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Alexus Interviewing Kemet Musgrove

Question: If you could go back in time and change something what would you change?

Answer: I lost my phone in February... I dropped when I was running for the bus with a old friend...so when I dropped my phone I asked her to pick it up and I would catch the bus and I ran on the bus and then I got on the bus when she got on the bus she said she didn't see it and she didn't get it. So I wish I had gone back and gotten that phone I felt really bad about it.

Question: Who is your idol and why?

Answer: My idol is my father. The reason for that is that he is very inspirational and he motivates me everyday. My dad is a really silly, intelligent, and charismatic. He is someone I would want to be when I grow up and he is just the BEST.

Question- What is the best thing about being a teenager? What's the worst?

Answer: OMG! That’s so hard to answer. I don’t even know how to sum that up. So there are lots of things that are so great about being a teenager. I guess the best thing about being a teenager is I’m able to get more responsibility from my family and especially my mother.

The worst part is that I have a lot of more responsibility to deal with especially with my Brothers and sisters and when I’m babysitting kids. I also think that that the hard part is with having to do more work and chores basically stuff like that.

Charles Riggs

-Jamir Walker(the person being interviewed.)

1.What are your goals in life.?“To get married and be very successful, I will go to college and study engineering science.”

2.What quote do you live by? “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”Why?”Because what can kill you are your weakness and what can’t are the most strongest parts of and in your life.”

3.What was your school like?” Come on man we went to the same school(both share giggles) but my school was dirty, and the school lunches were bad, and the teachers were fun I learned a lot but first in math during tech class didn’t help me learn how to use a computer just learn more math."

Charles Riggs

-Nacere James

1.What is your greatest achievement? “Making my first song”

2.What is your nickname? “My nigga name is kitty(meow) and my best friend gave it to me.

3.What are your intentions in life?”To have my own graphic designing company, while on tour with my band.

4.What do you like about our school?” The freedom,flexibility and the fact that this school gives you the ability to have your own ideas.”

How do you feel about yourself?

"I feel confused, I feel like i'm not doing something right and that there are things that I need to change. Like, being myself isn't right, even though myself has some very awesome things to say when we talk."

Would you consider yourself outgoing or insecure?

"Both, it’s like, inside of myself I am incredibly insecure. But on the outside I am incredibly confident and outgoing."

Why do you think people want to change who they are?

"People want to change because, um, they are trying to find a better version of themselves so that they can feel better about themselves."

1. Were there any phrases that were popular when you were a teenager? What did you like to wear?  

Uhh.. some slang words like wassup and uhmm and in the 80s i don’t really remember too much but not too many ,

I loved to wear jumpers that was the thing back in the 80’s and the 90’s . the jean jumpers and i would let one hang to the side sometimes and you can wear both of them. Reboks were the sneakers that a lot of people wore before, not nikes or jordans , they were more for the boys but the boys wore reeboks and some girls were into jewelry but not me. They were into big hoop earrings or the big bamboos but not for me but that was the still for the 80’s and 90’s .

2.Have you ever had any nicknames as a child or as an adult? Where did they come from?

Yes, yes everybody knows my nickname which is baby donna and the only reason why they called me baby donna is because we had three donnas in the family. we had a cousin named donna and she was an adult when i was a child and we had my aunt donna which was my mothers sister so in order to distinguish me from the others, when the name donna was called ,they would say baby donna because I was the youngest donna.

3.How are your children like you? Unlike you?

