Biography Interview
I had interview my father, Abel Astocondor. I had ask a lot of questions and I have each question for each topic
First I had start off the first topic, birthdate, birthplace, childhood. Where were you born? Lima, Peru. What was your favorite thing to do when you were young? Playing soccer with my team. Did you had played any sports? Yes, soccer and volleyball. How was your elementary school? Very strict then nowadays. What was your favorite subject to learn when you were young? My favorite class when I was young was math class.
I am starting with the second topic, early influences. Which soccer player influenced you to play soccer and be better? Maradonna a famous soccer player around the 70s. Who had influenced you to respect? My mother had taught me a lot of things how I behaved. Who influenced you to work? My father had owned a yarn shop and he had teach me the life of working. Who
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How many children you have? 2. Are you married? Yes, Tatiana Astocondor. What if you middle name? Efrain, it is actually my father name. How many brothers you have in your family? 2 brothers. How many sisters do you have in your family? 3 sisters.
I am starting off with the fourth topic, Education, and/or job. How many jobs you had in your life? 5 jobs. What was your highest paying job you had? Hormel ($18). Did you have a job in other cities? New York, and Lima, Peru. Did you have worked for a food factory or desert? Yes I had it was at betty janes candies.
I am starting off with the fifth topic, Interest, hobbies, accomplishments. What is your favorite food? Spaghetti with beef its very yummy. Where is your dream vacation that you like to go? My dream vacation is to go to brazil it is my dream place to go. What is your favorite topic to watch on television? Documentaries. If you will have any drink to survive what drink will you have? Coffee I had drink coffee since I was nine years
The three topics I picked are gender, race, and religion. However, my views on these subjects have not changed because I considered myself to be a very open-minded person. After reading "The Berdache Tradition" I learned that the several Native American tribes had a different kind of cultural construction of gender within their group. I was very fond of their origin myth that was about several worlds and crossing over them to find equal ground for everyone. I found this reading to be very interesting because it seems that no one takes the chance to mention the subject of having more than one gender. Usually people are focused on physical differences of sex and the expectations that are associated with gender. The same goes for the group in
For the first topic, I chose to write on the relationships described in the readings. Each story perfectly depicts the complex meaning behind the different relationships. No two relationships are the same; therefore, that is what makes them interesting to decipher. The subsequent relationships described below all had their ups and downs, which made them all very relatable, for me, as the reader. Furthermore, there was a very notable dynamic in all of the relationships over the past five weeks.
. Describe your culture. Include things like place of birth, where you were raised, family structure, educational experiences, and career history. What else needs to be included?
C) Main Point 3 Topic Sentence (My personal connection to Baseball): Today I’ll discuss how i got started with baseball to begin with and how its benefited me.
Lessons about world history have been presented in a variety of ways throughout my education. Some of the history lessons have been more interesting, for example my sixth grade class had an ancient Egyptian day and “silk road” bazaar event. In other grades, history was taught through standard textbooks which were often much drier. Tom Standage, however, in his A History of the World in 6 Glasses shares a more engaging and definitely not dry way to look at world history; through what people were drinking during key historical times. His thesis is that “Six beverages in particular – beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola – chart the flow of world history” (p.2). Standage goes on to say that although three contain alcohol and three contain caffeine, “what they have in common is that each one was the defining drink during a pivotal historical period.” (p. 2)
Therefore, she gave her name to her son. I agree with Breslin because I think that people should follow the tradition, family togetherness, and history. When couples decide to get married, something they need to consider is if they would like to follow the tradition of taking the male’s last name as their family surname. Even though she is a “feminist”, “this is not a feminist issue” for me.
In Doing Oral History, Donald Ritchie, historian of the United States Senate, explains that “Oral History collects memories and personal commentaries of historical significance through recorded interviews.” He says that memory is the core of oral history, and that this is where meaning can be extracted and preserved (Ritchie, 2003). When we collect and oral history from a subject, we are collecting their memories which Ritchie argues are of historical significance, especially when coming from under-represented groups of people. He says these interviews “may be used for research or excerpted in a publication, radio or video documentary, museum exhibition, dramatization or other form of public presentation. Recordings, transcripts, catalogs,
Having my dad as my coach was a great factor in my soccer career. Even though he was hard on me, he pushed me to do my best. Without him on the sidelines I wouldn’t have became the soccer player I am today. I found myself spending more time with my dad than I would have if I never played soccer. Playing soccer with him really brought us together and we have a great relationship because of it.
D. Discuss any college honors, awards, and research activities. Throughout my college career, I have been successful and had many opportunities. In every semester that I attended undergraduate school, I was on the Dean’s List.
This reflection paper is based on the life history interview conducted on me and a 78-year-old woman who is soon going to celebrate her 79th birthday on Sep 21st. I would call her with a fictitious name “Smita” in the entire paper to maintain and protect her privacy. The interview was about our life. It was divided into six major life categories: childhood, adulthood, identity, the present, aging, and life lessons. Having an opportunity to interview a 78-year-old woman and writing this reflective paper about the life history and experiences had made me realize that I have a lot to learn about the stages of human life. Every individual lives are different and it varies tremendously. As an interviewee my goal was to collect the details of life, different stories, and experiences that makes our life unique from the rest of the people.
Life story interview/ project was design for you to get to know a random stranger or a close friends. You would asked general questions about the person life, school, work and family, therefore many will open up to you but a lot of people would not. Before you did the interview you had taken a NIH certification make sure you understand how to do the interview. You had recorded it, transmitted it, coded it and then present it to the class. Once everything was done you learned something new about this person or you may look at their cultural a different way.
I never really thought about where my life was going. I always believed life took me where I wanted to go, I never thought that I was the one who took myself were I wanted to go. Once I entered high school I changed the way I thought. This is why I chose to go to college. I believe that college will give me the keys to unlock the doors of life. This way I can choose for myself where I go instead of someone choosing for me.
I am sentimental, out-going, indecisive, understanding, curious, naive, lazy, and young. I want to be ... , well a lot of things, and growing is discovering what they are. I feel people cannot see the potential within, although there is no one to blame but myself. I look to others for approval instead of to myself. I aim to please; it leads to approval. I don’t like to discuss my faults; I pity myself.
1. What was your adolescence like? How would you describe it? Summarize your experiences as you made this passage through life.