Generational Interview
My grandmother is 77 years old. Grandma stated that she grew up in Dallas Texas as a child and moved to North Louisiana at the age of seventeen and married my grandfather. My grandparents were married for fifty- eight years. In her early twenties, she graduated from Louisiana College in 1969 with a bachelor 's degree in education and, for about a year before I was born, worked as a Math teacher for the North East Senior College, in her new hometown of Saint Martin, Louisiana. She spends her leisure time reading, writing poetry and travelling to visit family mainly my aunts and uncle who live in Houston, Texas. Each summer our parents take a road trip to Pasadena, California, for our annual family reunion. During …show more content…
To help her with her daily meds my mother administers all of her meds. At first, she became angry and said she could do it all by herself but because on several occasions she had taken too many pills she has accepted that she needs help. I asked her about a historical event in her life, and she stated that the early sixties there were no separate bathrooms for African Americans. Specifically, it was considered all white restrooms except the one back bathroom located at the outer building for African …show more content…
Specifically, that everyone regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation everyone deserved to be treated equitably and equally. She mentioned the attack in Florida recently where Gay and lesbian people was killed. It does not surprise me that she has such compassion for others. My parents raised us to love everyone. My perception of older adults hasn’t changed because I have lived long enough to understand the changes that come with old age. I can appreciate how to care for and elderly adult because I learned that my grandmother is learning to cope with the decline in her functional
My grandmother is 77 years old. Grandma stated that she grew up in Dallas Texas as a child and moved to North Louisiana at the age of seventeen and married my grandfather. My grandparents were married for fifty- eight years. In her early twenties, she graduated from Louisiana College in 1969 with a bachelor 's degree in education and, for about a year before I was born, worked as a Math teacher for the North East Senior College, in her new hometown of Saint Martin, Louisiana. She spends her leisure time reading, writing poetry and travelling to visit family mainly my aunts and uncle who live in Houston, Texas. Each summer our parents take a road trip to Pasadena, California, for our annual family reunion. During …show more content…
To help her with her daily meds my mother administers all of her meds. At first, she became angry and said she could do it all by herself but because on several occasions she had taken too many pills she has accepted that she needs help. I asked her about a historical event in her life, and she stated that the early sixties there were no separate bathrooms for African Americans. Specifically, it was considered all white restrooms except the one back bathroom located at the outer building for African …show more content…
Specifically, that everyone regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation everyone deserved to be treated equitably and equally. She mentioned the attack in Florida recently where Gay and lesbian people was killed. It does not surprise me that she has such compassion for others. My parents raised us to love everyone. My perception of older adults hasn’t changed because I have lived long enough to understand the changes that come with old age. I can appreciate how to care for and elderly adult because I learned that my grandmother is learning to cope with the decline in her functional