...Life Interview is he was very close to my grandpa. My grandpa and he grew up together in the same place. My grandpa and he shared similar kind of childhood. Unfortunately, I lost my grandpa two years ago, so I wanted to interview him and listen his memories which will help me to remember my grandpa. This would be interesting and I will get to know more about him and my grandpa childhood life. L.K is a 78-year-old Asian male living with his family in Irving, Texas. He was born in Nepal and immigrate to the United States in 2010. L.K. has one brother and two sisters. He was the oldest son in the family. He was from a small village in Nepal and was a farmer. He never went to school due to the poor family background. L.K. started working on the farm since he was small. He has two sons and one daughter. L.K. wife died five years ago due to stroke. Now he is living with his youngest son in Dallas. L.K mention his childhood was not that happy compared to other people. His childhood was very short, as the responsibility of the family came to him at an early age. Since he was the oldest son in the family, all the responsibility was on his shoulder. He had to take care of his...
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...Reflection paper Interviews something, we all must go through in life. The mock interview is a practice interview where we can experience a real interview and with the purpose that we will gain experience from it and learn our own experience and have the chance to become better. Before the interview all I did was relaxed and not get tense. Mock interviews there great for experience and knowledge, to know what we did well on, also what we should improve on and do differently next time. Everything didn’t go as I planned but at the end of the interview I was to be hired so there is so reason to dwell on it because I was able to gain experience and knowledge. The experience put me in high alert because during the interview I felt so much adrenaline in my body. My body gave me...
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...The person I am interviewing and who I think has an interesting past is my mother Maria. She has been my rock for the past 20 years she is filled with happiness, knowledge, laughter and love. My mother taught me everything I know, she taught me the right from wrong, she taught me how to treat others and most important she taught me how to love. Maria grew up poor in Jalisco Mexico but then immigrated to the United States and gave birth to my sister, me and my little brother. I asked my mother a couple questions about her past and the answers I received were astonishing. “Family tales were a great way to pass the time in my family.” Every time when we are at a family gathering my mother will always bring up some child hood memories of the family. Like the time when I was three years old, all my teeth had fallen out and I was basically toothless but I only managed to have my k-9 teeth. So, my cousins who were all between the ages 5-6 got together and told my mom that they needed to kill me because, he has fangs just like a vampire, and they were scared if I would wake up in the middle of the night and suck their blood. Another, family tale that my mom likes to bring up is how accurate she is with the chancla, and let me tell you from experience she can throw that thing and hit both me and my brother and somehow, make the chancla boomerang back to her. The chancla to her was her weapon of choice almost all the time if she didn’t hit you with the first one best believe that she...
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...Caroline Myss once said “Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that is the one that is going to help you grow.” Life is scary itself. As you get older you experience many things throughout life and wonder why things happen. Everyday we are judged for being ourselves; having a loud laugh, not fashionable, etc. We live in a free country, but yet we get judged by our actions on the daily. We should be able to express ourselves and not worry about the others judging us. Communicating to each other and a little bit of humor wouldn't hurt every once in a while would it? “The land of the free and home to the brave.” I am very thankful to call the United States my home. It gives many races a chance to better themselves, and also a better life. I am so gratified that I am able to go to school and get the education I need. It's not everyday you hear that, but what if we lived in a country like China, that picked what you did? Our government would be extremely strict on everything we did, and we wouldn’t be able to do what we wanted as individuals. Think of things we wouldn't be able to do if we weren't a free country? I may not be able to give my opinion, hangout with my friends, or communicate with other individuals. It's the little things that matter. Communication is a substantial thing in everyday society. Since we were younger our communication have grown as we have. I think I am a strong communicator, being that I can start a conversation with anybody. In today’s...
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...Cultural Interview: Khaetthaleeya At the beginning of the fall 2015 semester at Dixie State University (DSU), a friend of mine moved into one of the apartments just outside of campus. I was helping her move a few of her things in when Khaetthaleeya came out to help us. This is where I met Khaetthaleeya, a young college student originally from Nakhonphanom, Thailand. She is the loveliest girl ever, but can be very shy so when I asked her if I could talk to her about her culture, she was kind of hesitant, but then agreed. On November 1, 2015 I interview Khaetthaleeya at her apartments by Dixie State University. She was born in Nakhonphanom, Thailand (which is Southeast of Asia near Vietnam). She moved here to American about 10 years ago with her parents and her younger sister, Waranya. They moved to Beaver, Utah where her mother and father both work at a pig farm. She attended and graduated from Beaver High School in 2012. As she transitioned into college life, she found herself here at Dixie College where she is studying her generals and soon to get her associates degree. She hopes to become a dental hygienist and make...
