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Interview For Ms. Reed

Aiesha: Who has been the biggest influence on your life?

Ms. Reed: I would say the biggest influence in my life has definitely been my parents (if I can chose 2 people) basically and still who i am today being able to work hard, importance of education,the value of loving each other, good relationships so definitely my parents.

Aiesha: If you could snap your fingers and make one thing better in the world what would it be? Why?

Ms reed: If I could snap my fingers and make one thing better I would like to be able to make education more equal and equality available to everybody and I think if everyone was offered a level playing field, (you know if everyone had the same opportunity)  I just think education is so important to people advancing their lives it influences everything they do for the rest of their lives I would want to make education equal.

Aiesha: what are the most important lessons you've learned in life?

Ms Reed: the most important thing I've learned in life so far is relationships and that you need to really care and love the people around you and never take anything for granted people included in that and really just I know this sound cheesy but living each day to the fullest and not having regrets and really appreciate everything you have.

Aiesha Langley

Q: If you could snap your fingers and make one thing better in the world, what would it be? Why?

A:” My wish would be to end violence thats happening in the world because many people are getting hurt and even killed, and it’s not safe anymore…”

Q:Who has been the biggest influence on your life?

A: “ My grandmother has been the biggest influence on my life  because she makes me view the world differently and also my father because he made a huge impact in  my life.”

Q: What does your future hold?

A: “My future holds, me becoming a full time college student, studying to become a Occupational Therapist.”

Q: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20 years?

A: “ In 10-20 years I see myself as accomplishing my goal, and becoming a Professional Occupational Therapist.”

Shirin Akther:

Q: What are your goals and ambitions for the future?

A: “My goal for the future is to graduate from college, and receive all my degrees in cosmology.”

Q:What are you proudest of in your life?

A: “I am Proud of becoming a student here at SLA.

Q:How would you like to be remembered?

A: “ I Would like to be remembered as the person who people looked up to and the person who was there guiding others down the right path.”

Q: Who has been the biggest influence on your life?

A: “My big sister because she never let anyone affect her future, My cousin, because she is very understanding, and lastly, my friends because they are alway trying to help and guide me down the right path.

   Humans of SLA@Beeber Epfanio Rios

1.What is your earliest memory?

Epi’s earliest memory is really obscure because the only thing he remembers is waking up in a really big room and wondering why he was there.

2.Whatʼs the most exciting thing youʼve done?

creating a speech and resighting it in front of his whole school, he was really scared but it was also fun

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

He thinks his life can be anything he doesn’t really see his life as anything just one of those floater guys living out of his car but hopefully it would be fun.

4.Tell me a story about your name.

His parents had his named planned out for him since before he was born, they were just wait for a child be named Epi.

5.If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?

Epi would like to travel to Germany he always found it to be really cool to be apart of it and learn the language and cultures of it.

6.Who has been the biggest influence on your life?

Between his father or his English teach Mr.Link, “ Mr.link has just been one of the teachers that he would talk to about problems rather emotional or personal and they well understood each other, he also helped him to be the person he is today, to do what ever feels right to him and to himself no matter what also he’s also the person who got him into writing and gave him the nickname which will forever live (hipi).

7.What are the most important lessons youʼve learned in life?

the most important lessons he has learned is your not going to have someone be there for you all the time sometimes you have to do things for yourself.

Eoin- Hello, how are you?

Max- I’m good.

Eoin- What is your name?

Max- Um, Max Harris.

Eoin- Max Harris, ok. I’m just going to ask you a few questions about your life here.

Max- Alright

Eoin- So, What is your earliest memory?

Max- Um wow, I’m not sure if I have an earliest memory. Like, I definitely have

memories of going to preschool and crying, uh, it was like, this woman who ran a preschool in her house, and it was called, “Sue’s house.”

Eoin- Ok

Max- Um, me and this one kid would go fishing in a pond in the backyard, well, we just stuck sticks in the water, haha, you know, “Fishing, fishing!” But yeah, I have some,... I have a lot of early memories but I don’t know which one would be the earliest.

Eoin- So, what was the most exciting thing you’ve done in your life?

Max- Oh gosh um, what do you mean by exciting? Like dangerous, exciting like, “Yay!”

Eoin- Like, dangerous, important or...

Max- Ok yeah, um, I mean, I, I don’t know, now that I think about it. Most of the things I’ve done are pretty, I guess, average. I have had some memorable experiences, but I wouldn’t say that any of them stuck out in an incredibly exciting way. I have had some dangerous encounters.

Eoin- Ok, what was the happiest moment of your life, and why?

