and earn some money from it. The main source of their income is selling animals.

If all the chores and activities of the farm were to be done by professionals, experts, technicians, and machines, it would cost one million dollars to operate this farm. Joel's family do all this work themselves with hard work and the experience they have got.

Joel is an active, alert, and watchful learner. He has learned all these farming skills by observing, watching, and listening to his father and brothers. he continues to learn more skills. He wants to become a farmer.

Joel is the youngest of all the six children of Ed and Betty, his parents. He has four brothers and one sister. His sister is the youngest of all and is a Roman Catholic nun graduating graduation Dubuque Lova. His other two brothers are also getting an education away from home and his two brothers work on the farm with his father.

Joel is highly energetic and never gets tired. His father praises his help and busy life. Being the youngest, he is often involved in helping works such as bringing a forgotten tool, supplying drinking water, lending a helping hand etc. But he dislikes becoming a gofer for others.

Joel does not want to leave the country at any cost. Farming is his heritage and passion. He wants to become a farmer. If he would have to live in a city for one year He will badly miss the country's life. That's why he says, "If I have a favorite place to live in, it's a country for me."

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