Times of My Life: Selected Highlights

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Times of My Life Selected Highlights

• Susan Gutmannsgutmann_at_interchange.ubc.ca
• Libr 500
• Foundations of Information Technology
• February 2006

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My parents immigrated to Canada from Europe in
the 1950s
My mothers passport photo
My father, his parents and siblings in Hungary
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Our family settled in Alberta
Music Clip (click to stop the music)
We had hot dry summers and very long cold snowy
winters and appreciated family, friends, and
home-made European food and music
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Early learning a positive experience

• First Grade teacher Mrs. Balfour
• I read more than 425 books that year
• My favorite books that year
• Charlottes Web
• The Borrowers

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I loved the library because I loved reading, and.

• Visiting the neighborhood bookmobile on my own
  was an adventure

• The Childrens Division of the Central Public
  Library had a collection of small animals
  .including an iguana

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Iran a memorable visit in 1978

• People
• Politics
• Persian Tradition

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Everyday life near the Caspian sea
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Fruit Farming in the Okanagan

• We moved from the city to the countryside
• Our orchard had many varieties of fruit,
  including cherries, apples, pears, plums and
  peaches

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After high school, I became a library technician

• http//www.ucfv.ca/libtech.htm
• Click on the link to learn about the Library and
  Information Technology Program at UCFV

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My daughter

• The light of my life!

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My daughter has grown up with talent and
appreciation for the arts, especially her love of
photography
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Our cats

• We treasure their companionship

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Hobbies

• Pottery and crafts
• Watching movies
• Enjoying the outdoors (whenever I can)
• Baking cookies for Christmas gifts
• Listening to music
• Reading for pleasure

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Famous last words

• In the book of life, the answers arent in the
  back
• - Charlie Brown, cartoon character created by
  Charles Schultz

http//snoopy.com/
Click on the link
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Sources

• All photographs from my personal photo collection
  and with permission
• Clip Art and Music Clip from Microsoft.com
• http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?
  lcen-us
• Book image of Charlottes Web from
  http//www.amazon.com/gp/homepage.html/104-9890881
  -5949569

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