MattieMattie The Promise Land Review The Author Nicholas Lemann was born and raised in New Orleans . He was born several months after the “Brown versus Board of Education” decision. Lemann gives a quick snap shot of his upbringing in a two and a half YouTube video. In it he tells how he comes from a small nuclear family but had a large extended family He shares that his family has deep roots in New Orleans since 1836. His grandfather started a law firm in which his father and uncle worked.
FRIEDMAN FAMILY ASSESSMENT Friedman Family Assessment The family assessment I undertook has been performed over the last 4 weeks of study. I have used the guide from Stanhope and Lancaster’s (2008) family assessment model (p.1096). My assessment will focus on the Mr. and Mrs. JF and SF family, and their two daughters, HF, age seventeen, and EF, age eighteen. I have interviewed each member individually, as well as in a family unit, though there was some difficulty interviewing JF later in the assessment as explained further on. Family History and Development Stage JF is a 42 year old Hispanic male, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
He married Roseanne Conner, whom he met in high school when he played football for Lanford High. Throughout the broadcast of the show, Dan and Roseanne both hold numerous blue-collar jobs including factory work, installing drywall, telemarketing, and waitressing. Four seasons into the show Dan opened his dream business, a motorcycle sales and repair shop which failed within a year. Dan then returned to construction work when a new prison was being built in Lanford. Dan and Roseanne were the parents of three children.
He was raised an only child by his mother and attended Bayside High School. He participated in a co-op program that allowed him to work a full-time job and attend school on an alternating weekly basis. After graduating from high school he started a commuter van service. Daymond
Tom also has two other kids with his previous wife that are 21 and 19. Tom received a high school diploma and Sue completed her bachelor’s degree in financial accounting and almost finished with her master’s in accounting. Tom has owned an auto-parts store for 12 years and owns a hunting safari business and he earns a yearly income of $120,000. Sue has her own salon and is chef during the hunting season for the lodge they own and she earns a yearly salary of $48,000. Two major concerns regarding Tom and Sue’s financial status is their savings and investments.
Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921. He is older then 3 brothers and a sister. Haley lived with his family in Henning, before he returned to Ithaca with his family when he was five years old. Haley's father was a professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M University. The younger Haley always spoke proudly of his father and the stuff of racism he had overcome.
Upon is arrival back in San Francisco, from Vietnam, Griffiths rejoined his family, friends, and girlfriend. Over that year he readjusted himself to regular life. He was employed by a banking company as a teller at first and eventually moved up to investments. His girlfriend, Caroline, moved in with him into his parents basement. They both worked and saved up just enough to buy themselves a home at the age of 25.
“One of my earliest memories involves sitting on my dad’s lap in his studio in the garage of our house and watching him draw. I remember thinking: ‘I want to do that, too,’ and I pretty much decided then and there at age 2½ or 3 that I was an artist just like Dad.” —Kara Walker Walker’s dad is Larry Walker. He was the chair of the art department at the University of the Pacific until Kara turned 13. Then he was offered a position at the Georgia State University, and the family moved to Stone Mountain. Before then, Walker had not encountered any racially based situations.
Jesse lives in Los Angeles and currently resides with his mother, father and 5-year-old brother. His father has a full time job and his mother is a housewife. Jesse mother, Jessica is the primary caregiver and his is father is the secondary one. Jesse has also a part-time babysitter that comes to play with him during the week. Jesse extended family members live in the East Coast.
The stepfather also has a child from a previous marriage who was adopted by his uncle and aunt. SK’s previous wife (PK) and youngest child (JK) from that marriage are deceased after an automobile accident. The K family combined 8 years ago when SK and LS had met on an online dating site and fell in love. The step father SK is a business owner who runs an automotive repair shop. He is the primary breadwinner for the family.