ENGL 1106 ESSAY

I interview my FTL starting with some basic questions that lead into the ultimate question: “What keeps you going? What’s your happy place?”

Experiences in School!

I interviewed Ms. Janet Hurley on her experience in school, in which she gives great advice on education, social life, and TRACK! Along with her great education advice, she talks about the importance of minorities getting their education and using...

Brian Wade talks to his mom, Kris, about losing her mom at an early age.

Losing her mom at 22-years-old had a profound effect on Kris Wade. Not only did it change the course of her young adult life, it shaped the way she chose to parent. Keeping the legacy of her mother alive within...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol "When the Dreamer stuff passed it was a like an answered prayer…"

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol Roten. Marisol, a Mother of 3, and I have a conversation about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley. The experience of growing up without her biological father, having...

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Shudde Fath and Betsy Fath Hiller

Shudde Fath (106) is McCombs school of business's oldest alumni. She reminisces with her daughter Betsy Fath Hiller (71) on her experiences as one of the few women at her college and filing a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Texas Workforce...

Being a Parent

Elizabeth describes how being a parent has changed her and what it looks like to be one!

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Rudolf B. Schmerl and Sonia Schmerl

Rudolf Schmerl tells his daughter, Sonia, about fleeing Germany during the Holocaust and vowing never to be a coward and never to be silent.

First generation of college

What college was like for my mom and how it has influenced her life now.

Gerard Margiotta and Dylan Halbig

Gerard Margiotta (74) tells his great nephew Dylan Halbig (19) about how his family came to America, and about his life growing up. This was recorded remotely through Zoom on November 29th, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST. Warning: There is...

Great American listening project.

Interview with my mother. She talks about what her family was like. What traditions she had, where she lives and how life was different.

"Row your own Boat" and other wise words in the life of Roberta "Bobbie" Sahr

Laura Rosenfeld (32) talks with her grandmother, Roberta "Bobbie" Sahr (82) about her childhood, courtship and marriage with her husband, John Sahr, and advice for her grandchildren.

Rabbi Janet Madden & Scott Acord

Rabbi Janet Madden shares with Scott the significance of the high Holy-days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and what they mean to her. How an aptitude test at age 12 foretold of her becoming a Rabbi back when women...

An Interview with Dad Conversations about golf, flying, Lakeview, skiing and more.

This was an interview with Cesar Colon-Bonet at his home in Lakeview in August 2018 when I was home for the summer. It was a chance to ask him every question I always wondered about — why he wanted to...