Common Friend Interview

I have interviewed a very good friend of mines and to my surprise she has different views on a lot of things than I do. Although I always thought of us as being so much the same and we truly are in a lot of ways, I come to see that we really are different in so many. Before the interview process with my friend that I will call Nikki for now, this is not her name but just to keep the interview confidential as promised this is what I will refer to her as.

I had the pleasure of interviewing a good friend of mine and a co-worker named Vincent. Vincent is a 28-year-old from the Philippians. He is the youngest of two and him and his brother are part of his family first generation of children born here in America. Vincent has been working as a nurse for the past three years providing in-home services to special needs children. Vincent explained he enjoyed his job and get fulfillment from doing his job. Vincent did express some dissatisfaction with his job as of late because his clients are beginning to become more physically aggressive towards him leaving him with bruises and torn clothes. Vincent stated he has been thinking about joining the United States Air Force to gain more experience in triage because he would like to work in the emergency room or ICU one day.

When you are friends with someone who you are attempting to have a serious/detailed conversation with about things friends do not normally talk about, it sometimes can affect the outcome of what is trying to be achieved. So, I asked Krystal to talk to me like she normally would, as a friend and not an interviewer. And instead of asking her a series of new questions, I decided to ask her previous questions that I had already asked prior from earlier meetings that the two of us had engaged in, about her career.

Justin is a coworker. We have worked in the same department for a number of years but have only spoken about work-related issues. I have focused my paper on him because he is closest in age to me and seemed the most approachable.

As a white male from a rural town in the Northeast corner of Colorado that practically borders Nebraska, I usually have the same experiences as my peers in my graduating class. However, every year we tend to get new classmates that immigrated from South American countries in order to have a better life. Typically, besides from family experiences, this is the only time that my peers and I approach someone from a different background. There was a girl that moved into my hometown of Holyoke my freshmen year, and she was put into my freshman gym class. In order to save her privacy, I will refer to her as Angie for the rest of the essay. Angie spoke very broken English and was just starting to talk to us in gym class. I would talk to Angie every day during gym in order to get to

1. Question: Share some of the background of your interviewee (or couple). What was this person’s/couple’s story?

" I have a daughter who is 22 and she wants to do so much she got into free college then changed her mind,Now want to quiet her Job to do photography. I think being young you should be patient and not take on to much at one time. I used you as an example, I told her, A girl at my job who is younger than you has a lot of odds against her, but she still come to work, she pay her bills and don't complain. "

The interpreter I choose to interview is my good friend Kenneth Black. Our interview occurred on December 1, 2016 at 5:30pm. We met back in April at a banquet for the Daytona State College Clubs and he was assigned to interpret for our Deaf professors. He introduced himself, where he was from, some of his experience. His mother is Deaf, making Kenneth a CODA. From the way that he spoke and the way he interpreted, I could tell that he was doing his job with passion and that he really enjoyed it. Therefore, I thought he was the perfect candidate for this interview.

The name of the person I decided to do the ethnographic interview project on was Antonia, I chose Antonia to be the interviewee because I wanted to get to know her better. We’ve known each other since high school but never had the opportunity to speak on a personal level prior to the interview. She appeared to be open and comfortable to talk about her culture and seemed to have plenty of knowledge about her culture. The interview took place on December 01 2015 at 1:00 P.M. in her apartment in Clovis, I asked to meet there because it would be familiar and a safe place for her. Antonia was easy to talk to, interesting, and friendly. I was under the impression that Antonia would not be

One by one Natalie, Anahi, Kasey, and Jessica all made their way into the sweltering classroom on August 22nd. At first the girls struggled to find commonalities between them, but after some light conversing and the introduction exercise, the girls were all shocked to learn that despite their vast differences all the girls shared common interests and dreams that would allow them to work well in this group and succeed in Composition I.

I decided to interview one of my close friends, Annalis Belperio. I chose her because I come from a very different home and grew up in different ways than she did. I saw this as seeing people’s lives and how everyone has a different life, although people may seem the same/act the same, we’re all different in our own way. Before I proceeded to interview her, I put together what questions I was going to ask her. I wanted to make them personal, but not ones that seemed intrusive or over the line. I then chose what questions were perfect for this interview.

This cultural interview was conducted with BT with his permission to participate in this cultural interview. I explained to the interviewee that his name would be de-identified and his initial would be used instead to protect his identity and his emotional security. The length of the interview was not as long as I hope to be, as he was getting ready for his son’s birthday party right after the interview. However, the follow-up questions were made in person to fill some of the gaps that were not asked during the recorded session. BT is a 45 year-old Caucasian male who resides in the neighborhood where the interviewer resides. He described himself as a “typical White guy,” and a question instantaneously arose in my mind. I have learned over the

My culture partner and I met through Facebook. A few people posted in our Class of 2019 Facebook page about this project, and how they needed a partner. I was looking through them and saw that a girl named Layla commented saying she was eligible to be interviewed. As soon as I saw that, I messaged her asking her about it. I was nervous at first because I didn 't know how she would react. Her reaction to being asked was excited. She told me she was interested in it and would love to help me out. We eventually picked a date and place, and ended up choosing outside the student center to meet. When I met her, she was super friendly and eager to answer all my questions.

I asked Anne if she’d be willing to participate in my project in person. She agreed and said that I could schedule a meeting whenever I was open. My interview with Anne happened on the 2nd of March. I arrived at the meeting room a bit earlier than our scheduled time so that I could setup and prepare. She was about 20 minutes late because her lunch went late but I had scheduled ample time for us to chat so I wasn’t worried. The questions I prepared for Anne are shown in Figure 1 below:

Firstly, I talked to a young caucasian girl of about seven years old who is currently in second grade. The reason I choose to interview her is because she’s my