Continuing Education: Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Continuing Education From Rachel Bruner, your Guide to Latter-day Saints

Chapter 4 Continuing Education

Questions and Thoughts to Write About 1. Did you go to college or a trade school? 2. Were you active in church during your college years? 3. Did you have roommates? What were they like? Do you still keep in contact? 4. Write about your first real job in your career field? 5. Did you continue education to a masters or PhD? 6. Do you have any published works?

My Teen Years

1. My Junior High/Middle School. I went to Truman
    My favorite teacher:  Didn't have one.
      My favorite class: Art and P.E.

2. My best friend...the one I walked to and fro to school.

3. Who/what was popular in fashion? I don't recall.
     Music?
     TV: What's Happening? Sanford And Son, The Jeffersons
     Movie star?

4. I went to Central High School: There were about 2,000 Students
    My favorite teacher
    My favortie class: Art. P.E.
    My favorite activities
    Student govt?

5. I didn't participate in YW/YM (MIA) Girls camp, scout camp/

6. I didn't attend a stake conference.

7. I didn't attend church as much while I was a teen.
    So I don't think I met a general authority or a prophet.

8. I didn't participate in a dance festival/
    However I did go to some after school dance parties in Jr High.

9. I didn't attend General Conference.

10. I didn't attend seminary.

11. I didn't have a boy friend during my teen years.
     So there wasn't a first kiss.

12. I didn't work during my teen years.

13. I don't recall being in school plays or musicals.

14. I didn't take private lessons for music, singing, or for sports.

15. I didn't attend my senior prom.

16. How was my testimony then?
      I believe in God but wasn't in a relationship with Him.

17. About my most traumatic experience....?

Chapter 3: Teen Years

Here's the next chapter questions: Going down memory lane.

Chapter 3 Teen Years From Rachel Bruner, your Guide to Latter-day Saints

Chapter 3 Teen Years

Questions and Thoughts to Write About 1. Write about your Junior High/Middle School.     Who was your favorite teacher and class? 2. Write about your best friend. 3. Who/what was popular in fashion, music, TV, Movie star? 4. What High school did you attend?     (Size of school, favorite teacher, class, activities, student govt.) 5. Did you participate in YW/YM (MIA) Girls camp, scout camp? 6. Tell about stake conference. 7. Have you ever met a general authority or a prophet? 8. Did you participate in a dance festival? 9. Did you attend General Conference? 10. Did you attend seminary? 11. Write about your first boy/girl friend, first kiss. 12. Did you work during your teen years? 13. Were you in school plays or musicals? 14. Did you take private lessons for music, singing, sports? 15. Tell about your senior prom. 16. How was your testimony then? 17. Write about your most traumatic experience.

Chapter 2nd: Home And Childhood

Here's chapter 2 questions.

1. My father was born in 1913. His father passed away when my father was about 5. And when his mother passed, my father was about 13. He was raised by his sibling. He had some education. He worked odd jobs and a business man. My father was a Baptist 2. My mother was borin in 1920. She was raised by her parents. She attended school. She was the mother of 19 children. She was a housewife and business woman. My mother was a Baptist 3. I drew a detailed floor plan of my home.  There were about 18 small rooms. The oringal house had about 4 rooms. Our father later build on as the years went by. 4. I  was born the 19th children. I had 15 brothers and 3 sisters.   One sister died at about a month old. 5. I was 9 pounds and 5 ounces when I was born.     Born The Last In My Family 6. I wrote about my elementary school. (Teachers, I don't recall my first day of school. I do recall one time we had a drill. We were out in the hallway for a long time. I like  playing dogde ball at recess. Games In Elementary School. My favorite subject was drawing. 7. My best friend in elementary school was a girl named Coleen. I met up with her again in the mid 1990's working in a Dollar General Store. I haven't seen her since. 8. We had a dog and many more after that one.     Pets In The Family 9. How did we do laundry?     (I remember by hand, wringer washer, and cloths line. Then we went to the laundry mat. Later we go our own washer and dryer in the house. 10. I remember radio programs; Religious          TV shows: Bonanza, Gun Smoke, The Big Valley.          Cartoons: Tim and Jerry, Mickey Mouse, Bug Bunny,          Movies; Roots, Gone With The Wind 11. Family vacations: I don't recall many.       We went fishing and had picnics      Visits to Grandma Lankford...She lived on the next block over.       That was about 3 houses away. 12. What ward did I live in? Who was my Bishop? Tell about Primary activities. (If you weren't a member at the time write about spiritual aspects or traditions from your childhood and family life.)       I think this question is a religious one. I'm a Christian. I worship and I have a church home and Pastor. I didn't attend church as a child. It was when I was 30 when I gathered with the people of God. It has become a tradition to go to church every time that I can. 13. I attended Sunday School one time when I was a youth. I didn't like it. As an Adult I have attended and continue to attend Bible Studies. 14. Write about my baptism.       I was water baptized on November 28, 1993.

