Interview · South Dakota · April Fallis · OSEU 4
Themes: Kinship & family, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Listening & observation, Children & young people
Learn About questions
How do people pass on the values that they learn to their grandkids?
In what ways are parents your best teachers?
Learn From questions
What is an example of something your parents taught you?
How have you parents impacted you as your teachers?
Transcripts
Mother Is With Me - April Fallis - OSEU 4
Watch this interview on YouTubeI feel like she's with me, you know, every time I do something or I try to help my family or my own kids, you know, I try to help them and I try to teach them what my mother always taught us, you know, being respectful and don't hurt, don't hurt those around you, you know, you be nice to them. And I value that very much and I instill that with my grandchildren now when they're there to visit me and I'm just so thankful they say, your parents are your best teacher.
My dad, he was doing his own thing, you know, but he was still there helping too, but him it was always, Mom, you take care of the boys and I'll take, Mom, you take care of the girls and I'll take care of the boys because I only have one sister and then there was, I had four brothers, two are gone now, my oldest, my youngest left us, so there's me and my sister and two other brothers.
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Learn ABOUT Learn FROM
(deep listening, information) (deep sharing, transformation)
1. How do people pass on the values that 1. What is an example of something
they learn to their grandkids? your parents taught you?
2. In what ways are parents your best 2. How have your parents impacted you
teachers? as your teachers?
OSEU 4: INTERVIEW WITH APRIL FALLIS
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Mother Is With Me
April Fallis
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Mother Is With Me
Mother Is With Me - April Fallis - OSEU 4
I feel like she's with me, you know, every time I do something or I try to help my family
or my own kids, you know, I try to help them and I try to teach them what my mother
always taught us, you know, being respectful and don't hurt, don't hurt those around
you, you know, you be nice to them. And I value that very much and I instill that with my
grandchildren now when they're there to visit me and I'm just so thankful they say, your
parents are your best teacher.
My dad, he was doing his own thing, you know, but he was still there helping too, but
him it was always, Mom, you take care of the boys and I'll take, Mom, you take care of
the girls and I'll take care of the boys because I only have one sister and then there
was, I had four brothers, two are gone now, my oldest, my youngest left us, so there's
me and my sister and two other brothers.