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...Parent Interview In this paper, I am going to discuss my role as an interviewer and the steps I take to ensure a good interview. For this project, I chose to interview a family I have known for several years. They live in the same neighborhood as I. The father’s name is Alex and the mother’s name is Ashley. They have two children, a five year old son and a two year old daughter. The son’s name is Marcus and daughter’s name is Mariah. The family used to live in Woodland, but have been living in Davis for the last two years. Both Ashley and Alex were born and brought up here in USA; Ashley was born in Wisconsin and lived there for 13 years with her parents, while Alex was born in Fairfield but later moved to Woodland. He was raised by a single mom because his parents divorced when he was five. The divorce negatively affected Alex; which is why he wants his children to have a better environment with lots of love and care. Alex’s parenting style was permissive. Ashley’s parents were together and worked a lot but gave her the proper nurturing that she...
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...The videographer interview is probably the most important step in choosing the right professional to cover your event. Although the information gathering stage is vital, the interview will make or break the wedding videographer's chances of working with you. This is when you must get all the facts and evaluate the wedding videographer's capability to produce the footage you want. This can be intimidating for brides and grooms who know nothing about taking video. As you work through the interview, be prepared and know what to expect. The Tone of the Interview The tone of the interview is probably the easiest thing to evaluate. As soon as you schedule the meeting over the phone, you should start to get a feel for how this wedding videographer treats customers. While you present questions and listen to answers, evaluate how the professional responds to you. If they seem cold or annoyed by your questions, end the interview and look elsewhere....
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...I decided to interview and write this paper on my grandfather. I thought he would be the best selection since this man was raised overseas and seen a lot of North African and European/ Arabic culture and was part of the Muslim religion for some time. In this paper I will be writing down the answers I received from him while conducting an interview, but I will write the answer in a way of a story. Born in the City of Algiers Yousef (or as he sometimes went by in America Joe) Mouheb, was born in the 40s my grandfather has grown up with a passion for cars; learning how they work, repairing them, and customizing them. He lived most of his younger life in Algeria; the culture there was much different then here, especially when it came to family....
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...patients are happy, her work place is happy, which makes her happy. As I continued to get to know her, and see her passion for her patients and her facility, I wanted to know more of what she does daily. I asked Gloria what her day is like when she comes into work, she notified me stating “I come in the morning, I arrive around 8:00 AM check with all my patients , and my staff to make sure they have all the paperwork filled, and insurance claims, fraud , I document everything and then check with the RNs to see if they need anything done, or if they need me to get them anything, as we hold a close bond with all our employees. My day also varies from different types of meetings, to even going out of state for an expo.” Gloria was a delight to interview, as her passion really does come out the more she speaks about her work. She has helped confirm that I want to further my education in Health Care Administration, as they do face challenges, the care they have for others, is what makes this facility so successful. One of the things, I retained was to never let anything stop you. Even if things are embarrassing, or out of your comfort zone, it's best to always give it a try. ...
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...For this interview I choose to interview someone of a different ethnicity than me. To start off the interview I asked her what ethnicity she identifies with, and why she identified with that ethnicity. She said identifies as Hispanic, a direct quote being “I am latinaaa”. She is proud of this particular heritage. One reason she identifies as Hispanic is that her household culture is very different than at school. At her home it is more of a Hispanic culture, while at school it isn’t a very Hispanic culture. After finding out she identifies as Hispanic I decided to ask her a few more questions. A second question I asked her was what are some challenges she face due to her ethnicity? When I asked her this question she seemed to struggle coming up with answers. Which indicates to me that she likes her ethnicity, however she did come up with a few answers. An answer being that sometimes when she is talking she says English words with a Spanish fleur. According to my interviewer some English words sound extremely similar to their Spanish counterpart,...
