Literate/Illiterate

I grew up in the suburbs of Indianapolis during the '80s. During that time when the "more is best" mentality prevailed, my parents, being affected by the Mennonite traditions, decided to take a different approach. We had a large vegetable garden, in which they sectioned off plots for us kids to individually grow produce, no air conditioning, 1 car, giant chest freezer for putting up food, canned food in the basement, and a very tiny television that you had to turn on with a wrench. As a young child, these things didn't seem to bother me. I preferred to play outdoors- we had the best climbing trees in the neighborhood! It wasn't until I got older and realized how "uncool" not having cable was that i started to resent this lifestyle that I was part of. Thankfully, those years are long gone, and as now as a parent myself, I am very thankful for the "propaganda" that my parents so graciously instilled into my life so much that I am passing my "liberal" views down to my son. Thanks mom!