Stagg students learn through generations

Stagg High School students had the opportunity to spend time with senior citizens from Peace Village Senior Living in Palos Park.  

While the residents visited Karen Fitzgerald and Amy Yeaman’s English class, the students interviewed the seniors about their lives and learned about important historical events. 

Kay Fox, who was born in 1921, talked about her experiences during the Great Depression, “I was quite young but I remember ordering groceries from a little store on the corner.  If we didn’t have money to pay the bill, the owner would put our name in a book and my dad would pay at a later time.” 

The students asked the seniors what television was like when they were kids.  Ralph Meyer, 85,  only had three available TV stations to watch: CBS, NBC, and ABC.  

Compared to the many TV channel options today, freshman Sam Waaso said, “I would go nuts with only three channels to watch on TV.”  

The students also asked the seniors about jobs they had when they were younger.  

Josephine Eberhardt’s father was an undertaker.  Josephine’s job was to cover the bodies with a sheet at night, “I would close my eyes when I did it.”  

Both Ralph and Josephine provided the students with words of advice.  They both told the students to make sure they choose a path in life that makes them happy.  

Ralph stressed, “Don’t get a job that you don’t like or you will be miserable every day of your life.”