What I Learned About My Life During The Decade Of The 1980 ' S

Into –, subculture, refer to quote • Fashion, specifically between the 1950s and 1980s, played an extremely essential role in the construction of people’s identities and was often or not a way of expressing somebody’s personality and perhaps their current feelings. • Subcultures, especially post world war two, formed as individuals felt as though they were not part of the mainstream, consensual society. Fashion and style was very important to these subcultures as their alternative or quirky sense of style allowed them to be set apart from everybody else. • As time went on these stereotypical styles evoked certain ideologies and their fashion sense provided ‘outsiders’ with almost a ‘shortcut to meaning’ (Richard Dyer, 1979) of what the subcultures stood for, what their values were, and

She worked at the Montgomery Civic Center for four years then started working at Winn-Dixie. She worked at Winn-Dixie for eight years. She started off as a cashier then was promoted to the manager. Winn- Dixie was robbed twice while my mother was working there. The second time they were robbed she was held gun point while she was forced to open the safe to give the robber the money that was in it. That day was very frightening for her, she no longer felt that she was safe working there anymore so she decided to leave. The Alcoholic Beverage Control well known as the ABC store was where my mother started working after she left Winn-Dixie. This store was located in Birmingham, Alabama. My mother worked there for two months then she later got a job at The Alabama Department of Human Resources- Food Stamps office located in Tuskegee, Alabama. She worked at the Food stamps office for five years. My mother liked working in Tuskegee but she was tired of driving back and forth everyday going to work so she decided to apply for a job at The Alabama Health Department as a Medicaid worker so she could be closer to home. Three days after she applied for the job she was called to come in for an interview. Even though this job was similar to her previous job at The Alabama Human Resources- Food Stamps office it still was a little different. At this job she would have to help people who were not employed or had any insurance get Medicare

My grandmother resided with one of my aunts for the last 15 years of her life. As her health started to fail her, she became more and more dependent. My grandmother was always a very independent woman and the rock of our

    The 1980’s was a time of prosperity throughout America. From the Calendar that went from January 1st to December 31st to the increase of jobs. This decade was full of good changes socially, economically, and politically.

For the oral history project, I interviewed my grandmother. Her full name is Imelda Laborce, while she is known as “Meldy” to most family members. She was born in a small town called Calapacuan in the Zambales region of the Philippines. She was born in 1955 and is 61 years old. Like me, she was born in the Philippines but eventually moved to America sometime in her life. I believed she was a good candidate because I knew she was one of the earliest members of my family to travel to America. Hence, she must have good stories and have a rich background. I also never really knew anything about her past, so I just thought it would be interesting in general to learn about it. She currently lives in Union, New Jersey and works in a hospital as a nurse.

In the 1980s there was many historic events such as… Ronald Reagan he was born in february 6th 1911 Tampico IL he died june 5th 2004. He was a great president he served one term as chief and commander he also started as an actor he was wise beyond years in the sense as a president.

My grandma was a mother of three. She had my Aunt heather, Aunt Angie, and my mother. She raised my mother and Heather while going to college, which is a fight on its own, but to make it more difficult, she had hodgkins and had spent over an entire year fighting it in Iowa’s childrens hospital and held victory her senior year.. The chances of surviving hodgkins in the 60’s was around 75% and wasn’t the end for my Grandma, she lived to fight another day. Moving on in her life,She spent most of her time studying, she graduated high school on the top of her class, then going to college of hamilton for business. During that time, she had my mom and my Aunt Heather on the way.

The 1980’s marked a period of great strength and ideology for the modern Republican Party and Conservative movement still revered in the 21st century. This period is marked by a man that represented and embodied the goals of their party, Ronal Reagan, who was elected to the office of President of the United States of America in 1981. His economic policies, communications strategies, and personality are traits that conservatives strive to emulate looking to him as the model Republican.

The 1980’s were a very fascinating decade that had a lot going on. They had a lot of important events happen, many intriguing people, astonishing technological and medical advances and some interesting fashions and fads. A lot of events happened in the 1980’s, but two of the most interesting events were the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama and the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. The invasion of Panama started in December 1989.

The 1980’s were a period of many different innovations, studies, misfortunes, and explorations in the United States. This was a decade full of outspoken, optimistic and assertive Americans, this was a time for change. It was really a period that kind of refreshed the US and created a more confident country. There were many people that were trying to find a voice for themselves and realizing that people have a voice and it should be used and heard. Not only were things evolving in the music and fashion industry, politics were taking a huge turn, for the better, and the general everyday life of living in this decade was different than any other decade thus far.

The definition of the 1970's is "Afros and feathered perms: Earth tones and platforms" according to Light (Light). During the 70's many historical events occurred, for example the Watergate Scandal. Many types of media were influenced by the history of the 70's including music. Music and history had often been put together to express people's feeling towards events. In the 1970's music was affected by the Watergate Scandal.

For my oral history project, I decided to interview my mother. I am pretty close with my mom, as we talk daily, and I am comfortable often to seek advice from her. A challenge that I faced was trying to find an appropriate date and time for the interview. My mom works six days a week, and I am often preoccupied with classes and school work. Another challenge was my mom’s hesitation with going into too much detail about her experiences. In addition, it was difficult to interview another family member such as a relative because I was not particularly close with my uncles or aunts, nor were any of them easy to contact due to variations in time zones. Furthermore, arguably one of my largest reason why I choose to interview my mom was because I never had taken the time or initiative to ask about my mom’s past. I had only knew of some general aspects, but never asked too much into detail. The oral history project was a perfect opportunity to dwell deeper into my family’s history and how they came to America.

My grandma had survived a hard life, and yet managed to raise four responsible, well-educated, and successful children. All this she did while working as a respected psychiatric nurse and a state mental health board member. Although she had had and was still overcoming trials in life, I always knew she would be there and cared about me and my life. As my brother and I grew older and were unable to visit my grandparents as often as we

opportunity to be exposed to the real world. My mother had a habit of trying to

The 80s was a decade that was loaded with pop culture. Pop culture nowadays exists the way it does because barriers that have been broken back then in the 1980s. Social norms have changed leading several celebrities to have certain styles. People also think differently of what things are today because of the way they were presented back in the 1980s. Today’s generations have been influenced by pop culture from ordinary people to celebrities. Singers that have influenced today were Michael Jackson, with his dancing and fashion, as well as Madonna with her sense of style and having a rebellious attitude. Whitney Houston also influence most contemporary