The Life And Times of Sonya W.

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The Life And Times of Sonya W.

• Assignment 1 Power Point Presentation
• Instructor Dr. Mary Sue Stephenson
• Course LIBR 500
• Date Oct. 5, 2001
• Student Sonya Wall

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Early years
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In the Beginning

• First, there was me
• Then, my two cats
• Then my son
• Then my husband
• And, finally our dog!

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My younger years

• I grew up in Los Angeles and Vancouver
• My brother and I spent a lot of time at
  racetracks where we learned to be obsessive
  readers (not gamblers) and I dreamed of becoming
  a prima ballerina.

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formal Schooling

• After my racetrack education, I went to formal
  school and got
• A B.A. in English
• An M.A. in English
• And, maybe, a M.A.S.

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Middle years
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Career Doings

• A University College English Instructor
• A Co-ordinator in the South Central L.A. Outreach
  Program
• A Bookstore Owner
• And an Archivist?

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Irrevocable change

• The birth of my son
• My son
• My son
• My son
• (I think Ive made myself clear)!

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Colin (my son)

• Loves the colour blue
• Leaps out of every moving object
• Wants to be a Special Ops Fighter (so p.c.)
• And an Olympic Snowboarder
• Loves to adventure travel

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travelling

• Adventure
• travelling leads to
• Camel trekking in Egypt
• Dead Sea floating
• Boating in Crete
• Europe by hot air balloon

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The End(for now)