This collection of student work is from
Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others
to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These
documents have been OCR-scanned. These are available
for educational use only.
Teresa Kameroff
Housewife
Teresa Kameroff has been a housewife
for many years. She doesn't have a job but is employed by her
husband. Training was necessary because she had to learn how to cook,
clean and put away food for the year. She learned this by watching
her grandmother and mother. She also has a high school
education.
Teresa's work takes place mostly at
home; She cooks and cleans about 3 to 6 hours a day and takes care of
her grandson the rest of the time. She works most of the time with
her family. She is her own boss and does not have a
salary.
Four important responsibilities are
taking care of her children and grandchild, making sure the house is
clean, making sure food is on the table and also that food is stored
away during the summer. The best thing about her job is putting away
food such as berries and dried fish and watching her grandson grow
up. The worst thing about her job is cleaning up a messy house, and
sometimes she feels overworked.
Her advice for younger people is, "Live your cultural life
like putting away fish and berries and don't
depend on store-bought food."
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