LEGOs, the building blocks of childhood

Many students remember building with the simple LEGO blocks when they were younger. Whether they made a plane or a dragon or some unrecognizable contraption, these LEGOs provided endless amusement. Unfortunately, old habits fade and many have lost the amusement of playing with LEGOs. Even so, few students’ childhood was affected as much by LEGOs as was that of sophomore Charles Li.

Li had played with LEGOs when he was younger and still has the blocks now.

“[LEGOs] are awesome. You can build whatever you want. You don’t need even the instruction pack because it just restrains you,” Li said.

Li recalls building LEGOs for a “good chunk” of his childhood and remembers how much he enjoyed it. He said it helped him relieve his stress sometimes as a child because LEGOs were simple yet highly amusing. At one point he even wanted to build LEGOs for a job.

“In first grade, I wanted to be a professional LEGO builder. That is a job you know,” Li said.

Li’s fascination even prompted him to go to Legoland, and he recalls his amazement at the various huge LEGO structures.

Li had only one complaint for LEGOs that most people who played with LEGOs probably experienced and are all too familiar with.

“Stepping on a LEGO was pretty painful especially on a non-carpeted floor,” Li said.

Aside from the one complaint, Li could not think of any flaws to LEGOs. Like many of us, Li designed fictional worlds with those little blocks of joy and he will never forget his years of building with LEGOs.