INTERVIEW

Interview(s) asking the question: How have you lived the American Dream?



Dorethea Bradley ( aunt to interviewee( Christina Lilley))

Christina: Auntie How have you lived the American Dream?

Mrs. Bradley:

Well its not the American dream but it’s the way Americans think you should live…such as owning a home, having a job, and providing for your family. That’s what most people from other countries strive for when they come to America, especially ones in third world countries. But as Americans we take it for granted.









2. Minnie Clark ( mom to interviewee)





Christina: How have you lived the American Dream?



Miss. Clark:




I'm not apart of that American dream. I live my life according to Gods will. I am grateful for the things I do have and I know that these things came from Jehovah God. I don’t keep up with the things that the world has to offer. If you take a look around you now, with the economy, crime rates and credit card debt on the rise, people have nothing to offer anyone else. People are trying to make it day to day in this world.

Suzanne Micallef ( teacher to the interviewee)

Christina: How have you lived the American Dream?

Mrs. Micallef:

That is a hard question. There’s that old adage that you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. I feel like when you look back, you’ve realized how much you really have accomplished, but at the present time you still keep working to a present goal. I suppose that when you look back, there are the different milestones, and you look back at it, and you say “yeah I have achieved a dream because I have achieved success”. At the time when your working toward it, though, it doesn’t feel like you are b/c you’re (achieving a dream because you are) working through it. I think for us what happens at times is that the dream gets confusing because when you are working, you focus on the work and the toil and so you don’t think of the dream until the milestone has been accomplished, and then you look back (and say) like WOW… I think being a teacher has been a part of the dream because for me it is an extremely hard job. It requires a lot of self-reflection and self criticism and the need to do it better the next time. I suppose the past 11 years of teaching has had so many milestones because at times when classes end, you have moments of greatness and then moments “oh I wish I could have done that better”. So you do better the next time. So I think that the teacher profession- for me- embodies the American dream: lots of successes and opportunities for success!