Group Interview Journal

The AA meeting I attended was an open speaker (OS), which meant that the majority of the time was spent listening to a particular member give a testimony of their journey with alcohol. As I sat, I had no idea what I was going to expect which made me nervous. There was a woman introducing herself in front of everyone who I learned was the meeting chairperson for that day. As the meeting began, the chair asked if anyone was attending AA for the first time. A few raised their hands; I was not one of them. I was too intimidated to introduce myself and speak. The chairperson then read the AA Preamble and led a group prayer which the majority of the people recited. At this point, I felt like an outcast since I did not know the words to the prayer.

My body is shaking and my mind is in shambles. The person reaches out their hand and I shake it with a slightly timid grip. Despite it being a mock interview, sweat slowly seeps out of my skin and keeps me on edge. Incoherent words pour out when the interviewer asks the first question. With each successive question they ask, I gradually get more comfortable with the intimidating atmosphere. However, by the end I have the feeling of defeat. The interviewer pulls up the video of the session, and they point out the stiffness of my body and the shakiness of my voice. Although my body language seems quite timid and recessed, a strength they point out is my ability to keep strong eye contact. With these constructive critiques in mind, I know that I have a lot to practice.

The meeting had a structure; they followed their agenda strictly. In the beginning of the meeting everyone went around and introduced them selves and said why there were there. I said that I was a student and was there to observe. After the introductions there was several readings that were handed out and asked to be read aloud, some of the reading were “Why are we Here”, “Who is an Addict?”, and “We do Recover”. After the readings they handed out key chains to anyone that has reached a specific time of sobriety. The leader of the group got his 9 mouths key chain. Then there were a few more readings, after the reading the floor was open to anyone who wanted to say anything. Then the meeting was over.

For my In-Depth Interview paper, I chose to Interview my co-worker Senada Cufurovic whom I work with at Bank of the West. Senada finds herself culturally diverse as being from another country and culture. As long as I have known Senada from working with her for the past two years, I have never been able to get to know her background from where she came from until this opportunity to interview her came up.

While walking out of the building, I found myself walking the same path as a classmate who was also leaving. “What did you think of that, Taryn?” With a smile upon her face, she looked up and said, “I just love how great it is to have that time to fellowship and have with God during a stressful week.” Her answer summed up my feelings perfectly. “Have you joined?” Not

For this assignment the group that I observed was the Churches Touching Lives of Christ Bible study located at W Ave G Temple, TX 76504.The bible study group was small, it consisted of six adult group members in total. Each individual person had their own uniqueness about themselves and their contribution to the group. The leader of the group was a slender Asian male in his late forty’s who was well spoken and maintained order in the group while still delivering a short sermon to the group. Whenever a person would speak out of turn he would let them speak and when they were done he would publicly correct them and tell the other adult group members that they should wait their turn to speak and if they have a

As the commentaries have said what improvements of the seminar, I think they missed a few points that I would like to add first would be multiple people started talking along with their academic transitions and were more comfortable along the way better giving their points on the topics. Also the fact that they brought hand gestures and better eye contact really help comply what they were trying to say.Surprisingly I never really saw or heard any lacking conversations between the discussants. As a coach during the seminar I would say everyone went above and beyond and everyone did a fruitful

When it was my time to go observe the other group, it was so confusing. I had no idea what was going on or why people kept touching my arm when I got close to them. This was very strange and unexpected because I am not used to people

Before I provide some insight to the individual I interviewed, I want to mention that I work as a Business Analyst for an automotive software company called Tail Light. We provide various desktop and mobile applications and an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) device to automobiles. Our users range from personally at dealerships to the consumer who is purchasing the vehicle. Our DevOps team consist of four individuals who provide expertise in various aspects of our technology and we attempt to bridge the gap between legacy and new products. Our IT personnel is a unique bunch of gentlemen. They laugh at our expense as we, being the user, make the network the most vulnerable. Their area is filled with comic cut-outs of Dilbert and funny innuendoes

Lifepoint Church discusses this on their small group page, “We believe life change happens more frequently in the circles of small groups than in the rows of our weekend services” (Small Groups). You would be surprised how spending time with others will affect you. The people whom you surround yourself with are going affect you, either for the good or bad. Wouldn’t you want to surround yourself with people who are going to encourage you and make you want to draw closer to Jesus? You can do just that by joining a small group. There are even specific small groups for those who are just beginning their relationship with Jesus or those who are in college. You can find a small group that is ideal for you in this season and where you are in your relationship with God. By surrounding yourself with people who have similar interests or who have been in similar situations or had similar struggles you can grow in your faith and learn from

May 4, 2015. It began like any other day however, I had an appointment with Dr. Lesvesques in the afternoon at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. I had done numerous tests and it was result time. On my way to the hospital, I was really hoping that Dr. Lesvesques would say:

The meeting I attended was held in Millersville University at Lehr Hall at 9:30 Am. I attended the meeting alone and was initially very hesitant and uncomfortable with the idea. At the beginning not unexpected occurred really happened. It appeared to be a very informal meeting that everyone seemed to already be acquainted. All the members directed each other by name and I was welcomed by, what seemed to be, a regular attendee as well as a new member. I sat down and initiated conversation with the member next to me. She informed me that she goes to multiple meetings and this was her first time at the specific location. She asked me of my major and other information. A member of the group, who seemed to be the

Role-playing, simulations and program activities allow the group leader/ staff the opportunity to provide the group members with situations that require them to engage in a process where the leader/ staff can make observations and assess the member’s behaviors. For example, role-playing allows the group leaders and other members the opportunity to watch the group members work through various scenarios, taking note of the ways they respond to the given scenario as well as the ways in which they interact with the other members. This also allows the staff/ leader and providing them with feedback and the opportunity to process with the group. Simulations and program activities also allow all members to participate in the given activity as well as the chance to work through the simulation. In doing so, the members are given an opportunity to explore the new skills, which in turn provides the group leader the opportunity to assess nonverbal behavior as well as their interactions with others and their

According to individual assignment I had already interview our students as a focus group interview during my teaching class. Before I started this interview, I told them that what the purpose of interview. The questions as the following:

The first week of the group assignment we organised the groups. I was put into a group of four that consisted of me, Nathan, Ethan and Kiaran. We started off by discussing what sport that we wanted to do for the group assignment. We were a bit indecisive about what sport we wanted to do. We were thinking of doing basketball, but we decided that we would do cricket. The teacher then discussed the criteria of the assignment with the class.