Tony’s Dedication to His Family
An Image of Tony Ferraro, sent by Richard Gazzola to myself, Yasameen Tareq, via email.
Anche se Tony era molto bravo a scuola e gli piaceva molto, non ha mai avuto modo di finire il grado 8 siccome ha dovuto lasciare la scuola per lavorare e sostenere la sua famiglia. Parla con affetto di sua madre e di come ha dovuto dare a lei e a suo padre tutti i soldi che guadagnava. Tony ricorda di essersi lamentato con sua madre e di averle chiesto alcuni dei soldi che aveva guadagnato per comprare " an ice-cream cone or something ", Tony ha detto che sua madre aveva guardato lui e suo fratello e aveva detto: " does your father drink? does your father gamble? No, he don’t do all that, he is saving all that money for you people (Tony and his brother) so we can get our own house ". Tony ha dichiarato che ora da adulto capisce come si sentiva sua madre. Ha parlato di come avere un cono gelato allora era una gioia molto rara, anche se un cono gelato era un nichel o giù di lì; che era un sacco di soldi per loro.
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Although tony had been a very good student in school and had enjoyed his school days tremendously, he never got to finish grade 8 as he had to leave school to work and support his family at a very young age. Tony spoke fondly of his mother and how he had to give her and his father all the money he had made as a young boy. Tony reminisced about complaining to his mother about wanting some of the money he had made to buy “an ice-cream cone or something”, saying that she would look at him and his brother and say “does your father drink? does your father gamble? No, he don’t do all that, he is saving all that money for you people (him and his brother) so we can get our own house”. Tony stated that now as an adult he understands how his mother felt. He speaks of how having an ice cream cone at that time was quite the spectacle, even though an ice cream cone was a nickel or so, as that was too expensive for them at that time.
