Memory Interview

Adrianna’s english teacher assigned her the

cooliest project

She had to interview a senior citizen {relative, friend, or neighbor} to learn about his/her memories of the world before she was born. I LOVE that she was forced to communicate face to face because her preferred

method is texting. She chose to interview her Great Grandfather, Roy Tippit. He was born 1929 in

Casa, Arkansas.

He came over to our house for the interview and it

melted my heart seeing the two of them sitting on the

couch actually having a conversation. The requirement

was 20 questions. At first, Adrianna would ask a question, then quickly write the answer on her note card and move along. Toward the middle of the interview, I noticed she

 had slowed down, was more engaged in the conversation, and would ask follow up questions. She tried to record the interview but something went wrong… we were both bummed!

She learned that his happiest memory was when he was 7 years old... it was the first time he ever left Casa, Arkansas! His father had to go to town & let him come along.

He started working at 13 years old for Rock Island Railroad... he lied and said he was 16 years old.

He remembered all of his teachers. He went to school in a one room classroom with no electricity. All the teachers and students from every grade were all together. He said "it

was so quite you could hear a pin drop". His proudest moment was graduating high school!

 She learned so much about her Grandfather - he is prideful, patriotic, a hard worker, always on time, and he loves his family, church and friends. Adrianna was inspired to interview all her Great Grandparents. We are going to use her priceless information and make everyone blurb books for Christmas presents!

XOXO