Max- Um, wow. I don’t know, uhhh. I have had a lot of fun moments. I would say that those are happy, but I have not really had the happiest moment because I feel like, at 14, you probably should not have the happiest moment. I feel like that should be something like, your child being born. But, I have had happy moments with my friends, just doing stupid things.

Aaliyah interview

• So Aaliyah what is your earliest memory?

• Answer: My earliest memory is when it was me my cousin and my dad, and we were at a cookout and after that he took us out to Chuck’e Cheese.

• What does your perfect day look like?

• Answer: My perfect days is me in the house writing about my life and my stories.

• What are your goals and ambitions for the future?

• Answer: My goals and ambitions for the future is to go to college and pursue my career.

Interview with my friend Jorge

If you could snap your fingers and make one thing better in the world, what would it be? Why?

It would probably be how LGBT people get treated because I know that there is a lot of homophobic people out there. I don’t really understand why society just views them as bad people because we’re all humans. We all have the same internal organs inside, we’re all the same inside and out. Obviously we can’t ever live in a Utopia but that would mean a lot to me since LGBT gets discriminated a lot just because they’re different.

Q1: What is your family life like?

Asmar B: Well basically, my family life is normal. I see my family every week. We see each other, have fun, mainly the normal life of a family. We have drama but it’s not too dramatic.

Q2: What makes you happy?

Asmar B: What makes me happy is actually other people being happy because I cant stand to see somebody sad. That makes me feel bad as a person. If I see somebody sad, it makes me want to help them and make sure that they are happy because if they’re happy, I’m happy.

Q3: What inspired you to go to SLA and why?

Asmar B: Basically the science. I loved science when my new school opened up science to me. Now I want to explore science as a career and as a profession.

Q4: What were your previous academic experiences like?

Asmar B: It was rough. I had many tests that i weren’t really prepared for but I did manage to pass some.

Q5: What are your expectations for your personal future?

Asmar B: I want to be successful. I want to have enough money to provide for me, my family, and everyone that I love.

Q6: Does your personal life affect your academic life?

Asmar B: 100% because this school is very social, and most of my social life is in this school. So anything that happens in this school will happen in this school and outside of school.

Q7: Would you say that that is a positive or negative thing?

Asmar B: It depends on the situation. If it is a positive situation that happens in school then it’ll be looked at as a positive thing but if there is a negative situation then it will be looked at as a negative thing.

Why did you choice to be a teacher?

This is a very good story I was a Sociologies In a Spanish country in a Latin american country. I got a job in st Diego I worked like a social worker in Diego like homeless family they were living in a out sick like in canyons. I was working with them till I moving into an apartment with someone from Mexico. In part of that I help set up an after school program where I was touring kids. These times were the best part of my day I had fun with the kids I was good at it I felt like I really belong here. At that time I was not married my name was Kara Mullarky. I was trying to decide weather to go back to Philadelphia and go back to school and get teaching degrees and teach kids. But in a second thought that will be a big change and I really love it here but I did not think I had a future here. I was very very poor at that time. One day I went to the library on my way there I said to myself that if I were to become a teacher it will have to be a sign from god. “When I walked in the library I saw a book the title says that Ms. Mullarky can’t be in room one o one today.  The name Mullarky is not a name like. When I saw that I just said to myself it is a sign that I should be a teacher”.

What or who inspired you to come to SLA @ Beeber to teach.

“ Mr.Roy is my husband best friend he is the one who inspired me to come and teach here”. He is the one who told me that he really love it here and the kids are very very smart and that they really want to do work. I wanted to work with kids that wanted to learn. That is the very reason why I choose to teach ESOL or ELL kids because I know that they really want to learn. For example you, you want to learn.

Does your personal life affect your academic life?

1. What was the biggest lesson you have learned

• Honestly, I think its to make the best of your time and not waste your time doing things that aren’t important, so pretty much prioritizing.

2. How do you want to be remembered

• I want to be remembered as an innovator, as a leader, but also as someone who just lets things happen and ah, conservative.

3. If you could redo one thing in your life, what would it be and why.

• I would redo my Halloween night, i mean because dad died on Halloween night, or the night --- The morning after that and I would spend that day with him.

Interview with Eoin Kelly

Question 1-

Max: What is your earliest memory?

Eoin: I was in preschool, I was about 4 years old, and it was like recess time and we were too young to go outside so we had to stay inside, and I remember this kid Christian, and I looked at him and I walked over to him and he said "Don't even think about it". So, I walked away and played with the Play-Doh. And it was really fun actually, it was very fun.

Question 2-

Max: Who is your biggest influence?

