Family Is Always There - Lowell Amiotte - OSEU 4

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05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0080. Imported source record; individual Elder status and tribal affiliation are not inferred.

Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections

G58 — Identify ways to build mutual trust and respect

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Lowell Amiotte contrasts changing work friendships with enduring family relationships and the value of time together. This supports G58 by inviting students to consider ways of sustaining relationships.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Very important, you know, your relationships. I think at times we forget just how family, when you come right down to it, is going to be with you your whole life. You can have friends come and go and they're really good friends for this period and then they get a job and they're gone. And you exchange Christmas cards and it fades. But family is always there. And in the end, that's what you have to really rely on. And I'm getting older, so the older I get. And I got a letter yesterday. I had a friend die in Sioux Falls and now that's gone. That friendship is… gone. So I don't even know her family. They were all up in Saint Paul. So you lose those connections. Whereas right now I can still pick up the phone, call my uncles, my aunts, and as old as I am, I still have an uncle and aunts are living.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of lasting relationships? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider ways of sustaining relationships? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0080; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4seAcR_wfQ; opening passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.

J101 — Identify, understand, and apply knowledge of social roles

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Lowell Amiotte contrasts changing work friendships with enduring family relationships and the value of time together. This supports J101 by inviting students to identify family and work-related social roles.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Very important, you know, your relationships. I think at times we forget just how family, when you come right down to it, is going to be with you your whole life. You can have friends come and go and they're really good friends for this period and then they get a job and they're gone. And you exchange Christmas cards and it fades. But family is always there. And in the end, that's what you have to really rely on. And I'm getting older, so the older I get. And I got a letter yesterday. I had a friend die in Sioux Falls and now that's gone. That friendship is… gone. So I don't even know her family. They were all up in Saint Paul. So you lose those connections. Whereas right now I can still pick up the phone, call my uncles, my aunts, and as old as I am, I still have an uncle and aunts are living.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of lasting relationships? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you identify family and work-related social roles? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

N122 — Define and demonstrate empathy

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Lowell Amiotte contrasts changing work friendships with enduring family relationships and the value of time together. This supports N122 by inviting students to recognize the value of time and attention to others.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Very important, you know, your relationships. I think at times we forget just how family, when you come right down to it, is going to be with you your whole life. You can have friends come and go and they're really good friends for this period and then they get a job and they're gone. And you exchange Christmas cards and it fades. But family is always there. And in the end, that's what you have to really rely on. And I'm getting older, so the older I get. And I got a letter yesterday. I had a friend die in Sioux Falls and now that's gone. That friendship is… gone. So I don't even know her family. They were all up in Saint Paul. So you lose those connections. Whereas right now I can still pick up the phone, call my uncles, my aunts, and as old as I am, I still have an uncle and aunts are living.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of lasting relationships? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you recognize the value of time and attention to others? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

F37 — Develop a healthy self-concept for home, school, and work

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Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Very important, you know, your relationships. I think at times we forget just how family, when you come right down to it, is going to be with you your whole life. You can have friends come and go and they're really good friends for this period and then they get a job and they're gone. And you exchange Christmas cards and it fades. But family is always there. And in the end, that's what you have to really rely on. And I'm getting older, so the older I get. And I got a letter yesterday. I had a friend die in Sioux Falls and now that's gone. That friendship is… gone. So I don't even know her family. They were all up in Saint Paul. So you lose those connections. Whereas right now I can still pick up the phone, call my uncles, my aunts, and as old as I am, I still have an uncle and aunts are living.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of lasting relationships? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you reflect on belonging? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

P123 — Explain the significance of respect for self, others, and rules

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Lowell Amiotte contrasts changing work friendships with enduring family relationships and the value of time together. This supports P123 by inviting students to consider respect within continuing relationships.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Very important, you know, your relationships. I think at times we forget just how family, when you come right down to it, is going to be with you your whole life. You can have friends come and go and they're really good friends for this period and then they get a job and they're gone. And you exchange Christmas cards and it fades. But family is always there. And in the end, that's what you have to really rely on. And I'm getting older, so the older I get. And I got a letter yesterday. I had a friend die in Sioux Falls and now that's gone. That friendship is… gone. So I don't even know her family. They were all up in Saint Paul. So you lose those connections. Whereas right now I can still pick up the phone, call my uncles, my aunts, and as old as I am, I still have an uncle and aunts are living.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of lasting relationships? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider respect within continuing relationships? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Interview transcript

Very important, you know, your relationships. I think at times we forget just how family, when you come right down to it, is going to be with you your whole life. You can have friends come and go and they're really good friends for this period and then they get a job and they're gone. And you exchange Christmas cards and it fades. But family is always there. And in the end, that's what you have to really rely on. And I'm getting older, so the older I get. And I got a letter yesterday. I had a friend die in Sioux Falls and now that's gone. That friendship is… gone. So I don't even know her family. They were all up in Saint Paul. So you lose those connections. Whereas right now I can still pick up the phone, call my uncles, my aunts, and as old as I am, I still have an uncle and aunts are living. So or, you know, I'll call and say, say to my cousin, come, let's have coffee and we'll go down and have a donut or something. And but family is very important because that's what you come to in the end is family.