What career did you aspire to pursue (in elementary school) How has that changed? I wanted to be a ballerina. And then I wanted to be an underwater archaeologist. That changed when I realized that I was not going to be either one of those things. One, I never took ballet. Two, I hated scuba-diving classes when I took them. I went to school for social work and sociology and worked for 14 years as a social worker with the Department of Corrections. I wanted to be on the same schedule as my kids and the position here opened up, so it all just aligned.
Julie Flaherty
Photo: A. Swanson
What kinds of foods did you enjoy (in elementary school)? How has that changed? I loved Macaroni & Cheese, hotdogs, Taco Bell soft tacos, and spaghetti. My parents were busy people so we did quick, easy stuff. What genres of music did you listen to (in elementary school)? How has that changed? When I was younger, it was Top 40. My parents also always had music playing when I was growing up, so we would listen to the variety of different genres of music that my parents listened to.
What kinds of clothing did you wear/what was your style (in elementary school)? How has that changed? I wore pegged pants, Sperrys, and polo shirts (sometimes double polo shirts). I also wore slouch socks and if you had a bunch of different colors stacked that was cool. It’s interesting because you do see styles come back around and a lot of the stuff was what we used to wear as kids and teenagers. There’s certainly a different spin on how people go about wearing it now but the general feeling is the same.
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by: ADDISON SWANSON staff writer
In our spin-off of Human of New York, the Black & Gold Quarterly went out into the Central High School community in search of uniquity. Our mission was to find inspiring stories and share them to encourage self-expression. Through a variety of randomly selected people, we were about to find one commonality: passion. Stories like theirs are what makes us believe in the power that comes from expression through journalism. People are art. We feel combining their words with a visual story, a unique and inspiring message is created. Members of our community have conveyed their identities and inspired us through their words and sense of passion. To us, this is the truest kind of journalism--finding moving stories and sharing them. 12 12 // // BGQ BGQ // // April March2020 2020
