“I always have a notecard in my pocket that tells me what the date is.”
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/gweneviere-mann-and-yasir-salem/
Listening to this story this lady seems like this things about her forgetting things, is going to follow her for the rest of her life. Wondering if it would stick with her if until she gets older and that she might forget everything from the past. I like how this lady has some positive things about having this, not thinking that forgetting things is going to make her life bad. I like how she could do things that are important to her like running the marathon even though she knows that she forgets things. And by doing this marathon she forgets about forgetting about forgetting the past. In the beginning she shows how she keeps a notecard and write important things like the time when she has to write what time she ate. When I read the title I thought it would be a interesting story to hear because there is times where sometimes I forget things, so thats why I thought it would be cool to listen.
The way I hear her speak she does not seem that sad about it. Excepted for the time when she was talking about her surgery, I could hear her voice going down.
“You don't have to be dirty to be poor.”
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/mary-van-beke-and-her-son-charles/
This story was really touching. Hearing how her dad died and how she had to help her mom get money, working at a young age just to get by. Not able to get any new things. The saddest part about this story was how the girl had to stay with some people for like two years and when her mom tried to come and see her, but the owner said that to her to never let the help come to the door. And all the girl wanted to do is have her mother visit her.
I liked this story because it kind of has a lesson to it. To me it's like saying that you don't have to ask for everything or want everything that anything that you get you should appreciate it. Like what she said about not having new shoes and that it didn't matter to her that she was almost to poor to buy some. I would now like to appreciate what I get instead of complaining about how I don't like it because there might be other people like her that would appreciate it.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Audio Stories
“The students wouldn't speak to me...”
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/a-p-tureaud-jr-and-steven-walkley/
I chose to listen to this story because it had an interesting title. “The students wouldn't speak to me." Once I heard this guy say that no one would talk to him not even his teachers because of his race with really sad. The saddest part was that the only person that he could talk to was the mascot and how they were somewhat the same about being a jail. The part from this story that you can hear his feelings change was when a truck pulls up next to him and another ago an American came out and told him if he was a student here and when he said yes he took put his child and told his son that he would be able to come to one of these school, that it does not matter what race or color skin you are. When the guy was saying that in the story he said he was going to give up, but once that other guy came to him during the story you can hear him going from a sad voice to a happy voice, knowing that someone believes in him and that he can keep going.
I think questions that the interviewer would had asked to get this story was what college did you go to? And how was it like? What was is something you won't forget when you were in college? This story compared to the ones we heard in class, I think the some of the ones in class are more like the people make their accidents be funny, as for this one it's more like about a moment from the back then in the past.
“'I'm curious how I could have reached out to you better?'”
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/antero-garcia-and-roger-alvarez/
I chose this story because I kind of like listening to stories that have to do with schools because I could somewhat relate to this a little. This kid dropped out of school in the ninth grade. He was saying that he felt stupid because he did not really understand what he was being taught. And also that the teacher that was interviewing was the only teacher that he could trust, the only teacher that would actually help him. When I heard him talk I kind of heard like he regrets leaving school, but now he has to work late hours and that he's trying to get his GED. This relates to one of my friends because she dropped out of school, but not for not being smart, but for people teasing her about who she is and how she dresses. This also somewhat relates to me because when I was in the tenth grade I was done with school. I hated school, I kind of felt like this kid here about how he felt he did not have the brains to be at school. But over the years I got used to it and I'm glad I did not go through this path like he did.
I think there were a couple of editing in this story. I feel like there was more the boy said, but the cut down the most important parts, but after listening to the end of this story I would like to hear more about what he had to say.
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/a-p-tureaud-jr-and-steven-walkley/
I chose to listen to this story because it had an interesting title. “The students wouldn't speak to me." Once I heard this guy say that no one would talk to him not even his teachers because of his race with really sad. The saddest part was that the only person that he could talk to was the mascot and how they were somewhat the same about being a jail. The part from this story that you can hear his feelings change was when a truck pulls up next to him and another ago an American came out and told him if he was a student here and when he said yes he took put his child and told his son that he would be able to come to one of these school, that it does not matter what race or color skin you are. When the guy was saying that in the story he said he was going to give up, but once that other guy came to him during the story you can hear him going from a sad voice to a happy voice, knowing that someone believes in him and that he can keep going.
I think questions that the interviewer would had asked to get this story was what college did you go to? And how was it like? What was is something you won't forget when you were in college? This story compared to the ones we heard in class, I think the some of the ones in class are more like the people make their accidents be funny, as for this one it's more like about a moment from the back then in the past.
“'I'm curious how I could have reached out to you better?'”
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/antero-garcia-and-roger-alvarez/
I chose this story because I kind of like listening to stories that have to do with schools because I could somewhat relate to this a little. This kid dropped out of school in the ninth grade. He was saying that he felt stupid because he did not really understand what he was being taught. And also that the teacher that was interviewing was the only teacher that he could trust, the only teacher that would actually help him. When I heard him talk I kind of heard like he regrets leaving school, but now he has to work late hours and that he's trying to get his GED. This relates to one of my friends because she dropped out of school, but not for not being smart, but for people teasing her about who she is and how she dresses. This also somewhat relates to me because when I was in the tenth grade I was done with school. I hated school, I kind of felt like this kid here about how he felt he did not have the brains to be at school. But over the years I got used to it and I'm glad I did not go through this path like he did.
I think there were a couple of editing in this story. I feel like there was more the boy said, but the cut down the most important parts, but after listening to the end of this story I would like to hear more about what he had to say.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
http://www.radiodiaries.org/amanda-from-new-york-girlfriend/
What I liked about this story was that this girl, Amanda could be very strong about what she has to say and who she was without what her family and others have to say. Listening to her story about who she is and how her parents don't accept her for being gay is kind of hurtful. While listening to the part where she talking with her parents about her being a lesbian and having an argument with her mother about that it is not being as phase like her wearing dress as a child; you can hear the different change to her voice how she was almost about to cry. The thing I did not like about her mother was how she was telling her that God never made people to be like this and how when she was growing up that anyone that was lesbian was consider being a sick person. I think for the mom saying that to her face, I don't think the mom would ever accept her for who she is.
http://www.radiodiaries.org/going-home-cristels-diary/
The thing about this story that stuck out to me was how Cristel goes into the training school for doing a crime, but hearing her telling her story with her spending some time with her daughter makes her seem like she has changed and that once she gets out I think she would be more of a good person because now she has a family to take care of. I think hearing her telling her story about her childhood about how her mom’s boyfriend was like on drugs and how he would be throwing things on the floor, treating them bad, I think having to deal with all those problems that’s kind of how maybe she got the way she was when doing the crime, bad influence. Having her been in there for three years and finally getting out and getting a chance to be with her daughter she seems really happy. Listening to her talk you can tell she has grown up and that the past is the past. Hearing her story is very inspiring, seeing her forget the past and start a new life is joyful because you can see how much she changed.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
CPR Book
I am choosing to read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. I chose this book because once I heard what it was about from my sister I thought it was going to be a good book to read. This book seems like if it's going to be a good book to read because from what I was told about this book was that part of this book was fake, but once I heard that I thought it would be more interesting because maybe the author changed things up to make the book more interesting to read.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Stories
These are three stories I heard and I liked them. The first one I liked it because it was a person who can still trust even if they murdered her son. The second one I liked because I had someone a connection with him because he saw if mother with hardly any money and he would sell some of his stuff for money to give to his mom. And the third one I liked because I thought the daughter was really helpful and I could see her like me, helping family members.
“I wasn't like other kids.”
“I was afraid that I hadn't given you all you needed.”
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