Interview with Shannon Ball, January 22, 2007

Project: Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

This interview with North Middle School Title I Resource Teacher Shannon Ball begins with a discussion of her childhood on a farm outside of London (Ky.). She talks about what she did for recreation, as well as what her parents did for a living. She then talks about the start of her career, which was primarily working in fast food restaurants, and her subsequent education in teaching. Ball then switches to the topic of environmentalism, discussing where her family got their water and disposed of their trash. She talks about her time in AmeriCorps, where she was introduced to Eastern Kentucky Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE) and describes various clean up efforts of which she was a part. She then talks about her involvement in PRIDE clubs as a teacher.
Next, Ball briefly talks about the recycling program in her county, before ending the interview by talking about the effect that Eastern Kentucky Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE) has had on her and her two young sons.

Interview Accession

2008oh076_pride121

Interviewee Name

Shannon Ball

Interviewer Name

Dale W. Johnson

Interview Date

2007-01-22

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Ball, Shannon Interview by Dale W. Johnson. 22 Jan. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Ball, S. (2007, January 22). Interview by D. W. Johnson. Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Ball, Shannon, interview by Dale W. Johnson. January 22, 2007, Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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