The plant growing was pretty new to me. I never really grew anything with all of the responsibility; however I have grown simple things like flowers before. I have never grown anything edible. This was much easier than I expected, simply needing to water the sprouts on a daily basis. In doing this I realized that the world can be very difficult. While growing this the whole time I was thinking that this would not be very pleasant to eat. This made me think about people who have much less to eat and do not have a choice in what they eat. Also, it made me realize how difficult farming can be. Although it was pretty simple for me, I noticed some of my peers with much less impressive results as their plants withered. This showed me how a simple mistake like forgetting to water the sprouts for even a day can mess it up. The process may be seen as magical in the way that the sprouts grew so quickly. It may also be sacred, being that people have been growing plants to eat for years; however I did not find this process even the slightest bit unpleasant. Upon eating the sprouts, they were not nearly as distasteful as i had imagined based on their appearance, smell, and my overall preference for foods that are not vegetables. In fact, I found the sprouts quite tasty, much like lettuce in my opinion. I tried them alone at first and then with a hamburger when I got home, which was very satisfying. Overall I feel like this was a fun process.
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