So, you think you really know about your friend? Well think again! Today’s interview with Leslie McFarlane proves differently. First, she is not as she appears to be and I have found that she is quite original and a unique person. Leslie was born on August 4, 2004; and her full name is Leslie Minerva McFarlane. She is currently in 7th grade and has a sister in 2nd grade. Leslie comes from a Latino family, but people may not know that she is also of Jamaican and German descent. As we discuss more about her wants and likes, Leslie would like to visit the Bahamas, because she loves to travel to the Caribbean. Her goals are to attend a good Catholic High School and excel into a good college. As I gathered more information about what Leslie likes
A class trip to Aruba should be an unforgettable experience, something that the students will never forget. However, for class of 2005 at Mountain Brook High School, it will be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Natalee Ann Holloway was both blonde and beautiful. She was also very friendly and well known in her hometown. The class trip was supposed to be the best time of their life for some students, but it was also the end for another. May 29, 2005, seemed like an ordinary day of fun in the sun. “Holloway and a large group of students went to Carlos 'N Charlie's Nightclub in Oranjestad, Aruba,” (Federal Bureau of Investigation). After Carlos 'N Charlie's closed around 1:00 A.M. some students headed back to the Holiday Inn where they were staying, and others gathered at various area bars (Federal Bureau of Investigation). While these bars seemed like a very ordinary and fun place to hangout, predators lurked there.
Raymond Carver's short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” leaves the reader feeling as if they have sat down at the table with a bottle of Gin and experienced first hand the effects of alcoholism and depression. In the original version of this story the “Beginners” Carver carefully crafts the many sides of an alcoholic personality developing strong knowable characters. The fundamental personalities are left fairly intact from the original version. It should be noted that the feelings that the reader are left with are due at least partially to the severe editing of the “Beginners” done by his editor and friend Gordon Lish. With this collaboration Carvers personal struggles still shine through but his intent of hope and recover from alcoholism were left mostly on the chopping block. Through many interviews and articles Raymond Carver make clear his personal struggles with alcoholism and how it has had an effect on his writing. INTERVIEWER: Where do your stories come from, then? I'm especially asking about the stories that have something to do with drinking. Carver: “At the very least it's referential. Stories long or short don't just come out of thin air.” (The Paris Review) The inner dialog and downward spiral of an alcoholic is experienced through the interaction between these personalities while discussing the topic of love. JA: I noticed recently you're using cliches in your characterizations, and I wonder if you're just observing, or recording the way a mind works. RC: It's there for a purpose; it's working for me, I think, not against me. Or at least I hope and assume this is the case!
Danielle Nicole Veney, a Maryland native was born in 1995 in the beautiful City of Baltimore. She is an only child of Doris Veney and graduated from The Seton Keough High School, an all-girls college preparatory private, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. During her years in high school Danielle was apart of many programs, activities, and organizations such as Student Government, member and President of Alpha Sophia, member of the Track and Field and Woman’s Basketball Team. Danielle was on the honor roll throughout high school, where she received several awards and graduated as the highest speaking Latin Student in the Class of 2013.
It is only human to be biased. However, the problem begins when we allow our bigotry to manifest into an obstacle that hinders us from genuinely getting to know people. Long time diversity advocate, Verna Myers, in her 2014 Ted Talk, “How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them” discusses the implicit biases we may obtain when it comes to race, specifically black men and women. Myers purpose is quite like the cliché phrase “Face your fears.” Her goal is to impress upon us that we all have biases (conscious or unconscious). We just have to be aware of them and face them head on, so that problems such as racism, can be resolved. Throughout the Ted Talk, Verna Myers utilizes an admonishing yet entertaining tone in order to grasp our attention
Natalia Martinez is 32 years old and lives in her hometown Fairfield,CA with her husband of four years and two lovely children. You might of seen her working in the Solano County Office of Social Services but now she works as a stay at home mom. She takes care of her 3 year old boy, Ronaldo, while getting her 9 year old girl, Giselle, to school. She is a very humble but outspoken person who's not afraid to speak up when she has to, something she attributes to being the middle child and feeling the only way to be heard was to be loud, especially in a house with six children. She’s the type of person you always know you can count on whenever you have a problem. She faces every difficult situation in her life like Superwoman and does not let anything stop her from achieving her goals.
