An Ideal Social Meeting Place for Young People
Choose one of the prompts below and develop a two-page (400-500 word) response that retells, or updates, one of the classics. This is an informal writing assignment, so feel free to get creative and have fun with this assignment, or to get personal and expressive. You are welcome to use first person (I and we) and to write this in any form you choose — poem, short short, letter to the editor, journal entry, blog post, newspaper article, or even a series of Facebook status or Twitter updates — as long as your writing meets the minimum word count.
PROMPT #1:
Have you ever lost something that was really important to you? How did you feel about it? Did other people understand what you were going through, or did you constantly have to explain yourself? Have you ever moved? Did you miss your old home? Write a lament for something that you have lost. It could be something serious, like the death of a loved one or a move that was hard to adjust to, or it could be something not-as-serious, like the loss of a favorite childhood toy.
PROMPT #2:
You are trying to open up a restaurant / coffee shop that will become a social gathering place for your friends and peers. You want this place to be really cool — but also a place where people can relax and get comfortable. What kind of establishment will you open? How will you get people in the doors? What will they do once they get there? How will you keep them there for long periods of time and keep them coming back? Write a description or story of your ideal social meeting place.
PROMPT #3:
Imagine that you are going on a college study trip, or pilgrimage, with a group of four strangers. Where would you go and why would you be going there? How would you want your life to change? Who would the strangers be and how would they talk, act, and dress? A nerd? A prep? A jock? The pretty girl? Write your own social satire of the members of your group. This might be an ideal prompt for a blog post or a series of Facebook / Twitter statuses.
An Ideal Social Meeting Place for Young People
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An Ideal Social Meeting Place for Young People
For many years, I have visited many meeting places such a restaurants and coffee places to not only satisfy my hunger and quench thirst, but in need of a place where I can relax and pass time with my friends. Most of the meeting places I have stepped my feet on, I can confess, are elegant and cool, creating a nice ambiance where people can just chill and enjoy the good services being provided. Personally, I have always liked visiting coffee houses because of the relaxing environment they provide. I have visited some of the best coffee houses in the city such as Java, Starbucks, and Café du Monde among others. One notable thing about these places is that even though they provide the best coffee in town, they lack market segmentation where they provide special environment that meets special needs of different market segments. For instance, as a teen I would prefer a place that does not emphasizes on much level of seriousness. A majority of the coffee houses in the city is very quiet, with people talking in low tones, and this to me and I believe to my friends, is not cool.
It has always been my dream to establish an ideal social meeting place for young fellows who are energetic and enthusiastic about life. Although at first I thought a coffee house could best fit the idea, I have realized that coffee houses are ...