Interview 6: *** Conducted Tuesday, 3\/7, at 9pm in the Hesburgh Library<\/p>\n
Name: Sophia Bevaqua<\/p>\n
Gender: Female<\/p>\n
Age: 21<\/p>\n
Appearance:<\/p>\n
Occupation: Student at Notre Dame \u2013 Art History Major, Gender Studies Minor<\/p>\n
Background: <\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lived in South Bend for 21 years (her whole life).<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She went to Stanley Clark School and the Montessori Academy for primary and intermediate schools.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She attended John Adams (graduated 2013).<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She lives in the Clay School District.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In HS she did environmental club, Java \u2013 a community service club where they helped south bend community, she had a job located next to Adams, she was a dancer.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Three sisters — oldest one went to St. Joe, next three went to Adams<\/p>\n Why Adams? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chose Adams for the IB, it really stood out because so few schools have it, she liked its focus on discussion based classrooms and heavy reading, and multicultural readings.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She received several IB certificates<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She didn\u2019t really consider any other schools. Her older sister went to Adams.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did not take athletics into account.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adams had a really intense IB Art Program, and they all got an endless supply of free materials, very successful feeder program<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She didn\u2019t always feel safe at Adams.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Freshman year quite frequently she got threatened about being \u201cbeat up after school\u201d or \u201ccut with a knife\u201d<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Junior year she got hit by a flying fist from a guy in the hallway of Adams<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She thinks it is safer now, her little sister goes there. Little sister chose Adams cause Sophia and older sister went there.<\/p>\n How did she make her choice? <\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Just talked to people and got word of mouth, her dad is a prof and she talked to a lot of faculty kids, kids of profs look for education<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t know anything about the Riley or Washington magnet programs<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adams super diverse, thought about the diversity a little bit \u2013 dissuaded her from St. Joe<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tiers at Adams —- IB Kids all went to top 20 universities, AP kids went to state schools and good smaller private schools, Honors kids went to community colleges, lower rung never pursued any other education<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lower rung and honors rung made up the vast majority of the student body<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All over the board for socioeconomic status, vast majority were lower class single parents who worked nights \u2013 all lived in the same neighborhood.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The IB program has parents who are not divorced and have white collar jobs.<\/p>\n Other Commentary on South Bend Schools: <\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Every School has a stereotype,<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St Joe seems like it is the Notre Dame feeder school. She thought it had too much emphasis on religion, that it was very cliquey and very preppy, and that it didn\u2019t have the reviews for different teachers that she wanted.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Considered Clay because it had a great arts program and she lived closer to Clay, but she didn\u2019t know anything about it really outside of the arts stuff and that alone wasn\u2019t enough to persuade her.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWashington and Riley are horrible schools\u201d<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Didn\u2019t consider Penn because it is so far away, and massive \u201c4000 students is too far away\u201d. 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