Ethnicity The closest ancestor I could find that came from another country was on my dad’s side of the family, his name was Michael Judge. He was born around 1828 in Galway Ireland. He was a farmer who came to America because of the potato famine. Judge was a Catholic that worked on the railroad. His son managed to earn enough money to buy some land in Litchfield and start a farm.
Because Aaron Douglas’s family was having money issues, he had to take up a few jobs working in factories (Notable Black). After saving up enough money, Aaron was able to go to the University of Nebraska where he received his bachelor’s degree (“Aaron Douglas Biography”). He faced most of his troubles in his younger ages. For instance, Aaron having to work in order for him to
At only age twelve he was sent off to Washington Collage Academy. At collage he studied English, Latin, geography, composition, and declamation. He was a very good student but had to be sent home at the age of fourteen. His father, David Vance, had passed away. So he had been sent home to help his family.
At the age of 14, he was forced to drop out of school, and began working at an insurance company to support his family. Over the years, the only other thing he ever spent his money on was his hobby of amateur photography. His goal in photography was to make it an overall easier process. He said he wanted it to be as convenient as a pencil; wanted it to be something everyone could use. At that point in time they used the process known as the wet plate
My mom has some college experience but never got any kind of degree and does home daycare. During my junior year in high school I had a job working as a cashier at taco bell I worked there for over a year. I decided to quit my job as I entered my senior year because I needed to focus on school because I was going to take a lot of leadership responsibilities. I believe I had made the right
They each show great respect for their father through their actions. Dale’s opening narration shows us how Dale sees his father. When talking about his father, Dale speaks very highly about him. Through this we can see that Dale really looks up to his father and sees him s a hero. This is shown though his opening lines when he refers to Darryl as” Dad is the backbone of the Kerrigan family”.
Hero’s Journey: Joseph Joseph was self confident; he believed he could be anything he wished. Joseph had one sister and eleven brothers from Jacob, his mother was Rachel. He was Jacob’s favorite son and God had great plans for Joseph. Sometimes he wasn’t very sensitive of others’ feelings. When he had dreams of greatness, he didn’t hesitate one bit to share with his brothers and dad.
Sy grew up all around music, he was only bound to be in the music industry. When his father became ill, Sy being the oldest of six children had to finish school and support the family. In order to complete his duties of being the “man of the house” he first needed a way to make money, his fast and easy solution
It was in Philadelphia that he found work as an apprentice printer. After many years of working as an apprentice printer, Ben Franklin decided to establish his own printing business in Philadelphia (Donovan 76). Although he was young, Ben was working all of the time. The citizens noticed his great work ethic. Shortly after that, Franklin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah Reed.
AJ Riley Mr. Fuller English 1117 Reading and Writing Critically I 9/25/14 Wise Man Alter Weiner was just like every other kid at the age of 13. He had a normal family and a set loving parents. His real mother died at the age of 4. As he said “I don’t remember her face but my stepmother treated me and my older brother very well. She was devoted to us as she was to her own child.” Alter’s father ran a successful business that he inherited from his parents.