nterpret and annotate the podcast What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang). Here is the story transcript. Here is Lulu Wang's website. Here is an overview of podcasts.
Lulu's grandmother is diagnosed with cancer. There's a twist though. The grandmother's family forbid the rest of the family from telling her that she's dying. She had a couple months to live. The family wanted to celebrate the grandmother's life, so they disguised a wedding as the celebration. I don't agree with deceiving the grandmother. She isn't being told that doesn't have much time to live. There could be things that the grandmother knows that she hasn't told anyone yet, important things. There could be things that the grandmother hasn't done yet and she will not get to. The grandmother thinks she might see your family again, but no that's the last time. She's being stripped of valuable information that could effect how she lives her last days. During my junior year of high school I was caught cheating on a group spanish project. Well I was punished for using similar vocabulary to that of my friend. I was given a referral and a zero on the project. That made me quite nervous.That was the easy part. The tough part was telling my mother about it. My parents are very strict when it comes to school. I never got in trouble growing up, so this was kind of a big deal. I'm not going to lie I shed a couple of tears. When I got home from school I tried to avoid her. I entered the house and by time the door shut behind me I was in my room. I hear a ring. Beep...Beep I run to the living roomNo one heard the ring, but me. That was my mother's phone ringing. None the less it was the school calling. I took the phone and put it on silence. Then what felt like a few seconds goes by they called my dad. That's when I realized I lost. As expected they were mad and as a result I was "stuck at home for a while". I thought about hiding their phones, but it was a game that I wasn't gonna win.
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