I Interviewed My Uncle Matt Today

My only memory of first grade is learning cursive and having far worse handwriting than other classmates. Probably my favorite memory from elementary school is recess and playing with friends. Middle school came around and was probably the first time I was really nervous to go to school, but by the end I realized how fun it was and all the trouble I got into. Before school every started for me I enjoyed playing outside climbing trees. Every time fall came around I looked forward to jumping in piles of leaves, carving pumpkins and halloween. In 8th grade I started skiing which is my favorite winter hobby. The first time I went on a airplane was last year(2016) when we went to Florida then took a cruise to the Bahamas. I'm hate spiders and snakes especially big snakes and spiders. One of my favorite memories as a child is when went on a short vacation in New Hampshire and stayed in a really cool cabin with a stream behind it that made for the best sleep ever. Another time I went to New Hampshire was with my Aunt and Uncle and we stayed in a house they own near Hampton Beach, which was the first time I ever went to a big beach. In 6th grade my family and my friends family went to the Damariscotta Lake State Park almost every day and had barbecue chicken on the regular, along with hamburgers and hotdogs. We also went to the majority of state parks in Maine because we got a state park pass book and there is a challenge in it to get a stamp

I interviewed my father, Reynaldo Martinez, who is a 53 year old Salvadoran immigrant and has lived in the United States for 33 years. I posed the topic question of how the treatment of Latinos and Hispanics have changed over his time in the United States, and if it has gotten worse or better. His overall view was that the current political and social environment can sometimes be harsh right now to Latinos, and in his opinion discrimination towards them has gotten worse. He said, “I think there’s an underlying resentment about the direction the country is going.” The resentment being that some seem to blame Latinos and immigrants are contributing to the decline of the country. He thinks major developments and national world events have

seemed to knock down gender roles. Throughout my interview with her, a major theme that

The interview presents a few strengths. First, it introduces you to Howard Dully through his

I have chosen to interview Spencer Golledge, and to focus on the aspects of his life that have lead up to this point. I asked him questions like what made you consider to come to the LDS business college, and why do you want to study medicine? The answers that I have received have helped me be able to learn more about his background, who he, and who he wants to become. And it all started with moving to Utah.

My other best friend was Michael. He was half-white and half-black. For that reason, he was often teased and beaten because he was a zebra (that is what the black kids called him). At the time, I was four years old and Michael was seven. Although my mother did not allow me to leave our block, we sneaked out anyway. He showed me the ropes, the ins and outs of ghetto life. He showed me how things worked in the hood--the dangerous people to stay away from, like drug dealers, how to get around safely from one neighborhood to another, and the neighborhoods to stay away from. We also played house, dolls, hide and go seek-all the childhood games-while at the same time managing to learn and adapt to this no-nonsense environment.

My house was close to my elementary school, Lupin Hill. Sometimes I would walk(10) with my mom and sister to it up a very steep hill. Although we did have a “secret” pathway to the school that was shorter. There was also the park. I remember we always called it the Red Park. The Red Park was within walking distance(5) and where I would hang out with my friends often. On the last day of school, once, there was a water balloon fight with bright colourful balloons that would explode when they hit you.(9)

With them I shared all those years including my school, we were all in the same grade. Juampablo, Lenna, Arielito, Daniela, Lester, Beatriz and me, we were inseparable. We did all the schoolwork together. The weekends were the best part almost always we went camping for a river called (arcoiris). One of the things that we enjoyed most was when we dump the electricity, since we loved to play pranks. We hid the clothes of the other children, we released the animals of the neighbors and we began to run. I will always remember all those fun times and the good friends we

Without prior warning, participants will each be asked to recall 5 specific personal events: (1) their first day of university/college, (2) their first day of elementary school, (3) their 18th birthday celebration, (4) the address and description of their first place of residence after moving out of their parents’ home, and (5) their last college

When i was in elementary school a kid moved in my neighborhood and was my next door neighbor. My parent found out they had a kid my age and they said i should go visit. I visited and went to her room and the gummy bear song was playing. We both became best friends practically the same day we met. We both liked the same things. I linked the gummy bear song to this memory because it was the song that was on when we met and became best friends. As i got into middle me and my family started to travel more and see new places.

My first childhood memory is my grandpa riding me around in the yard on his four wheeler. And some of my best memories are hanging out with my great grandma every summer when school was out. When I was young my babysitter was my grandma, she would let me do anything I wanted to do.

In this last interview session however, my father appeared much more attentive and willing to share than before. I realized this could be due to my carelessness in being investigative and willing to ask my father to share his experiences with me before this class asked me to do so. The unwillingness of younger individuals to ask older individuals such as parents and grandparents to fully share their experiences, I realize is now quite upsetting to me, after recognizing the joy derived from this experience. Seeing my father happily and attentively answering my interview questions, make me realize younger individuals must make more of an effort to include and validate the valuable feelings and experiences of the older individuals in their lives. At the conclusion of our final interview together, once I had informed my father that he had answered all of my questions, he continued to speak on his belief that aging should not be feared, and that one must be accepting of the time they are given. His willingness to continue to share after the conclusion of the interview, made me overwhelmingly content and happy that he had found so much joy in sharing his thoughts with

Fisher, Lundman ,and Norberg gathered fifteen 85 year old people to hear their opinion on growing old. What they found out Its mostly about accepting what is happening to you .There was the connections with the people around you, but those lost along the way and establishing connections

I grew up in the middle of Texas, happy like any child should be. I didn't have many friends but the ones I did have meant the world to me, for I was a quiet and not much of an attention seeker. I lived with with my mother and father, along with my older sister, Lauren, and my younger brother, Cameron. Being the middle child was never easy. My sister and I were rather close. My brother and I were only a year apart so naturally, we bickered all the time.

Throughout this paper I will be writing about my life, starting from my very first memory and ending with my life as it is now. Since I was brought into this world I had an older sister who is two and a half years older than I am. My parents said right away that my sister was so excited to have me in her life that she did not care that she was no longer the center of my parent’s attention. She acted as if I was her baby. When I was just starting out, as a toddler was the time that I started to develop my first memories, which are not all good. Lets start from the beginning, my first memory that I have of myself would be from when I was almost two years old. In this memory I was attending my papas funeral. I remember that there was the colour red everywhere, all over the walls and even on the seats. It was his favourite colour according to what my parents tell me. From this memory I also remember my parents walking me up to him during his wake and allowing my older sister and I to put a photo of us into his shirt pocket so we would always be with him. After this memory, my next one occurs when I am around the age of two as well. I remember being in my families first home sitting in our kitchen with my mom, on her lap wrapped in my little mermaid blanket, drinking a little bit of tea with her while we watched my older sister catch the bus to go to school. This is still one of my favourite memories because I truly fell that this helped shaped the person I am today. I also