Emerson Day 4

It is Day 4 of my Emerson assignment...and also Thanksgiving! Today I went to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and observed some very interesting things. While I was there, around Columbus Circle, there was a HUGE police presence everywhere. One article I read said that they had sharpshooters, dogs, plain clothes police, etc. I found that although the police were there to show that there was a presence and to detect threats, they were also greeting people and being very nice to my sister and my mom and wishing us a happy holiday! There were also hundreds of people on all the balconies in the mall at Columbus Circle. I noticed that there were several people behind me that were young twenty-somethings who were talking a lot and seemed to be spewing whatever came to mind. One guy who was behind me kept talking about how stupid the balloons were and then the girl next to him was complaining that the parade ended with Santa's float. Something interesting about what I have observed so far about people, is that the younger they are, the more they are likely to speak whatever is on their mind regardless of their surroundings. Maybe it has to do with the fact that young people are more arrogant and more ambitious, but it also could be that young people tend to question society more than people over 30 do. Overall, it was very fun and I guess in a way they were carrying on Emerson's legacy in today's society.