Read “How This Son of Migrant Farm Workers Became an Astronaut.” This text is located in your online textbook. Then, Answer the questions below: 1. What part of Hernandez’s story do you find most inspiring? Why?

2. (A) What does Hernandez dream of becoming as a young boy?

(B) As a child, how did Hernandez initially get his education?

(C) How did he feel about summer vacation as a child? Why?

3. (A) How would you summarize this interview in one sentence?

(B) What key details would you include in a longer summary?

(C) How does summarizing help you better understand the article

4. (A) Why did Hernandez’s family move to Stockton, California?

(B) In what ways was the move significant (important)?

5. (A) Reread Hernandez’s comments on being bi-cultural, applying to NASA, and learning about Franklin Chang Diaz. If you had been interviewing him, which of these topics would you want to explore more in depth?

(B) What questions would you ask?

6. What insight about life is conveyed by this text? Which details support your response.

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Explanation:

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).