by JeanG1raff3 | Aug 8, 2021 | Writing Samples
I am a product of the San Francisco school system and the University of California at Berkeley. I was a good student – pleased my teachers, got good grades, and kept my mother happy. And I liked school okay. Sometimes I liked it more than others. On a couple of...
by JeanG1raff3 | Jun 3, 2021 | Writing Samples
Many years ago my mother relayed to me a conversation she’d had with two of her friend’s daughters about Barbara Walters’ work as a journalist. The young women said they didn’t like Ms. Walters because they didn’t like her clothes. I was confused by their reaction....
by JeanG1raff3 | Mar 10, 2020 | Writing Samples
by Jean Alexander I am the proud mother of three children. Each is different. Each has talent they were born with and skill they acquired. They have different likes and dislikes, approach the world differently, and are uniquely themselves. Two of my children are...
