This little school assignment that Emily wrote really cracked me up. HOpefully I will be able to figure out how to get it to show up on here.
Ringo Starr and my mother have many things in common, but are also different in many ways.
They have an awful lot of differences. Ringo Starr has a fake name. His real name is Richard Starkey. My mother has only one name, Karen Teuscher. While Ringo is world famous, my mother is only famous in our ward for her flute music. Richard was a member of a band. My mother was only in marching band. Ringo was a fantastic actor, my mom can't pretend to be asleep. Ringo was only average height, my mom is quite tall (for a woman.) Ringo has a quite prominent nose. My mum has only a medium nose.
Ringo lived a rather depraved childhood. He was sick for several years and missed quite a lot of school. He spent more time in the hospital than at home. My mutti lived a normal, up-and-down childhood. She was sad sometimes, but all in all, she had a very nice first twelve years. They chose different instruments, Ringo the drum and Karen the flute. Some would say that means their personalities are quite different. I agree with that. My mother is as normal as teenage complexion problems, and Ringo wrote a song called "Octopus' Garden." That in of itself is well... strange.
While they are different in more than a few ways, they are alike in quite a lot of ways too. Both are accomplished musicians. They both dedicated quite a lot of their lives to learning music. They are both still alive, which, thank goodness, means my dad doesn't have to cook my meals. They are both fun to hear about, and have interesting stories to tell. My mother blamed things on "a nony mouse" when she did something naughty. Ringo was the star of several movies and a member of a very cool band, the Beatles. All of those things would make interesting stories.
Both are hard working. They completed their dreams, being a mother, and being famous. If lives like that aren't considered full, I don't know what a full life is.
Here is more information on my mother. She is thirty-seven. She is the mother of four children. She has two sisters.
Mr. Starr is an only child. He didn't get to write very many of the Beatles' songs.
In conclusion, although they lived and are living very different lives, both are really cool, and very musically talented.
