OSEU Two: April Fallis– Nun or Checkout Clerk?

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Interview · South Dakota · April Fallis · OSEU 2

Themes: Storytelling & oral tradition, Values & generosity, Listening & observation, Children & young people

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How do young people choose what they want to be when they grow up? What are some ways that individuals get their names?

Learn From questions

How did you get the name you have? What is the story? What are some things you wanted to be when you grew up? What caused you to choose those things?

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Nun or Checkout Clerk - April Fallis - OSEU 2

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My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.

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Learn ABOUT Learn FROM (deep listening, information) (deep sharing, transformation) 1. How do young people choose what 1. How did you get the name you have? they want to be when they grow up? What is the story? 2. What are some ways that individuals 2. What are some things you wanted to get their names? be when you grew up? 3. What caused you to choose those things? OSEU 2: INTERVIEW WITH APRIL FALLIS WoLakota Project From the current WoLakota source page: Nun or Checkout Clerk April Fallis Transcript (deep listening, information) (deep listening, transformation)

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Nun or Checkout Clerk - April Fallis - OSEU 2 My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.