How Ryley Is A Grade Student At Maple River High School

Family: Remsley has a conflicting relationship with his mother. According to Remsley, he and his mother have different views on things (i.e. friends, education, house rules and leisure time). Due to youth and his mother disagreements in the home causes verbal conflict between them. Remsley and his mother have a

Maria is seventeen and starting her senior year in high school. She lives with her parents, ten-year-old brother, and nine-month-old sister. They live in a mobile home and work blue collar jobs. The family is very close and sometimes find it difficult to let others in, especially if they are not part of the extended family. Mom and dad both work full time and rely on Maria to watch her brother in the

Despite J’s broken family and sick mother, she has a very strong support system backing up her. Like I previously mentioned, J’s mother and brother are extremely supportive. They are more than involved with J’s school life. Even though J is an independent girl her family is always there to back her up with anything. J’s sister and brother and law are also a huge support to not only J but also the family. J’s sister and her sisters husband are established and living on their

In a fit of rage and frustration, Daniel Howell shove the unorganized pile of schoolwork and textbooks away from him, resulting in numerous packets and other assignments to collapse onto the floor after falling off his desk. Dan angrily runs his hands through his greasy, curly hair and down his face as he sighs exhaustively. Glancing at the clock, he becomes aware that it reads 3:37 a.m., and he has to wake up and get ready for his classes on campus in less than three hours. As much as he dreams of crawling into his warm, comfortable bed and falling asleep, he knows he must complete every bit of his homework for tomorrow (well, more like today) before he is able to. However, for the past few nights, Dan has been unconsciously sleeping on his

Parents migrate to secure a better future for their children and they have high aspirations. While they work hard, often for minimum wage, their children often attend schools where the attitude towards education is in a direct contradiction to their ethic and belief. For Ruby her first encounter with the urban education system, language skills were not reinforced, students were not expected to attend college, and hanging out was the main form of social activity. Since then she has relocated to the rural area of Tennessee were the education system is much different. She has two children already grown with careers of their own and two children still in school. Her goal is to have all of their children to be financially stable, healthy, and

A former baseball player Troy is a man with a strong background and opinions about working hard and taking care of his family. He is a husband to his wife Rose, and a father to his two sons Cory and Lyons. He is a local garbage man working hard for his money and for his family. Cory much like his father is a young man, trying to

“I wanted to be better than my parents.” As a kid Michael Davis observed his parents smoke drugs and drink alcohol. He always wanted to be sure that he didn’t do either of these things when he grew up. Mike wanted to set an example for his future children. Michael grew up with a twin brother named Jimmy Davis. Mike had multiple other brothers but Jimmy was the closest to him. Jimmy was an hour older than Mike, and always tried setting an example for Mike. Jimmy wanted his brother to grow up and be successful. “Jimmy is always here for me even to this day.”

In response, Brian has worked very hard in school. He is thankful he has a chance at an education and help get his family more money. Brian states he’s very lucky that he’s naturally smart. He does not have to study for tests or take many notes in class to gets A’s in his classes. This is helpful for him because he is a very lazy person. He says he has only had one job; babysitting for a family friend. The kid he babysits is eight years younger than him but he now gets along with him. Now, when he has to babysit, its more like a friend coming over than a job.

Javonte Beddifield is the oldest of three children. His mom, dad, sister, and brother lives in his household. His mother and father are married. His mother is forty-three, and his dad is forty-four years old. His brother is eighteen and, Madison, his ten-year-old sister, and they are a nuclear family. Madison is going through the industry vs. inferiority stage. She is doing very well when it comes to being more independent, but she is still working on fully building up her self-esteem. His brother is going through the identity and role stage in his life. He has no problem with this stage in his life, because he has already found his self and personal identity. His parents are going through the generatively vs. stagnation stage. They already

The family stated that the only member that requires more attention than others is the teenage son. The son states he does well in school and does not get in trouble a lot at home. The son has numerous friends in the neighborhood that he plays with. The mother has the roles of wife and mother, she does not work out of the home. The father has roles of husband, father, and soldier.

Trey is four years old boy and an only child, his both parent are Jamaicans. His parents are married, but Trey’s father lives in Jamaica, he communicates with his father by Skype and Phone calls. Trey’s mother migrated from Jamaica Ten years ago. Trey and his mother lives with his grandmother. Trey’s mother works full-time as a social-worker, so he spends most of the time with his grandmother. The family economic status is equivalent to a middle class family. The family household is well equipped with technology devices to assist with homework when Trey moves onto the primary grades and beyond.

Alyssa grew up with her mother, father and brother. She reports having a close relationship with her biological parents; that was until she turned the age of 6. Alyssa’s biological father left the home because he was an abusive husband. He would verbally and physically abuse her biological mother. Since then, Alyssa and her older biological brother were raised by their biological mother. Alyssa’s highest level of education completion is the 9th grade. She is able to read and write proficiently. As for her

As a nine year old, that is a lot of pressure. J’s mother is currently on leave from her place of work, but when she is in remission, she works as a school transportation driver for the city of Salem. Despite being extremely sick, J’s mother is active in her life and beyond supportive in everything she does. Because J’s mother is not able to keep a constant flow of income in to the house because of her sickness, they currently live in subsidized housing and receives assistants from the government in the form of food stamps and cash assistance. J’s brother who is currently enrolled in the Salem High School is also extremely supportive of her. He is helpful in all the ways he can be. Her brother is definitely someone she can look up to. J does not have much communication with her father who lives in New York, but is very close with a sister who is married. Her sister and brother in law come over a lot to take care of J. The rest of J’s extended family still lives in Puerto Rico, which causes the family to be very isolated. They very much so rely on each other for everything.

Mayusmar (“Miles”), a 16-year old Indonesian-American male, lives with his biological parents and older brother in a middle-class suburban neighborhood outside a large mid-western city. Miles is currently in 11th grade and attends a local private high school. His father works as a school administrator and his mother currently serves the family as a housewife. Miles’ brother is six years his senior and works as a mechanical engineer.

In the scenario of Taneka who is 17-year old African American female, who is in high school. She lives in a single parent home with two other siblings, 14-year old brother's name Derrick, and 12-year old sister name Kenya. She has been working part time positions to help her mother with bills and recently she started working in a retail shop in the mall, where she realized that she likes people and they respond to her well, that made her start thinking about the possibility of going to college.