The second family that I interviewed was the Lyles family. Both Bro. Scotty, the father, and Mrs. Yolanda, the mother, participated in the interview and three of their children were in the room. Bro. Scotty was born and raised in Alba, Texas on the very same tree farm that he owns and operates today; he is also a deacon at our church. However, Mrs. Yolanda was born and raised in Guatemala. As a child she was raised Catholic, and is part of a large and growing family. She is one of eight children. Their family as well as anybody else in that culture celebrated their daughter’s 15th birthday with a Quinceañera which marked the transition from childhood to young womanhood. This was traditionally the first time the girls would wear make-up, nice
In her Ted Talk, “The game that can give you ten extra years of life” Jane McGonigal explains how she created a game called “Jane the Concussion Slayer” to help her overcome a concussion that didn’t heal properly. McGonigal describes to her audience the different levels and power-ups she created to cope with the process of her concussion since she had an unhealed concussion that left symptoms like headaches, nausea, vertigo, memory loss, and mental fog. In addition to this, McGonigal had to avoid everything that triggered her symptoms such as: writing, video games, work, emails, exercise, alcohol, etc. In doing so, she believed it helped her tackle challenges with more creativity, determination, and optimism. McGonigal then concludes her speech
When conducting this interview the interviewee was Karina. The theme that was explored throughout this interview was the theme of education. This interview was conducted on Friday, November 25th, 2016 at my house. The total length of this interview was 65 minutes. Karina is the only girl in her family of five including her parents and three brothers. When Karina first decided to immigrate to the United States, both of her parents were against it since they were preoccupied with the journey being extremely harsh for her. Karina is a first generation immigrant who immigrated to the United States at the age of 22 in 1989. She finished college in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico and graduated with a nursing degree. Karina would have never been able to complete
One of Erica’s short-term goals is to stay on top of her appointments and deliver a healthy baby. In addition, when she delivers she may look for a part-time job. However, one of her long-term goals is to enroll into Jones Junior College and complete online classes to obtain her GED. Then, continue her education to make a better life for herself and her children. Her boyfriend and she are currently working on moving out of his mother’s house and into a new mobile home. I will continue to follow up with her every two weeks until she delivers.
Hana is a teenager who grew up in Akron, Ohio. She was quite different from other teenagers around her, while other students in her high school wanted to study Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, she was different, in all sorts of ways. She loved acting and singing since she was a little girl who first watched, The Sound of Music. She was intrigued by Julie Andrew on how she act and expectedly the notes that Julie could sing. Hana attended a high school prep medical school. The only reason of why she attended this school was because both of her parents was never able to attend college or high school and wanted her to succeed in life. Growing up as an Asian she was different from the other kids. While they were outside enjoying their
Shauntel’s first year at Greenwich High School was her sophomore year, and she navigated the challenges of this transition with tremendous poise, hard work, and a positive attitude. Always prepared and enthusiastic
Michelle Charisse Munyer was born on October 26th, 1978 in Sacramento, CA and has lived in the bay area since she was 12. She has been attending classes at BCC since 2010, after she suffered an accident, which left her unable to work. Although she never graduated from High School, she is graduating from BCC with two AA’s in Fine Art and Liberal Art’s A&H.
A California native, having kindred spirits with Chicagoans, along with a hint of North Carolinian southern charm is what sets the foundation for who Abby Santos is. I, Abby Beatrice Santos, was born in Los Angeles, California from two Honduran natives who migrated to America in the 1980’s. The southern California lifestyle and the multicultural neighborhood I grew up in was my first exposure to diversity. The opportunity to attend Hyles-Anderson College for two years, located less than an hour away from Chicago granted me the ability to connect with different ethnic groups that I hadn’t been exposed to while living in the West Coast. The southern charm attained while living in North Carolina taught me to be more hospitable and enjoy the less fast paced activities in life. Having lived in the West Coast, Midwest and the South have all helped pave the way for my wide variety of interests. If I had to describe myself with a single adjective I’d choose, relatable.
For my oral history I decided to interview my mother. My mom’s life is filled with so many interesting stories and they always take me to another place. I chose her because I wanted to more, I wanted to see if my mother was more like me when I was younger. Mother was a straight A student in high school and involved in many clubs. She was born and bred in Cleveland, she grew up in a different and exciting time; it was the eighties. Here is my mom in not so many words :
Cory was very studious and shy as a young child, being educated at expensive private schools until the age of 13. Throughout her entire schooling experience her grades were at the top of her class. After graduating elementary school, her parents sent her to the United States to continue her education on the high school level. Corazon first went to Ravenhill Academy in Philidelphia and then transfered to the Notre Dame Conve...