Reflection Of A Case Study Family

On Saturday March 19th I had the pleasure of meeting my case study students family. For the privacy of this student, she decided to pick the name “Elsa”. I met Elsa’s family at the McDonald’s down the street from Mary Belle McCorkle Elementary, where I am currently placed. This Saturday afternoon I was able to talk to Elsa’s mother and grandmother. Elsa is an only child who lives with her mother and grandparents. Her mother primarily raises Elsa but the grandmother is very much involved in her schooling and life as well. Through this meeting with my case study family, I learned many things about this family, all of which I will share with you though my paper! First, I would like to share my experiences during school and growing up. Previous

Her family is constantly in communication with her teacher, Mrs. Carrillo. They have meetings and conversances about Elsa’s accomplishments, and they discuss goals that Elsa still needs to achieve in order to be successful in third grade. I can tell this family works very hard to make life as comfortable and fulfilling as they can for their only daughter and granddaughter. As far as the work they do to support their family, Elsa’s mother went to beauty school and currently works at a salon in close proximity to their home. While the mother works the grandmother and grandfather take care of Elsa, making sure she finishes homework, and get to and from school safely. I often see the grandmother pick Elsa up from the classroom instead of waiting in the parent pick up line, which I think shows the strong bond they as grandmother and grandchild. After a hard long week, the grandmother also picks her up and takes her to horse back riding lessons which she only can attend if they has completed all the homework for week. This gives Elsa something to look forward to and to work towards, which I think is extremely important. On the weekends, the grandparents spend a lot of time at the swap meet selling jewelry that the grandmother makes by hand. They were not specific about other things they sell but they mentioned that they sell “pretty much anything you can think of!” The whole family helps with this stand and operating the business. Elsa frequently talks about the swap meet, because many of her friend’s families also sell things and products at this event. This is something Elsa and her family enjoys doing, and this extra money helps out very nicely because they can help pay for bills since they live with Elsa and her