Chapter 1: My Ancestry

I'm journaling on my family history.
Here are some questions I have answered.

1. Who was the first of my ancestors to come to America?
(Or the country where they residence)

On my mother's side; I don't know. There was not record of where they came from. I can assume that majority of they came from Africa.

On my father's father's side; The story has it that they came from of the coast of Nigeria.
There were stories on both my parents side of Native American Indian connects.
Cherokee and Black Foot trifles.

2. I wrote about my father's heritage. My father's Heritage.
    and  The Jennie Bartlett Blakley Lyle Connections


3. I wrote about my mother's heritage. My mother's Heritage. and
    My mother's mother's mother, Anna Laura Washington Allen Walters

 

4.I wrote about my pioneer heritage.
(If you don't have any, how do you feel about being the "pioneer" in your family)

    Here are a few....

    Civil War Veteran: Private Isaac Blaker a.k.a Isaac Blakey
 

    Builder/construction; Robert Louis Lankford; a.k.a Robert Lewis Lankfard

    Professional Baseball Player 1900's; Louis Lankford; a.k.a Add Lankfard
  
5. I wrote about the oldest relative I remember.

     The oldest relative I had the honor to met was my mother's mother;

      Mary Allen Lankford born in 1889.

     The oldest relative I've met and who lived the longest was my father's sister;

      Mary Jane Blakley Richardson who was almost 90 before her passing. .

Chapter 2 Home And Childhood

Here's  chapter 2 question. I did my 1st chapter. Than some how it got deleted. Post  my 1st Chapter this week. Chapter 2 Home and Childhood via From Rachel Bruner, your Guide to Latter-day Saints

Chapter 2 Home and Childhood

Questions and Thoughts to Write About 1. Write about your father. (Birth, upbringing, talents, education, occupation, appearance, church and community service) 2. Write about your mother. (Birth, upbringing, talents, education, appearance, daily schedule, occupation, church and community service) 3. Draw a detailed floor plan of your home. 4. Write about your brothers and sisters. 5. Write what you know about your birth and first year. 6. Write about your elementary school. (Teachers, first day of school, bomb drills, favorite activity at recess, etc.) 7. Who was your best friend in elementary school? 8. Did you have a pet? 9. How did you do laundry? (By hand, wringer washer, cloths line, automatic?) 10. What radio programs, TV shows, cartoons, and movies do you remember? 11. Tell about family vacations and visits to grandma. 12. What ward did you live in? Who was your Bishop? Tell about Primary activities. (If you weren't a member at the time write about spiritual aspects or traditions from your childhood and family life.) 13. Do you have a favorite Primary or Sunday School teacher or favorite lesson? 14. Write about your baptism.

Be Thinking About What To Journal

I've been thinking. I first this site because I had a journaling assignment every week for 52 weeks. Well, that ended back on the second week of November 2011.

I was doing some things on tweet. I came across something. It's a 12 week journaling or writing about out family history.

I signed up for it. I see it as a good way to journal. I have seen the outline of the 12 weeks. There are 3 weeks that don't apply to me. I'll have some thing to share.

It's good to have a weekly assignment. It gets me to think. I've been looking at the questions.

Thanks for reading,Be Thinking About What To Journal
Susan

Here's the Assignment:

From Rachel Bruner, your Guide to Latter-day Saints Welcome to this email course! This is chapter one from the article, "Writing Your Personal Family History" and here are some questions to help you work on your personal history. To start just pick a question to answer and begin writing. You can write just a sentence or two, a paragraph, or a whole page if you want. Remember, you don't have to answer every question!

Chapter 1 Ancestry

Questions and Thoughts to Write About 1. Who was the first of your ancestors to come to America? (Or the country of your residence) 2. Write about your father's heritage. 3. Write about your mother's heritage. 4. Write about your pioneer heritage. (If you don't have any, how do you feel about being the "pioneer" in your family) 5. Write about the oldest relative you remember.