June 12, 2008

StreetTalk

by Carol Rosen

What will you be doing to honor your father on Father’s Day? (Asked at the Almaden Library)


“I’m going to give him a tie. It’s green with blue stripes.”

Arian Mirzamaani, 5
Almaden
Pre-kindergarten at Stratford School


“I sang a song at school for daddy and I made a card and we’re [my mom and I] going to go get chocolates for him.”

Jada Wong, 5
Almaden
Kindergartner at Graystone Elementary


“Bring him breakfast and get him something special like a gift card from Starbucks and Barnes & Noble.”

Matthew, 11
Almaden
Fourth grader at Graystone


“I’m going to give him a present of Wasabi peas.”

Hallie Dugar, 6
Almaden
First grader at Los Alamitos


“I’m giving him a present, but I don’t know what it is yet. We’re going to make presents at school. Maybe I’ll give him a card or something."

Suzanne Golshanara, 8
Almaden
Third grader at Stratford


“I will make a barbeque in my backyard with my brother.”

Olivia Thai, 9
Almaden
Fourth grader at Graystone


“I already bought a card and we will have a party with all of my cousins.”

Diana Le, 11
Almaden
Fifth grader at Graystone


“I bought him a gift for making pancakes. I will be making a card for him.”

Aureana Pahlavan, 12
Almaden
Sixth grader at Castillero


“We did Dads & Grads at my school. We sang and did the MacChicken [a combined macarana and chicken dance], and I gave him a keychain.”

Simram Savharival, 5 1/2
Almaden
Kindergartner at Graystone


“I will give him a present, a poster of a cartoon of him I will make at school, and take him to a special restaurant and my mom will pay for it. I will make his day special.”

Mahsan Zare, 10
Almaden
Fourth grader at Los Alamitos