Autobiography

Wake forest is an in between town. It used to be a small town, but it has grown exponentially in the last ten years. Most of the people who have moved to Wake Forest in these last few years are like me, from the North. Even though this area seems to be systematically losing its southern heritage, there are still a few people who were born and raised here who hold on to it. At school there would be trucks in the parking lot that were jacked up and had giant tires. They would have the confederate flag on them somewhere. Everyone who drove these trucks was members of FFA. However, most people did not actively participate in FFA. There were a few who went to the competitions, but most were only around to go to the meetings, which always had free pizza. Unless it was fall, then people would get into the state fair free on school days. I haven’t seen strong southern influence in the community that I live in. Even people who were born here don’t seem overwhelmingly southern.