Oh my children, my beautiful girls are all individualized with their personalities and creativeness and you are really good at listening and being a good friend and a great helper and i think you just have that on your own , i don’t think you get that from me or your father, you just got that on your own and thats who you are as janelle and i think kyla is very observative and shes more alert and aware of her surroundings and nia is very artistic and i think you all have your own personalities , i don’t see any of those characteristics in me i think what we do all have in common is a love in music, even though we have a different taste in the kind of music that we listen to. But me and you can relate a little bit with some music. Kyla and nia have their own taste in their music but we all have some stuff that we like and some stuff that we listen to on our own. So in summary you guys share your own comparisons with me as a child but but no you guys as far as like your own way of of living your life and doing certain things that you love its really individualized

4.What do you think are your three best qualities? Your three worst?

oksy my three best qualities, strong not physically i mean mentally emotionally and you know just with life in general overcoming obstacles. Uhmm, the second quality is uhmm.. my love and understanding for my family and other families and compassion and empathy that I have for people that I meet uhmm. . my third quality would be just learning at any given moment able and willing and excited and ambitious to just learn a lesson from everything . So my three worst qualities : organization i’m not organized as much as I should be .. uhmm the second would be im a little naive sometimes i should open my eyes a little bit more when it comes to certain things in life . third is .. uhmm.. a third one .. Pass .

5.Which do you think you have the most of: talent, intelligence, education, or persistence? How has it helped you in your life?

Persistance and persistance has helped me through all of my life with just getting through good times and bad times and accomplishing goals and things in life that im still continuing to work at So persistance is number one for me

6.Do you have any special sayings or expressions?

I always say be a leader not a follower every morning to my kids uhmm. there may be some but this is an interview where i didn’t read the question first so.. i cant think of one .

7.What’s your favorite book and why? What’s your favorite movie and why?

Pursuit of happyness with will smith and my favorite book as a child was the secret garden well pursuit of happyness has everything to do with perserverance and persistance. So thats why thats my favorite movie. My favorite book .. she was introduced to a whole new world and people with different disabilities and problems that they had to face so that was why that was my fav book. the secret garden.

11.What do you remember about me when I was born?

i remember when you were born you were an adorable baby and you had nice chubby cheeks and you had the cutest giggle when you would laugh and uhmm.. i dont know you were an adorable bay just happy and one of kind

What is the best thing about being a parent? The best thing about being a parent Watching you all grow up and uhmm being with you or just hearing about your day or your experience or your lessons learned just trying to guide you guys in the right direction and just having fun with you guys and sharing experiences its just the most beautiful thing in the world being a mom, and I just wanna do my best to make sure you guys have a good life , a great life.

Khafren: What is your earliest Memory?

Tilly: During Christmas Time, Me and all my cousins and my aunts played a big hide and seek game, it was very fun because the house is real big and it takes forever to find people.

Khafren: Who is the biggest influence in your life?

Tilly: All my male cousins, because I had to hang around with a lot of my female cousins for a lot of my life.

Khafren: Where do you see yourself in 10-20 years.

Tilly: Probably having my own clothing business and music business.

Alexis(From Main Campus)

Me talking- Hey Alexus Ok so I have about 3 questions for you and you don’t have to answer them if you don’t want to, I can just ask you another question.

Alexis talking- Okay cool

Me talking- Ok so where were you born? And how did you like living there?

Alexis- Ok, So I was born in New Castle, Delaware and I lived there for about 5-6 years and that’s when I moved to philadelphia. I moved because my mom and dad had lived in New Castle for a long time and they wanted to try something different out so they moved to philly. I actually really enjoyed living in Delaware. I kind of miss it a little. I remember bits and parts of it and I remember the setting and what my old house used to look like

Me talking- Ok cool.. Wow I never knew you lived in delaware

Alexis- Yeah.. I know right (LOL).. People say that lot

Me talking-  Yeah..Ok so My next question I have is what is your ethnicity and how do you feel about your ethnicity?

Alexis- Well my mom is black and my dad is white. So I’m mixed with black and white and I guess I classify myself as mixed. I don’t really know any other way to describe that (lol)

. I feel pretty fine about my race or ethnicity I should say. I don’t have a problem with it or anything it’s something I was born with that I can’t change so… Yeah

Me talking- Yeah I get what you mean.. That’s pretty cool. Ok so this is the last question I have…. What is something that you wish you could go back in time and change?

