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In this interview we are talking about how my dad grew up with sports, family and the different people who had big impacts and influences on his life.

Mary Patrosky tells her story of school at Rocket Hall in Oconee County from the year 1954.

Ashley (my sister) and I mostly talked about what we’ve gone through together and how much we need each other in life. I added a few extra questions of my own in the end, because i felt like the recommended...

My grandpa, Paul Market, was 15 in 1960. During this interview, he discusses his lifestyle during the 1960s and his feelings regarding the major changes in his life and the overall time period. Also, he mentions major events that he...

Remincing with my mom about her younger days, how she met my dad and her experience raising 3 kids

I am a science teacher (56) in a middle school struggling to keep my students engaged. My daughter (17) is a high schooler with a very in-depth understanding of how this pandemic is affecting students. We talk about this subject...

Norah Mentor(15) talks to her sister Dorynn Mentor(24) about the decisions and experiences that led up to her choosing nursing as a career. Dorynn Mentions her struggle finding a good undergraduate major that she actually enjoyed. The impact that she...

Rocket hall is a place full of memories. Mr. Bishop shows us this through his stories.

Austin Cain shared about his path to becoming a Special Education teacher, and the influence of role models and personal goals in his life.

I am a freshman at Berry College. I’ve been here for half a semester. What have I learned in the seven weeks of my time here at Berry?

I interviewed my friend who is an Early Childhood Education Major about her past and what influenced her and what she would do in certain circumstances as an educator that she lived through already.

In this interview, conducted in November 2023 in Valparaiso, Indiana, Sadie Bolan (16) interviews her father Joseph (62) about his life— beginning at his high school career— and leading up to his life in the present. With school, he talks...

My Poppie, who grew up in the South, recalls events from his childhood, like memories of his suburban neighborhood, his grandfather’s farm, and the assassinations of Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Later, he summarizes his college years, how he...

I talked about wonderful memories of my family and friends. It was fun to relive the ‘old days’ with my sweet grandson, Huston. Some of the people and stories he had heard about, but I think there were a few...

These interview discusses Takako Kusayanagi’s first experiences when she came to the U.S. in 1979 and after. She arrived in New York, flew to Washington D.C. and from there to Terre Haut, Indiana where she completed her undergraduate studies at...

School, college, & teaching. Holidays, houses, Dan’s fires.

My roommate, Max London talks about his life, diabetes, and his time with his service dog.

Kris Gibbons (19), a student at Eastern Michigan University, interviews her stepfather’s mother, Cindy Reed (75). Mrs. Reed talks about graduating high school in 1964 and working in a new industry- computers. She also discusses how growing up in several...

Discussed our relationship, marriage, how she became a massage therapist, and Christian faith.

In this interview with my mom we talked about her life and how she expected it to be. We also went over what she was very grateful for and what she has experienced throughout all her time here. This interview...

Walker and Ray talk about how to be successful in life over the phone. We first talk about school. We then talk about his jobs. After that we talk about his own businesses. To rap it up we talk about...

Brady Ashton shares about his childhood influences and career goals, and how those experiences coupled with life's twists and turns helped prepare him to be a driven, present Social Studies teacher.

My name is Ozan Kara and I am a 17 years old cultural exchange student from Turkey. As an high school student in Bloomington, Indiana, I have had the chance to know a wonderful person, Vanessa Domizlaff, my German teacher...

My aunt tells me of family history, and the women in my family who went to college during the Great Depression.

An interview with a man named Bubber Wilkes who attended Rocket Hall in the 1960s.