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...the last train out of New York to Boston. Bill described an interaction that he will never forget: “I was the only person on the train platform other than a family of four. I made eye contact, and walked over and recognized who it was. I said, ‘I love your comedy, I’m a huge fan.’ He shielded his family, and walked away from me. It was Bill Cosby.” The fact that even public figures, such as Bill Cosby, treated the soldiers so poorly heightens the ill treatment that soldiers received at home. As a black man, Bill Cosby was most likely against the war effort in Vietnam, which influenced his interaction with Bill Byrnes. The transition home as a white Vietnam soldier was not easy because of the racial injustices of the time. Going into the interview, I knew very little about my mom’s cousin. However, after hearing his story it became apparent that what was going on outside of the war affected what happened in the battle field. My conversation with Bill offered a perspective of Vietnam that I had barely considered, and it was riveting to hear him speak about how heavily he was affected by the inequality that pre-existed before the Black Power movement. ...
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...My interviewee was Argentina Raudales, my mom. She was born on April 22, 1953, in Esquías, Comayagua, Honduras. She spoke of anecdotes about her childhood and why she moved to the United States, yet she was kept in a bubble by her parents about the wars and disagreements happening around her country and neighboring countries. I chose to interview my mom because she would always tell me stories about her childhood, yet she never told me anything bad happening in Honduras but because of history, I know civil wars were happening in Central America during the time she was growing up. My grandfather was in the military, but when he got married to my grandmother he left the military and worked in agriculture. During the 50’s and 60’s, he decided...
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...“Një botë, shumë kultura.” When translated from Albanian to English it reads, “One world, many cultures”. This is how I see our world. Within the United States itself, we have hundreds of cultures represented throughout. We’ve become so diverse that an individual can have two, three, or even four different cultures. With so many cultures, languages, and religions, providing culturally competent care could be difficult. But as nurses we have the privilege to broaden our minds and educate ourselves about these cultures. We learn how to offer care and interventions to these people while respecting their religion, rituals, traditions, and culture. I had the privilege to interview Hermonela Greca, who is of Albanian ancestry. Hermonela opened up to me about her culture, her family dynamics, her religion, and some rituals and traditions that are practiced in her culture. Hermonela was born in Lushnjë, Albania. She speaks a southern Albanian accent, as well as Italian and English. She moved to the United Stated 11 years ago with her husband and two children for a better opportunity at life. To be able to provide for her family, they seek the United States for stable jobs and for better...
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...The person I interviewed for this assignment was my mother. The reason I decided to interview her was to think about the differences between three generations of women in my family. While reading the articles for this assignment I was struck at the vastly different experiences seen in my grandmother’s experience versus my mother’s and then mine own experience. By the 1920’s 30-50% of women gave birth in hospitals (Feldhusen, 2000), my grandmother was not one of them. She gave birth 12 times, at home, with only my grandfather in attendance. Prenatal health care was not even something that was considered, and having anyone other then family around wasn’t even a thought. My mother’s experience, (which I will go into more detail later) was in a hospital and she stayed 5 days after the birth. As for my own experience, I was in a hospital, and I left after 48 hours. I. When I asked my mother about her pregnancies with my brother and I, she stated that she didn’t really have a lot of problems. The one thing that stood out was that she developed a full body rash when pregnant with her first child. With her second child she remembers the doctor asking if she was getting any exercise – she laughed and told him she had a two year old and was in the...
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...Faculty Interview Visiting Lecturer, Stefan Jeglinski of the Physics department, graduated from the liberal arts University of Guilford with a degree in physics in 1979. He then worked for the Department of Energy, moving to the private sector a few years in the aerospace industry. Later, he worked in Durham developing software and hardware for X-ray microanalysis and electron microscopy. Through the course of his working career, he received both master’s and PhD degrees in Physics. In 2010, he came to UNC, and now teaches my introductory physics course in calculus-based mechanics. In our discussion, he had little commentary on his personal experiences as an undergraduate student, finding it difficult to remember “insert quote here”. Instead, he pulled from his experiences as a professor through the past 7 years. His top recommendations to undergraduate students were to “drop the anxiety” and “learn how to program computers”. He has many students come into his office overwhelmed with the anxiety of making...
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