Speaker A
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A vlogger reflects on living independently for the first time and interviews people about the family members and friends they look up to and what they learned from them.
Key Takeaways
- Family members can strongly shape personal values such as responsibility, independence, and courage.
- Seeing relatives pursue their dreams can motivate others to pursue their own goals.
- Independence and resilience, especially when learned from a parent, are valued qualities.
- Good communication and emotional openness are important life skills.
What the video covers
- The vlogger has just moved out of the family home and realizes how much their family has influenced them.
- The video is a language-learning vlog (Focus 4, Unit 2 Lesson 5) built around asking people about their families.
- The speaker says their mother raised them alone, inspiring them to be mature, responsible, and make good decisions.
- A great-grandmother was the first woman pilot in West Virginia, the first in the family to leave the state, and later became secretary to two presidents.
- The great-grandmother now retires in Florida, is highly educated with two doctorates, and is described as an excellent woman.
- An older brother pursued football and then acting after moving from Canada to the UK, and the speaker is following the same path.
- A cousin who is a successful painter inspires the speaker to follow their own dreams.
- A grandmother was a politician in the 1970s and 80s and taught the speaker to stand up for their beliefs.
- A sister, described as kind-hearted and honest, is a role model who taught the speaker about communication and emotional expression.
- A grandfather taught the speaker independence and financial habits such as avoiding small frequent purchases that add up.
Chapters
- 00:00Intro and opening music
- 00:29Vlog introduction: living on my own
- 00:53Inspiration from mum and cousin
- 01:06Question: who do you look up to?
- 01:22Great-grandmother, the first woman pilot
- 01:56Older brother and pursuing acting
- 02:26Grandmother the politician and sister as role model
- 03:00Great-grandmother's career and finances lesson
- 03:33Closing reflections
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Speaker A
make but it has made me realize how important my family is to me and how much of an impact they've had on my life so today I'm going to be asking people about their families and what they've learned from them could you tell me
Speaker A
Foreign, and welcome back to my vlog. Now, it's my first month of living on my own after moving out of my family home, and it's been great. No one cares about how long I spend in the bathroom or how much mess I make, but it has made me realize how important my family is to me and how much of an impact they've had on my life.
Speaker A
well and she brought me awful on her own and I feel like I've turned out okay so it really inspires me to be mature and responsible and make good decisions I look up to my cousin who is a
Speaker A
So today I'm going to be asking people about their families and what they've learned from them. Could you tell me about a family member or a friend you look up to?
Speaker A
my great grandmother she was the first woman pilot in West Virginia um she also was the first one to leave West Virginia out of the family so it was her first time exploring the world and that was a really big deal but she
Speaker A
I really look up to my mum because she's very independent, and she was quite young when she had me, but she moved out of home and she handled everything really well, and she brought me up on her own, and I feel like I've turned out okay. So it really inspires me to be mature and responsible and make good decisions.
Speaker A
intelligent very very uh just all around excellent woman I I look up to my older brother who pursued football when he was younger he moved from Canada to the UK and I'm doing the same now pursuing acting in the UK and I can always phone
Speaker A
I look up to my cousin, who is a successful painter, because he's following his dreams, and that inspires me to follow mine as well.
Speaker A
politician through the 70s and 80s when many women weren't in powerful positions and she always taught me to stand up for what I believe in and to be who I want to be and not worry about what anyone
Speaker A
My sister, who's with me here today, she is my role model. She's very kind-hearted and honest, and yeah, she's taught me a lot in life.
Speaker A
two years ago so she's like a new friend I'd say and she's very good at being communicative and showing emotions which I think is a very good important factor in life so that's what I've learned from her my
Speaker A
I look at my great-grandmother. She was the first woman pilot in West Virginia. She also was the first one to leave West Virginia out of the family, so it was her first time exploring the world, and that was a really big deal. But she became secretary to two presidents, and she had a very, very beneficial career. So yeah, today she retires in Florida and lives a very happy life on a river, and she's very educated, has two doctorates. So very intelligent, very, very, just all-around excellent woman.
Speaker A
same can be applied to finances as well you know buying small things here and there adds up very quick my grandfather taught me how to be independent which has helped me since moving to the UK from Canada my own two feet and to feel like I can
Speaker A
I look up to my older brother, who pursued football when he was younger. He moved from Canada to the UK, and I'm doing the same now, pursuing acting in the UK. I can always phone him back home, and he's always able to encourage me to keep going.
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