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6) Fran perceived them as swarthy and large and had heard that they carried knives in their large exaggerated pompadours. Part of her rejection was due to her fathers feelings towards those people, he objected to them roaming the streets and the parks. Her rejection of the pachucas/os reflected the fact that the barrio was not some stereotypical homogenous community. There were differences and divisions. .
7) A young man who was about three years older then Fran from the barrio; Peter was in high school. Fran had the relationship in secrete away from the approval of her parents. She stopped seeing Peter when she realized that she did not love him anymore. At some point, she realized that being with Peter would never lead anywhere. She realized that she would not have the future that she wanted for her self if she was still seeing Peter, marriage was the next phase of the relationship, and Fran could not bring her self to go that far. She did not was the predictable dry future that the barrio represented. .
8) Fran prepared to go to college by taking college preparatory courses; she also began to distance her self from other Mexican Students. Occasionally the other students would kid her about being a good student. Early on, she began to places her self with people or environments that shared her same desire for a strong future. It was in her junior year of high school that Fran became fully aware of her future and her ability to go to college. Fran was greatly helped by Mrs. Helen Grant her history teacher that introduced her to the UC System. She was accepted to UC Berkeley and received a UC Alumni scholarship. Fran's family was supportive and very proud of her. .
9) A "Mrs. Degree" were sorority girls that came to college for the purpose of getting married as soon as humanly possible. Fran considered it a novel idea. .
10) Fran felt that her family background gave her the ability to adjust and survive the college experience.
