Joe Popma Research Paper
“Get the dirty job done” is my Grandpas favorite quote. Joe Popma is 84 years old. Born on November 5, 1931, Joe was the middle child of 7 siblings
Joe for his free time played in the park with his best friend, Salvy Spina. For his jobs he started peddling papers at the age of 12, and worked in a bakery at 13, and then in an ice cream store at 14,he had to walk 5 miles to get there. He had to give all of the money he earned to his dad. His favorite hobbies are completing puzzles, he usually does 1,000 pieces or 2,000 pieces. It usually takes him about a week to complete a puzzle
He has been a college professor for the past 30 years at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. The thing he likes most about his job is that he goes around …show more content…
They had to slaughter the pigs.
The way they would get the pigs is In the barn there was a small window and that's how they caught them when they walked outside one brother grabbed it by the neck while the other brother would get a knife and cut the throat, he couldn't stand it so he left and the other brother had to do it in his place. The Great Depression started in 1929. He was born 2 years later in 1931. He was in the heart of it. Although he was in the heart of it, he didn't know it was a depression because the family always had food on the table, his favorite food is a steak. Joe was small and young, he didn't do anything important In his young age during then. He lived like a normal kid, he went to kindergarten and did everything little kids do. The Depression didn't really affect him or his family.
In WW2, Joe was 10 years old when WW2 began. His mother worked in factory, all the factories had to do with building all the different parts of a tank, then they sent the parts to Detroit where they built the main parts of the tank.
Joe still works today as a professor for the Grand Canyon State University and helping the student teachers to achieve their goals to become a
Joe for his free time played in the park with his best friend, Salvy Spina. For his jobs he started peddling papers at the age of 12, and worked in a bakery at 13, and then in an ice cream store at 14,he had to walk 5 miles to get there. He had to give all of the money he earned to his dad. His favorite hobbies are completing puzzles, he usually does 1,000 pieces or 2,000 pieces. It usually takes him about a week to complete a puzzle
He has been a college professor for the past 30 years at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. The thing he likes most about his job is that he goes around …show more content…
They had to slaughter the pigs.
The way they would get the pigs is In the barn there was a small window and that's how they caught them when they walked outside one brother grabbed it by the neck while the other brother would get a knife and cut the throat, he couldn't stand it so he left and the other brother had to do it in his place. The Great Depression started in 1929. He was born 2 years later in 1931. He was in the heart of it. Although he was in the heart of it, he didn't know it was a depression because the family always had food on the table, his favorite food is a steak. Joe was small and young, he didn't do anything important In his young age during then. He lived like a normal kid, he went to kindergarten and did everything little kids do. The Depression didn't really affect him or his family.
In WW2, Joe was 10 years old when WW2 began. His mother worked in factory, all the factories had to do with building all the different parts of a tank, then they sent the parts to Detroit where they built the main parts of the tank.
Joe still works today as a professor for the Grand Canyon State University and helping the student teachers to achieve their goals to become a