Alexis- OOOO this is a good one because I was thinking about this yesterday. SO 2 weeks ago I told a girl that I thought she was Ugly and that I didn’t think her crush would ask her out. So I didn’t feel bad at the time when I said that but, I found out that the girl was really upset that I said that and she was crying in the girls bathroom each day because she felt so insecure and disrespected that I said that. People said that she began to stop talking to the people and every time the boy was around her she would walk away really fast and start to cry because she believed what I said and thought she was too ugly to be around him. I know this sounds awful that I said that and when people were coming up to me telling me that I was a mean person for doing that I immediately felt bad and didn’t know what to do. I didn’t just want to go up to her and apologize because I knew that wasn’t going to be enough. “ If I told you everything that I did after that to make her feel better and stuff you would be writing down a lot So I’m just gonna say that’s what I regretted.

Me talking- OH Okay Lol.. You can tell me later because I wanna know what you did…

Alexis- Okay

Me talking- Ok so That’s all the question I have for you… THANKS!!

What is your name?

Christopher Dashawn Jones

Where were you born?

Philadelphia, PA

Okay, so what ethnicity are you?

Um, Im mixed with alot of different things. But, i'm mainly African American

What do you want to be remembered as?

What do you think your life will be like when you get older?  

I hope that my husband and I will be able to have children.  I picture lots of family camping trips and times spent with cousins!

Whatʼs the most exciting thing you done?

The most exciting thing I've ever done is traveled to Africa for the summer.  I had an incredible time learning about the unique cultures of Ghana, meeting amazing people and stepping outside my comfort zone, we had to use buckets of water to flush the toilets.

What are you proudest of in your life?

I am proud to be a teacher.  I am so proud that I have been teaching for ten years so far and that I love my job and my students.

(Question #1)What was your favorite and most memorable moment in high school so far?

(Darvell)Dunking downstairs on the basketball courts.

(Question #2)What do you want to be and how do you want to be remembered when you get older?

(Darvell)The be in and be the best person ever to play basketball.

(Question #3)How much of a impact does your peers have on your life?

(Darvell)A lot if it wasn't for my peers I wouldn't be who I am today, wouldn't do half of things that I do.

Interview With Alba Iris Rhoads(mom)

by Iris Wilson

Iris: What’s your earliest childhood memory?

Alba: My mom, Delia was cooking and I asked if I could outside and play. She said yes and took us (me, Tita, and Mama) out on to the porch. The fire hydrant was on and some boy were playing in it. They were about 12 years old maybe. I wanted to play too. My mom said okay, but be careful. I ran right up to the front and tried to hang onto it, but the pressure was so high that it knocked me down and split my chin on the ground. My mom was already on her way to me. As soon as I turned around, she was there picking me up. She put me in her little yellow car and my sisters followed. I got three stitches, but I got to eat ice cream at bedtime for two weeks, and stay up watching Alice In Wonderland, Bambi and Pinocchio while my sisters were sleeping.

Iris: How would you define happiness?

Alba: For my kids to get along and always want to help each other out with a lot of things. Doing chores, picking out outfits when one has a date or job interview, building a lego house, looking for a song one of them heard in a movie. Eating a nice affordable dinner as a family once a week, everyone cleaning up afterward. To live somewhere quiet in a more natural environment, and every time we separate, even if one of us is just going to the store….say I love you because god can take up at any moment.

Iris: What’s a story you always remembered and why?

Alba: One time (at Grandma Alba’s house) someone broke in and we (me, Tammy and Sandra) were home alone. I was just a baby so they wrapped me in a blanket, gave me a bottle and shoved me under the bed to hide me. Tammy said I fell asleep in a few minutes. I remember now because I’m a mom and I can only wonder how kids so small, make such a decision under those circumstances and remain so quiet that they didn’t even know we were in the house the whole time.

Iris: Describe your favorite memory.

Alba: My mom, Delia, let us watch Samson and then Delilah put us to bed. She dressed me in my strawberry shortcake pajamas and helped me brush my teeth with my smurfs toothbrush. We went to our room and mommy put on the night light for us. I grabbed Raggedy Anne and she covered me with my strawberry shortcake sheet, then kissed my cheek and said she loves me.