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For this assignment from Dr. Herrman I was able to not only learn more about my father but more about my family history. This course taught by Dr. Anna Herrman helped me understand how to truly and properly ask questions for a person to openly communicate to you. The importance of this assignment has helped me communicate with my family as well as others.
For this oral interview assignment I interviewed my father, John Dominick Sacco via phone call. For this interview I picked out basic questions,family life questions, and some personal questions about his life which may have lengthy answers. We touched on aspects regarding family issues, family members, and how family communication plays a role in our lives. I felt this would be appropriate for this course and the given assignment prompt. John Dominick Sacco is 60 years young and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his second wife, Divina Tapel Sacco.
Basic Questions:
1.) What is your full name and why were you named this?
- My full name is John Dominick Sacco. I was named John after my great grandfather, and Dominick after my father. Our last name is our family name.
2.) What are the names of your parents and siblings?
- My father’s name was Dominick, or “Domenico” in Italian. My mother’s name was Winnefred. I have three sisters named Winnefred Ann, Donna, and Patricia.
3.) What was your schooling like? (favorite classes, favorite moments)
- I went to PS 277 (PS 277 stands for Public School 277) for kindergarten. Then I went to Resurrection which was a Roman Catholic school. I went there from grade 1 to grade 8, and I disliked it very much. I had fun but I disliked it. – For high school I went to Nazareth Regional High School. It was a semi private diocesen school for two years, and then after that it became a full private school. I loved high school, I hated the work, but I loved high school. I didn’t graduate right away, I was a quarter of a credit shy, which was bullsh**. So then I went to another high school for 6 months which I absolutely couldn’t stand.
- After high school I went to Kingsborough College for a year. I went to other schools as well: Certified orthopedic schooling in the state of New York. I went through many schools in the police department as well as two different types of driver training: specialized vehicle pursuit, motorcycle school, fraugulant training school, accident investigation school, and many many others throughout my time. I was trained in so many things I cannot remember.
4.) When and where did you get married and to whom?
- I have been married three times, twice to the same woman, your mother Jocelyn Tan Sacco at city hall for the first time in 1988. Beginning of 1988 we were married again in a religious ceremony in St. Anselm’s Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York. My second marriage was to Divina Sacco, we were married in Brooklyn Borough Hall which was a civil marriage.
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5.) What health problems did you encounter with your family? – Well, we’ve had hypertension, blood pressure, sinus pressure, seasonal allergies, food allergies. My sister was a heavy smoker for 50 years and passed away of cancer.
