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FISHER GRADE SCHOOL
Fisher, Illinois (USA)
 
E. Remington's 5th Grade class
 
class statistics and demographics
 
Students:
n= 21
ages: 10-11
gender:
females: 12
males:  9
ethnicity:
European-Amerian(white):  17  (one wrote "100% white")
Native-American:  2    (one "Cherokee")
white/native:   1
no answer:   1
Parents' jobs:
 
father:  

manager at a grain elevator 
laborer
UI employee 
school janitor 
supply sergeant for national guard designing and manufacturing 
building inspector 
state gagage [?] 
roofer 
Kraft employee 
graphic press 
lumber yard 
carpenter 
landscape and grading 
works in fields spreading fertilizer 
plant, superviser at Bowers Corp., Caradco windows and paint line 
construction worker 
mechanic 

don't know - 1

 mother:  

teacher's aide 
hair stylist 
hygenist 
housewife 
cashier/pharmacy technician 
employee at Jones Optical 
"helper in work and in going places" 
postal worker 
construction rental 
computer programmer 
Kraft employee 
Parkland employee 
secretary 
hairstylist/barber 
employee at Mitsubishi factory 
waitress
teacher - 3 
Rantoul Products 
Glove box line 
 
 
birthplace:
Champaign (hospital) -  10
hospital -  3
Gibson City- 2
Illinois -  2
Urbana - 1
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Honolulu -  1
N. Carolina -  1
Oklahoma City- 1
Ft. Madison, Iowa- 1
length of life in Fisher:
whole life -  11
10 yrs. -  1
9 yrs. -  1
7 yrs -  2
5 yrs. -  1
4 yrs. -  2
3 yrs. -  2
2 1/2 yrs. - 1
family member born outside of Illinois?
yes -  10
no- 7
don't know- 3
no answer -  1

(sister: Iowa, Dad and uncle: Florida, mom: Iowa)(sister: N. Carolina)
(mother: Italy)(mom- NY)(mom and uncles and aunts - South Carolina, Tennessee)(Japan:  uncle in military)(mom born in Iowa)(grandma: Utah)(father: Columbus, Ohio)(mom: Alabama, dad: Iowa)

 friends of different ethnic group?
no -  10
yes - 7
no answer -  4

(Indian, white, European, African-American - 5)    ("no, there really isn't any other groups in Fisher")("my friend Brittny and she is black. She's from Chicago")(70% African/Am.)
 

language at home:      English only - all 21

Visited Chicago?     yes- 16      no -5

Visited southern Illinois?

yes -  8
no- 10
don't know- 2
no answer -  1

Area visited (1 visitor each):

Decatur, Springfield, Salmer Illion [?], Marian, Mount Vernon, Pinkstaff
Relative in southern Illinois?          yes - 4
Visited other states?         yes - 20       no - 0      no answer - 1
Indiana - 12
Kentucky - 7
Missouri- 4
Iowa - 4
Florida - 4
Ohio - 4
Tennessee - 4
Arizona - 2
Georgia - 2
Virginia - 2
New Mexico - 2
one visitor:   Colorado, S. Dakota, Hawaii, N. Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Vermont, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma, Delaware, Mississippi, Alabama
Visited another country?       yes - 0     no - 19    no answer - 2   n

Studied about other parts of Illinois?     yes - 17     no-2     no answer - 2

Last updated: April 2, 1999
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