At first glance you could tell that Alida Graham was the type of person you would want as a grandma. Either it be the way she smiled or how you instantly felt comfortable with her. As we were interviewing her, her eyes were bright, her hands were moving all over the place, her cheekbones were high up as she smiled while talking. To learn about how she got through college and how she learned from what all she went through showed how it helped her grow. To learn more about her, we interview her to see how college helped with her coming of age. She was born in Oak Park, IL which is a suburb of Chicago, and she enjoyed her life there. Once she graduated from high school, it was expected of her to go to college because all of her family has and has some type of degree, hence, her father being a teacher. She chose to go to Northern Illinois because it was affordable and her best friend was going there, too. Once she was there, she stated that she didn’t like college at all. Her first major was Psychology but it was later changed to Special Ed. because of the experience she had with special kids. As a student, she procrastinated a lot but still got good grades.
Alida then stated, as she was in college that her favorite part about was:“My social life. I loved the freedom to do what you want to do and when you want
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She now works part-time at the courthouse Juvenile Justice, volunteers at OKO as the board president, and is an elected member of the school board. She now describes herself as very independent and fun. Also, a lifelong learner, and you could tell. Her posture as she stated this screamed ‘I make my own money and don’t need nobody to make it for me’. But, the quote that she stated “No matter where you go in the world, you’ll be able to survive.” and since she was in London/Switzerland, there was none of her family around to help her, and that experience of independence helped her become who she is
Lisa Genova’s grandmother, who was 85 years old, had been showing signs of dementia for years; but she was a smart and independent woman who never complained, and she navigated around her symptoms. Her nine children and their spouses, as well as her grandchildren, passed off her mistakes to normal aging. Then they got the phone call when Lisa’s grandmot...
As a young adult, she wanted to work in the field of psychology. Throughout her high school career, she worked at a local record
In the great story of a young girls triumph over poverty, rejection and innumerable failures as a child, she will unfortunately never truly prosper as an adult in the world in which she lives. Our protagonist, Sara Smolinsky who is the youngest of the four Smolinsky girls, has the most motivation in life to be independent, and fend for herself. However to achieve this goal she would need to break loose of the family chain and peruse a life elsewhere. It appears she has done so as she runs away from home seeking an education. Six years or so go by and she has more than fulfilled her dream of independence, however as members of her family take on life threatening sickness she once again feels the need to come home, and falls back under the spell of family obligation. As for other characters in the book, the same problem with familial duties always interferes with what one truly wants.
...latively normal and happy life with her family in their new home in Vermont by adjusting to her new mental environment.
She would mostly be alone and sit by herself being buried in books or watching cartoons. In high school she attended a program for troubled adolescents and from there she received a wide range of support from helping her get braces to helping her get information to attend community college. (59) Even with this she was already too emotionally unstable due to her family issues and felt like she couldn’t go through with her dreams to travel and even go into the art of culinary. She suffers from psychological problems such as depression and worries constantly about almost every aspect in her life from work to family to her boyfriend and just hopes that her life won’t go downhill. (60) Overall Kayla’s family structure shows how different is it now from it was in the 1950’s as divorce rates have risen and while before Kayla’s type of family structure was rare now it is becoming more common. This story helps illustrate the contributions of stress that children possess growing up in difficult homes in which they can’t put their own futures first they must, in some cases, take care of their guardian’s futures first or others around them. Again, this adds into the inequality that many face when it comes to being able to climb up the ladder and become successful regardless of where one
The girl in the story writes about her relationship with her father and how it was very loving, and she always got what she needed and wanted. However, when her father passed away and she had to rely on her mother everything changed. There was never any food in the fridge, the power and water was shut off, and they were forced to move many times. They had to stay in motels or with friends of her mothers, and she missed a lot of school. As a senior in high school she decides to move out in to her own apartment, works a job and studies as hard as she can. In the closing paragraph she states that she is now 21, has two jobs, goes to college and is also in the Army National Guard. She learned from her childhood that hard work and perseverance pays off, and you must take it on
