Personal Narrative: An Interview With Seth Ford

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Seth Ford Imagine being the youngest of seven children and moving 3 times throughout your life. I have gotten to know Seth Ford briefly over the past two years. Some characteristic that I’ve picked up on include, never quitting and a team first mentality. Throughout my interview with Seth I obtained information relating to his family, school life, and his personal interests and hobbies. At 16 years old, Seth is the youngest of seven children in his family. Seth was born February 26, 2001 in Devon Forest, South Carolina. From there he will have moved 3 times to end up where he is today. These moves include from Devon Forest, SC, to Goose Creek, South Carolina, up to Youngwood, PA, and finally to Adamsburg, PA, where he has called home for the past 3 years. The cause of his move from South Carolina to Pennsylvania was because his older brothers and sister wanted his father and their new little brother in their lives. The names and ages of his siblings are Athena 26, Micah 24, Xavier 22, Darien 21, Addison 18, and Tyler at 18. As stressful as it might sound having 6 siblings, Seth …show more content…
Throughout his middle school years he met his favorite teacher and witnessed the funniest moment within his school life., His favorite teacher was Mr. Belluomini because he was a laid back teacher and made learning fun. The funniest moment in his school life was when a kid was stuffed into a locker his 8th grade year. Seth does not enjoy the stress school creates, but he looks forward to seeing his friends everyday after the summer. After high school Seth would like to attend college for architectural engineering. In about 10 years, Seth sees himself married, working in an engineering business, and living in South Carolina with no children. Seth’s highlight of this past summer was being part of the solar eclipse with his uncle in South Carolina. He described it as a “once in a lifetime

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