What Is The Differences Between My Mother And Aunt?

This paper will review the findings from the interviews I conducted with my mother and aunt. Additionally, this paper will compare and contrast both participants’ answers. These answers will be analyzed and connected to materials we have discussed during class.
My mother and aunt grew up in very different types of families. My aunt, who is on my father’ is the youngest of three and is the only girl in the family. Compared to my mom who was the oldest of five, with three brothers and a sister.
The communities that my mom and aunt grew up in were very different from one another. My aunt grew up in a blue collared city but in a more suburban area of the city, which was mostly white. However, my mom was raised in a family oriented suburb which …show more content…
Similarly, they both struggled with math. My aunt attended a different school for a couple of months, and was not in a classroom with other children. She did not know anybody in this new town or school system, which was very isolating. In contrast, my mother and her siblings stayed in their home and school system throughout their educational career.
Both of my mother and aunt are very education focused. Even though my mom was lucky enough to achieve her education consecutively, unlike my aunt. My aunt had to put her education and life on the back burner to take care of the family. Throughout this semester, there has been many instances where parents were off at war or single parents, so a sibling had to step up and fill that role. That is exactly what happened with my aunt and my father’s side of the family.
However, there was a big difference from when my mom had to step up and be the mother of the house and how my aunt stepped up to be the mother of the house. Also, my aunt stated in her interview that she wished she spoke up more about wanting to divide more responsibility between her and her brothers. I found it very interesting that she even said this since, usually most women step into that role without even questioning the …show more content…
They shifted predominately white students go across town to a predominately black school. Personally, I never even knew that there were policies in place like that. It was very interesting to find out about how the racial balancing worked. I agree with the idea as a whole but I do disagree with some aspects of it. A better idea would be moving children to a different area for high school or middle school, rather than pulling the kids out of school where they were already comfortable. She finished up middle school in a completely different school with a different atmosphere, class, structure, and commute. My aunt’s commute before she switched schools was a five-minute walk. After switching schools, her commute increased to a twenty to thirty-minute bus ride. This new middle school was more of like a high school. Transitioning to a new school on top of my grandmother’s illness put a toll on my aunt who later on had issues with her new classmates.
Changing school systems was a huge culture shock to my aunt. She also claims that she was picked on by bigger African American girls since she was so small. Additionally, she went on to continue her high school years in a school that was in the same complex as her middle