This week we were actually able to meet with Jerry! We started the morning by swinging by McDonalds for some breakfast sandwiches and coffees then went to Jerry's house. Today was a lot of catching up and checking in. Jerry loves to hear about what is going on with our job search and always gives us his views and background experiences, which is helpful. As always there is a crazy story that Jerry tells us that we cannot believe happened. This week I was telling Jerry about my research paper on Watergate and it instantly sparked a story. Jerry told us about how he and a couple friends had ventured near the Kennedy compound and how all of a sudden an combat truck pulled up with 18 armed men on top, which followed them out for about 3 miles. Jerry said that it was unbelievable but as always, talked about it in a very light manner. Later on we spoke about his past cars and all the bells an whistles they had.
As our time came to an end Jerry asked about how many more sessions we had together. After we told him the number, we could see he was sad to hear the news. Alrik and I both know that we have had an impact on him and we are going to attempt to stay in touch after the program is over.
-Dylan
Jerry gets more and more exciting every week and love reading both of your posts about him!
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Jerry sounds like a lot of fun. I know about Watergate, its always good to hear about history like that from people who lived in it. have you thought about keeping in contact with him after the class ends?
ReplyDeleteI like that he is giving his input on your guys job searches. It seems like he is a wise man and it awesome that you guys are listening to his inputs. Whatcare some stuff he said that you guys found helpful?
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to hear that other groups are bonding so well with their elders! Jocelyn and I definitely plan on visiting Beryl once she gets back from India. We enjoy each others company a lot and like you said, there is always something new and interesting to learn from them.
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