Yunzhe Wang
Family History Narrative
“A simple decision can change the world”, this is a few things I learned from movies and fiction novels. But I know there are millions of children who are desired to move to the big city and to find a job to change their life. The same idea lasts from generation to generation. But it’s never an easy thing to do. There are many ways for people to accomplish their goals, like business and marriage, but these can sometimes become controversial. The only thing which never change and are respected by others, is education. I remember that I was told my grandfather is one of the example for this situation. So this time, I ask my grandfather a few questions to see if my memory is precise and also to get more details …show more content…
So I asked my grandpa whether it’s true or not, so I started a video call with my grandpa. After I explained the purpose of this call, my grandpa laughed loudly and told me that his father was used to be a famous teacher in their town and became the head of financial department in our province for several years. So he is not the first one in our family. I was a little bit upset because the story will not be a milestone event in our family. As follows, I started thinking about changing the topic, I put up my head, and see through the camera of my phone with impatient sight, but I can feel how excited my grandpa was. My grandpa stays in his world, and says “I never think about the day that my grandchild is asking about my story, even your dad never ask about this.” He talked in a pleasant voice I never heard before. It’s so hard for me to say stop when I saw my grandpa’s smile. After all, this is the turning point for my dad’s family. So I continued this interview and started with the question about the reason why he decided …show more content…
His father agreed quickly because he understood the importance of education. My grandpa’s older brother also supported his decision and started help the family on farming, which can let my grandpa go studying without any consideration. My grandpa said his father and his brother are actually happy about his decision since this is good sign that my grandpa started planning for his future, and he would no longer wondering around the village or playing with his peers to spend his day any
Family History Narrative
“A simple decision can change the world”, this is a few things I learned from movies and fiction novels. But I know there are millions of children who are desired to move to the big city and to find a job to change their life. The same idea lasts from generation to generation. But it’s never an easy thing to do. There are many ways for people to accomplish their goals, like business and marriage, but these can sometimes become controversial. The only thing which never change and are respected by others, is education. I remember that I was told my grandfather is one of the example for this situation. So this time, I ask my grandfather a few questions to see if my memory is precise and also to get more details …show more content…
So I asked my grandpa whether it’s true or not, so I started a video call with my grandpa. After I explained the purpose of this call, my grandpa laughed loudly and told me that his father was used to be a famous teacher in their town and became the head of financial department in our province for several years. So he is not the first one in our family. I was a little bit upset because the story will not be a milestone event in our family. As follows, I started thinking about changing the topic, I put up my head, and see through the camera of my phone with impatient sight, but I can feel how excited my grandpa was. My grandpa stays in his world, and says “I never think about the day that my grandchild is asking about my story, even your dad never ask about this.” He talked in a pleasant voice I never heard before. It’s so hard for me to say stop when I saw my grandpa’s smile. After all, this is the turning point for my dad’s family. So I continued this interview and started with the question about the reason why he decided …show more content…
His father agreed quickly because he understood the importance of education. My grandpa’s older brother also supported his decision and started help the family on farming, which can let my grandpa go studying without any consideration. My grandpa said his father and his brother are actually happy about his decision since this is good sign that my grandpa started planning for his future, and he would no longer wondering around the village or playing with his peers to spend his day any