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Mission Schools with Mary Bateman

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Interview · North Dakota · Mary Bateman · NDNAEU 5

Themes: Education & learning, Arts & expression

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Learn About questions

What is a Mission School? Why were nuns the teachers at Mission Schools? What is a Valedictorian? Where is Haskell School? What grades are taught there? How can being on a basketball team, in choir or ballet help me in school?

Learn From questions

Have I ever been told I was “behind” in something? How did that feel, and how did I react to it? Have I ever had to start over on something important? How did it impact me? Have I ever experienced being behind but then overcoming it to come in first? Have I ever been a part of a team? What was the experience like? Was it helpful to me? Have I ever had an adult take an interest in me who helped guide me through something difficult?

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NDNAEU 5 Mission Schools with Mary Bateman

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Then I went to the mission school and now what I went into the mission school well there was a pretty strict about you know everything there and then after that well I graduated and Oh sister I ever sister Benedict she said you know you’re way behind said you know and I am she said and I think would probably have to start again little now room study and um so she helped me out you know on that there and I’ll did not become a velit I become of them would Victoria and in them get over Texas you I really worked two or three in them so then after graduation then I went to Haskell and that was pretty nice too so when I was in ninth grade I think I don’t know how come they did that you know I just don’t mope you know didn’t know to school that’s a great big school kiddo boys and girls and then all of a sudden I was picked to be an officer so I had the church I was you know we’re gonna hop and now that so I had to be general check everybody out you known for their go to breakfast or check them out when they coming down you know for breakfast or whatnot you know and everybody had to go to the day nobody was supposed to be left in the in the building you know and then we had the girls I mean now the school was so big of course the area upstairs dining room and ander downstairs dining room and then there was a I forget the name of puke I think it was the boys dormitory if it was we known at all what I will give her you know we don’t know how that was that yeah and I you know you go across the street enjoyed I guess I had it and then of course I got we got to go I so I joined the basketball with the rest for them and then and there was um there was one lady you know they are they came from them belcourt she taught dancing and there of course I went right into the ballet again and got she got dancers very good job so and then of course I went into music me and now you know that same thing you know out letters and don’t let you mother agreed with you yeah and like I can never bit retrieval is Lucy it was socotra and I can go on the road or whatever from Bell cards go and they were good and same way with them another was a living and healthier she had a most beautiful voice you know birlea trillion FLT and Clara can repel teardown yeah just tell what I remembered the DL people did of it kinda stood out you know from them the rest of us who knows

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