ChappellBrooklyne_3.4_2
Statement of Intent: This is an oral text written for my mother, about our journey through life to this very day, being a single parent, and all the obstacles we have encountered on the way that have shaped me to into the person I am today. The main purpose of this oral piece is to convey to society that children that have been raised in a single parent home are able to succeed in life and don’t have to be stuck as a statistic.
For my parent.
For my parent. Not plural, because frankly I only have one parent. One parent that consists of both a mother and father, but in one person, my mum. I was raised in a single parent home meaning my mum had to take on the role of the mother of the house and the father of the house.
From right when I was young I knew I had experienced a different upbringing than my peers in primary, when I would play …show more content…
I remember I was sitting down at my desk when the teacher clapped a pattern, the entire class replicated the clapping pattern and suddenly she had our united attention. She asked us this, “please raise your hand if you live with only mummy or daddy at home?” I remember I was a bit confused, as by that age I was quite aware of the stigma in our society around being a child of a single parent, so I was a bit hesitant as to why she would have asked that question in front of our entire class. Anyways I raised my 9 year old hand up in the air only to look around and notice I was one, out of two people in my class that raised their hand. I locked eyes with my teacher and she nodded her head ever so slightly and then made a note on her laptop. In that moment I felt something inside me that I wasn’t so sure what it was, but now looking back I know, it was rage, nine year old rage, but still rage. How could someone be so insensitive? Making a young girl feel vulnerable and confused in front of her
Statement of Intent: This is an oral text written for my mother, about our journey through life to this very day, being a single parent, and all the obstacles we have encountered on the way that have shaped me to into the person I am today. The main purpose of this oral piece is to convey to society that children that have been raised in a single parent home are able to succeed in life and don’t have to be stuck as a statistic.
For my parent.
For my parent. Not plural, because frankly I only have one parent. One parent that consists of both a mother and father, but in one person, my mum. I was raised in a single parent home meaning my mum had to take on the role of the mother of the house and the father of the house.
From right when I was young I knew I had experienced a different upbringing than my peers in primary, when I would play …show more content…
I remember I was sitting down at my desk when the teacher clapped a pattern, the entire class replicated the clapping pattern and suddenly she had our united attention. She asked us this, “please raise your hand if you live with only mummy or daddy at home?” I remember I was a bit confused, as by that age I was quite aware of the stigma in our society around being a child of a single parent, so I was a bit hesitant as to why she would have asked that question in front of our entire class. Anyways I raised my 9 year old hand up in the air only to look around and notice I was one, out of two people in my class that raised their hand. I locked eyes with my teacher and she nodded her head ever so slightly and then made a note on her laptop. In that moment I felt something inside me that I wasn’t so sure what it was, but now looking back I know, it was rage, nine year old rage, but still rage. How could someone be so insensitive? Making a young girl feel vulnerable and confused in front of her