Eoin: I'm gonna say it has to be my brother. Even though we fight a lot, it's just he teaches a lot, he is a learning person, he teaches lots of good life lessons.

Question 3-

Max: What is the best thing about being a teenager?

Eoin: The best thing about being a teenager is like, walking up to someone and say "Yo what's up, I'm a teenager".

Q1. Describe your perfect day.

A1. I would say my earliest memory in Puerto Rico would be when I was a little girl and me and my dad were walking on the beach of Yabucoa and he got this rock and knocked it on a coconut, cracked it open. We ate it but I accidently threw away the piece you were supposed to eat. He was like what're your doing and I was like, I am sorry I didn't know I was supposed to eat that.

Q3. What would you perfect day look like?

A3. My perfect day *pauses* I would say my perfect day would be if all my my mom and dad's family would take like a trip to either a like, a nice little island or Puerto Rico because even though my mom's family has been to Puerto Rico, none of my dad's family have been to Puerto Rico. They are always saying like, "I want to go to Puerto Rico, I want to go to Puerto Rico" and my grandfather from D.R., he says that before you know he passes away he wants to go to Puerto Rico. So, I would say like we would have a nice day in Puerto Rico more (drama) just everybody having fun, everyone interacting with each other.

Q2. What does your future hold?

A2. I would say my future..my future holds what I tell it to hold. Like, what I want my future to be like is I would like to become a marine biologist. Or if I don't pursue that career, I would like to do culinary arts.

What’s the best thing about being a teenager? The worst?

“You get to do a lot of stuff. Uhh… for example you get to go out, you get to shop for yourself, you get to do your work, or get a job, yeah.

How different do you think our generation is from others?

“A lot. This generation is getting dumber than it used to be ‘cause smart phones are becoming smarter.

At what age did technology become integrated into your life?

 Ms. Guarino

What is the most exciting thing about you?

“The most exciting thing about me?... Maybe that I… teach. I think teaching is really exciting! I think think getting to hang out around kids all the time as your job, is a pretty exciting thing. So that’s probably what I talk about a lot when people ask me’’.

How would you describe yourself as a person?

“ I think I am a kind person. I think that’s one of my best qualities about me, that I really am nice, I think which you don’t always find in everyone. I think that I try to be funny, but sometimes  I’m not funny. I think that I am a loving person, I think that comes from coming from a big family. So I think those are my three biggest qualities”.

How would you feel about being engaged?

“ Oh pretty exciting, I was very surprised!. So I’m still a little bit shocked, but I’m feeling pretty happy about it, everyone in my life is really happy about it. So that makes it a little exciting too.”

Interview with Robert

Interviewer: Radiatou Diarra

What is the biggest thing about being a teenager?

"The best thing about being a teenager is having the power over my siblings".

Describe a perfect day

"A perfect day for me will be a day where I stay at home and play video games all day. Another perfect day will be where I get to school with no problem and do all my work".

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

“Very peaceful and relaxing”.

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What are you proudest of in your life?

“I think the thing that I am proudest of was taking a really big risk when I was twenty six years old. I left my job at Lockheed Martin for a year to go to Chicago as part of this volunteer program and when I was in Chicago for the year, I actually got a volunteer placement working at a school and thats what put me down the path of becoming a teacher.”

If you could snap your fingers and make one thing better in the world, what would it be? Why?

“I think that I would want to make just prejudice and racism kind of go away because I feel like that just creates barriers for allot of people that are just are too hard to overcome.” Do you think if we overcome those barriers the world would just be a better place? “I think that would be one potential solution, yea its tough to say.”

Who has been the biggest influence on your life?

“I think the biggest influence on my life probably was my uncle because growing up my uncle was actually also an electrical engineer and thats what got me interested in electronics when I was really young, which then lead me to college for engineering and that definitely had a profound impact on me.”

What are the most important lessons youʼve learned in life?

“Well interestingly, I feel like one of the most important I’ve learned has been, sort of in the last five to ten years and that has just been to, in some respects, do as much as possible because I feel like the more things you get involved with, the more people in that working so that you can accomplish, and that just opens up opportunities and ideas to do things with your life that you probably never would have considered.”

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20 years?

“In ten years, I think I would, hopefully, like to see myself still working at SLA. In twenty years, I think I would like to see myself, possibly running some sort of business on my own.” Why do you see yourself there? “I just really like different things. I think there is something to be said about changing what you do, hence why I started as an electrical engineer and now I’m teaching and I am not 100% sure that I would like to spend the rest of my working years as a teacher, I might want to try something else.”

How would you like to be remembered?