In what ways are you
like your parents and
in what ways are you
different?
sometimes I don’t. I’m like my mom because we
both have a brother and we played sports. We’re
different because she has dark hair and I have
blonde hair, and she played basketball.
Maddax Fain, 3rd grade, St. Dominic School,
Dr. Carr
There are many reasons my parents and I are alike
and different. Reasons we are alike are we all have
a tender heart and try to be kind. We look alike and
we all have dark hair. Some reasons we are different
are my mom works at a hospital and I don’t want to
work there. These are the reasons we are alike and
different.
Kaden Powers, 3rd grade, Holston Elementary School,
Ms. Hubbard
I am like my parents in many ways, but we are also
really different. One way I am like my mom is she
has blue eyes and I have blue eyes too. One way
we are different is she likes reading and I do not like
to read. One way I am like my dad is he likes softball
and I do too! My dad and I are not alike because he
likes football and it is not my favorite sport.
I am similar to my parents because I can build like
my dad. I am different from my parents because I
can run fast!
Seth Barbee, Kindergarten, Hilton Elementary School,
Ms. Mullins
I’m like my mom and dad because they love me,
and I love them. They think I’m cool. They are cool
too. I cry, and they don’t. Maxton Taylor, Kindergarten, Hilton Elementary School,
Ms. Edwards
I’m different form my mama because she likes to go
shopping and I don’t like it. I’m like my dad because
we both like football and our favorite team is Virginia
Tech
Dylan Ketron, 2nd grade, Hilton Elementary School,
Mrs. Rhoton
I am like my parents and not like my parents. I am
short, and they are tall. They like the colors pink
and blue, and I like red. We can all do cursive.
Most of all we like the Vols! So, we are alike and
not alike.
Lily McGhee, 2nd grade, Rock Springs Elementary School,
Ms. Charlton
I’m like my parents. I’m like my dad. We are both
tall. I like to pretend to play office because I like
what people do in offices. I really like to pretend to
type and take pretend phone calls. I am different
from my dad because he goes on trips and
Brooke Stokes, 3rd grade, Yuma Elementary School,
Ms. Mullins
My parents and I have a lot in common and a lot
that’s different about us. My mom and I both are
good at doing flips because she was a cheerleader.
My parents and I also all like sports. Also, we are
all short. I am a blond. My mom has brown hair and
my dad has dark brown. I talk a lot and my mom
does not. I like to read and my dad only likes to read
sometimes, and when he does he normally reads
hunting and fishing books. These are the ways that
my parents and I are similar and different!
Laynie Jordan, 4th grade, Miller Perry Elementary School,
Mrs. Jeffers
I am not like my parents because neither of them
have freckles. I on the other hand have them
everywhere. They only have about one or two. I am
like my parents because we all like to hike a lot. We
go hiking almost every weekend. It is so much fun
to have them as my parents, even though we have
some differences.
Suzanne Amos, 5th grade, Holston Elementary School,
Mrs. Rutherford
I am pretty close to my parents. We also have a lot
of similarities. My parents and I are similar in ways
such as having the same personalities. I get my
loving personality from both of my parents. I am also
different. My parents love things organized and I
don’t have much of that trait! It’s pretty amazing to
notice these things and that’s why I love my parents.
Hannah Lay, 5th grade, Holston Elementary School,
Mrs. Rutherford
Champion
Eastman
Kingsport, TN
Platinum
I am similar and different to my parents in many
ways. My dad and I love to watch college football,
but he likes to watch every game that comes on and
I don’t. My mom and I are very similar but different
too. One example is that she likes to go shopping
for clothes and I don’t. However, we both love to
play softball. These are some ways my parents and
I are similar and different
Eastman Credit
Union
Savannah Monroe, 5th grade, Yuma Elementary School,
Ms. Mullins
Domtar
My parents and I are alike, because we like to listen
to Christian music. My dad and I like to watch
football. My mom doesn’t though, because she
doesn’t really understand it. My mom and I both
love raw cookie dough, but we cannot eat much
of it. You can get sick from it. My dad does not
like it. We all like to go to church on Sunday. My
parents like sweet potatoes, but I think they are
disgusting. We all enjoy family time in the evenings
as well. So, that is how my parents and I are alike
and different.
Kingsport, TN
Emily Hensley, 6th grade, Powell Valley Middle School,
Ms. Johnson
There are many ways that I am like my parents. The
ways I am like my dad are how much I look like
him. Every time we go to a public place everybody
tells me how much I look like my dad. One way I
am different than my dad is I love deer meat, but
my dad cannot stand it. The ways that I am like
my mom is that we both love sports, hunting and
many other things. Some ways I am different from
my mom are the things I eat. I can eat gravy and
biscuits all the time, but she can only eat it once in a
blue moon. These are ways I am alike and different
from my parents.
Robby Burchett, 8th grade, Pennington Middle School,
Mrs. Jones/Mrs. Edwards
I live with my mom. I am very much like my mom.
My mom loves to talk, and she’s not shy at all. I
love to talk, and I’m certainly not shy at all. I favor
my mom also. I’m not exactly the same as my
mom because we are both very different. We have
different attitudes, and interests. My mom loves to
read and I cannot stand it. Though my mom and I
are different, we both share the love in our hearts for
each other.
Libbey Litton, 8th grade, Pennington Middle School,
Mrs. Jones/Mrs. Edwards
Kingsport, TN
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