Jarrett Diamond

Jarrett Diamond

The person I interviewed was Mr. Diamond. He was born and raised on the East side of Chicago. The neighborhood had a majority of African Americans. On the outer part was hispanics. One of his childhood memories was traveling to Michigan and Memphis to visit his grandma. Him and his are really close to eachother. On his free time he enjoys listening to music, hang out, and think. He says he’s big on thinking as far as individually. He likes to think on how he can make himself a better man. His favorite hobby is basketball. When he’s having a rough day he likes to go to the basketball court to clear his mind.  He says that everyday we all have a personal challenge. He doesn’t settle for not knowing how to do something. He’s eager to learn it.

We began asking him questions about education and how he felt about it. He said he feels that education is needed because education is one thing that everyone globally has in common. He says that education is something that’s going to get you through the doors. We asked him if he ever considered dropping out of highschool and he said that dropping out of highschool never crossed his mind. He said he honestly likes school and that’s why he works in one now. We then asked him what advice would he give us about college and he said college is where you find yourself. You find out how good your parents raised you in college. You can find out how much you can endure on your own. We also asked him what his opinion was on our school suspension rate and he said that our youth are misguided and misunderstood and that’s why our suspension rates are high. Also, he says he can see that our suspension rates are high because of pettiness. And lastly, we asked him where he sees himself in 10 years. He said he sees himself having his own school, or if he doesn’t have his own school he’ll be on his way to having his own school, or he can have power at a school. He believes that if he as an individual would have made say so then us students would feel different about school.

We then asked him questions about the work he does. He works for City Year. They’re designed to help students to not drop out of highschool. They’re here to help us freshmans make a smooth transaction from 8th grade to high school. They want to help us make high school as easy and as comfortable they can for us freshmans. He never had anyone to look up to when he was younger. He learned a lot by being the only child. He loves the job he does. He likes working with us. He says that his call is to work in a school. If he had the chance to come back and work here, he would.

We then asked him questions about his opinions on heroes. He said a hero in his eyes is somebody that does something brave for somebody else. You would have to put your life at risk to be a hero in his eyes. He would never think twice about saving someone’s life, but he would think twice about not saving someone’s life.