2007年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-The Measure of a Man, and a Father（在线收听） |
| This another American story is told to you by the people who lived it. StoryCorps comes to you every Friday. Today we will learn about Thurman Weaver. Mr. Weaver was a janitor, chauffeur and also a father. A few weeks ago, Thurman's son, William Weaver remembered him at a StoryCorp booth in Atlanta, Georgia. And here, William speaks with his daughter Kimberly. My father was everything to me. And it' actually kind of difficult talking about him without becoming very emotional. Up until, you know, he died, every decision I made I'd always call him. And he would never tell me what to do, but he would always listen and say well, what do you want to do? And he made me feel that I can do anything that I wanted to do. I could remember when we integrated the schools that there were many times when I was just scared. And I didn' think that I would survive, and I looked up he would be there. And whenever I saw him, I knew that I was safe. And I always tell you that truth your mama is just the smartest person I've ever met. But I think my father ranks right up there as brilliant. When I was in high school, I was taking algebra, and I was sitting at the kitchen table, trying to do my homework. And I got frustrated, so I asked him figured this out, I'm just... So my father said what's the problem? He came by, "hey, what's the problem?" And I said it's just algebra, he said well, let me look at that. Dad they didn't even have algebra in your day. And I went to sleep and around four o'clock that morning he woke me up, he said, come on son, get up. He sat me at the kitchen table and he taught me algebra. What he had done is set up all night and read the algebra book, and then he explained the problem to me, so I could do it, and understand them. And to this day, I live me life trying to be half the man my father was, just half the man. And I would be a success if my children love me half as much as I love my father. William Weaver, remembering his father, with his daughter Kimberly in Atlanta Georgia. Dr. Weaver is chairman of surgery at the Morehouse Medical School in Atlanta. By the way, all Storycorps interviews are archived at the library of Congress, and you can hear more or subscribe the StoryCorp podcast by going to npr.org |
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