She has many horrific stories of World War II that affected her life forever and her parents were a big impact as well, which really surprised me. Her parents had one goal for her and it was for her to become a teacher. Luckily she liked it and became the teacher she wanted to be now. Not many struggles were given to my grandmother other than tragic events as she was raised by two wealthy parents who truly cared about her. Silvana Giono is my inspiration and as she taught me, I will never give up on anything. Being able to interview her, I have learned that I need to become a better person and work harder for what I really want. This has a big impact on me because I will try even harder for things I really want and will always try my best from now on. I am very glad I was assigned this project, as I feel that I have turned into a better
She is a twenty-two-year-old Guest services Agent who is presently working at the Sheraton Hotel in Queens, New York. During my interview with her I discovered that she and her family of four migrated from Jamaica in search of a better life here in the United States of America. She portrayed a warm and friendly personality, as such it was easy for me to talk with her about self-identity. She informed me that while she was in Jamaica she excelled in High School and went on to University where she studied Health Science. Her reason for choosing that field was because her mother was very much involved in her development and encouraged her to stick to the sciences where she could specialize in becoming a medical doctor in the future. Listening to her, I realized that her decision at the time was based on what her mother had in mind for her and not necessarily what she wanted to become. I questioned her if she had figured out what she wanted to do with her life then, she clearly had no idea therefore she just followed her parent instruction. She pointed out that her mother who played a significant role in her life, always instilled in her the importance of a good education and that becoming a doctor would be the right choice. When she arrived in the United States everything changed. I followed up with the conversation and she told me that she started rebelling and didn’t want to go back to
When looking back over her life, so far, she says not a bad life. Then again she’s not done yet and hopes to have another good ten years. I leave you with her life’s message.
Bonnie had a childhood that alluded to eventual greatness. Bonnie was known by everyone as being beautiful and adorable (Rosenberg). Some of her early interests included romance novels, writing, and drama (Rosa). She was an honor student, and was always winning prizes for her essays, spelling, and public speaking (Fortune 49). One of her most notable victories was when she won Cement City’s Spelling Bee championship (Rosa). When she was younger, at her school in Cement City, Bonnie’s class had someone come to teach them elocution once a week. Bonnie was obsessed with that class. Her classroom performance was excellent, and the teacher liked her to the extent that she even got permission to occasionally bring Bonnie to spend the night with...
She worked diligently in the lab and had high aspirations. She constantly worked, yet she was very hard on herself whenever she failed. Also, she didn’t quite seem to have the experience as some of her fellow lab students. In one interaction, she was using some machine wrong and someone corrected her, yet apparently she had tried to use the machine many times before and had always made that mistake. This is a real bummer in research because now you don’t know how that affected your earlier works. Yet, she was very diligent and kept working, always aggressively asking questions and seeking advice from those around her. Though Dr. Shapiro was always very kind, she was intimidated by him and didn’t feel comfortable going up to him and asking questions. She didn’t want to look like she needed help, yet she seemed capable of asking questions of her peers. By the end, she dropped out of the PhD program and went on to work as a junior scientist at the Chicago Biotech Company which made her very happy. She “fit much better into that line of work” she
Her path to success all began with her pursuing her education and going to a school called Miss Porter's School in a small town in Connecticut. After completing her long elementary, middle school, and high school journey she attended and soon graduated from University of California in Berkeley. Later on in her life she traveled all across the world to the French Alps and soon became dedicated to study with Lama Chime Rinpoche for a while. After reaching
I chose to interview two students. The first, Isabelle Petrarca, is just starting her educational journey. The second, Lydia Terry, has already graduated from high school and is attending her first year of college. I wanted to compare the student’s answers. The most obvious difference was the length of their answers, many of Isabelle’s answers were only one or two words.
Before collage, Toni went to all integrated schools. In elementary school, Toni was the only person in her class that could read (2). Because she attended all intergraded schools, she was friends with many of her white school mates and didn’t encounter discrimination until she started dating (1). She was very dedicated to her...
she learned how to deal with the situation in hard and practical manner. While at orphanage she attended a government school and took vocational course while residing in the superintendent in household work and that time she realized in order I have a beu=autiful life, she should get a decent job first.