Heidi Johnson Interview Essay

At the end of my first grade year, I moved away from the small, rural town near Vienna where I had lived since I was born. On my first day of school at Lincoln Elementary, I quickly made friends with two girls in my class named Pam and Kelly. Pam and Kelly introduced me to their group of friends that were all in our second grade class. For the rest of the school year, this group of friends was who I played on the playground with everyday and talked to in the classroom. After a great first year of school in Marion, the time came for my third grade year. Every year at Lincoln, there is a day that is close to the beginning of the school year where the students can come to the school to meet their new teacher and look at the class list to see which of their friends is in their class. On that morning, I went to Lincoln to find out who my new teacher was. To my dismay, I found out that all of my friends from second grade had a different teacher than I did. After finding out that I was not in class with any of my friends, I knew that I would have to find a new friend to talk to in my third grade class in addition to having all of my friends from second grade. At the beginning of my third grade year, I hung out with two friends I met named Phyllis and Erin. As the year progressed, I started to hang out with Angela who would soon become one of my best

By growing up on a small cattle farm and being highly involved in the 4H club and FFA, she entered Auburn with an Animal Science major. She says, “I did not necessarily want to be a vet, I wanted to be an Embryologist, which are people who work with cattle.” However, during her sophomore year, she took Ag. Law and fell in love then proceeded to change her major to Ag. Business. On a job hunt her senior year right before graduation she realized her true calling of being a teacher. Therefore, she decided to do her masters in Ag. Education. After receiving her degree, she moved back down to Florida to help a small Christian college create a degree in agriculture science. Cline felt that this was a sign from God to work in the college level and did so there for three years until a better opportunity brought her back to Auburn.

Stephanie Thompson is the Executive Principal of Farragut High School. When she first started at Farragut High School, she the parents and community stated that they never knew what was going on in the school. Mrs. Thompson’s first priority was to establish ways to connect with the school community. She started by welcoming staff, students and parents every morning not only at the doorway but in the parking lot as well by directing traffic. Some days Stephanie would ask the students about their family or have short conversations about their interests. Her goal was to know her community at a deeper level than what was expected of her.

Tina Hildebrand is a 72-year-old woman who lives in rural Manitoba with her husband John. For most of Tina’s life she lived on the farm with her husband, and moved 10 years ago to a nearby town closer to their children and grandchildren. She is very active in the community through her church, volunteering at thrift stores and cooking for community events. In her spare time, she enjoys her sewing group and attending sporting events and concerts. These activities have been a constant throughout Tina’s life, now she just has more time to devote to them. Tina practiced as a nurse for a few years but as soon as she and John began to have children, she chose to stay home with them. As a young

I decided to interview my current coworker Michelle Razo. She works in probably one of the most valued and needed occupations in the world. Human Resources is the fast growing occupation and is growing above average ( bls). The Bureau of Labor Statistics has a growth of 9% between 2014-2024. As well as being one of the highest growing job, it has a very well median annual wage of $104,000 (bla), an Hr. manager is practically needed in every industry. A few of the responsible of an HR is hiring, termating, helping companies comply with State and Federal Laws, as well as helping employees fight for their rights. Wikipedia description for a Human resource consultor “the human resource consulting industry has emerged from management consulting and addresses human resource management tasks and decisions” (Wikipedia) “Core practice include employee engagement, compensation, employee benefits, actuarial, retirement, mergers, acquisitions and talent mobility” (Wikipedia)

In 1949 she graduated from this High school called George Washington High school. In 1953 she attended Fisk University, graduating summa sum laude with a major in mathematics and a minor in chemistry. She graduated college and in 1954 she attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she earned the MS/Master of science degree in

Michele graduated from Anoka High school in 1974 and spent the following summer working on Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel (Kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture). In 1978 she graduated from Winona State University with a B.A.

Ms. Belle is an 83-year-old woman but looks ten years younger than her actual age. She is five feet tall and weighs 108 pounds. She is originally from Columbia, South American, and her son lives with her in Apache Junction. She came to the United States when she was 15 years old and had her US citizen in 1976. She writes and speaks fluently Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Ms. Belle has a wonderful personality, very alert, oriented, and up to date with the technology, completely independent, energetic, optimistic, and a positive person; which encourages our group to interview her. After we had interviewed her, she went to the Verizon store to buy the latest new iPhone 7. She entertains us with her lovely stories that put a smile on our faces.

Many people don’t understand how strong a connection between twins or brothers can be, I’m a good example. My sister is two years younger than I, even tho we were always together and my mom also dress us with the exact same thing, we were so close and now we actually try not to talk to each other. When I was in elementary school, I ge into an orchestra to learn how to play

She graduated from Oklahoma State University with her Bachelor’s in Agricultural Business and a minor in marketing.

After high school, Krista Bowers-Sharpe attended Northwestern College in North West Iowa. While there she first started to get her degree in zoology because she wanted to be a vet. On the first day of classes she had to kill and deceit a rabbit. After that she knew that she could not be a vet. While taking classes she took a history class that she loved. The professor recommended that she pursue a history degree because she can take other various classes such as electives that she was interested in. He was kind of a mentor to her, so she took his advice. During her sophomore year she worked in the library as a student worker. She started working there during the school year, summer and the breaks. She worked throughout her undergrad year.

I spent a lot of time with Julia's interview. She completely detests campus food, and appreciates the fact that she lives off campus this year and no longer has to depend on campus dining, as evidenced by her quote, "I don't eat on campus at all anymore because I live off campus and don't want to spend my money on overpriced food that is subpar..."

Jeanne Becker has been the secretary at Saint Mary’s Central High School for as long as anyone can remember. She is the backbone of our entire school system. By keeping us all on track with the announcements, our messages in the office, and tardy slips, Jeanne is the crucial piece in maintaining the standard of excellence that St. Mary’s is known for. In other words, our school could not function properly without Jeanne. However, many students do not fully understand nor appreciate all that Jeanne does for those who attend St. Mary’s High School. I spoke with Jeanne to get her take on what she does for the school and why she enjoys it so much. During this interview she stated, “being the secretary for our school is a job that involves a lot

My story begins when my mom and I moved from Crafton, near Pittsburgh, to my grandparents’ house in Schwenksville at the beginning of first grade. In Crafton, there were not a lot children in my neighborhood; therefore, my wonderful mother and heart rending loneliness were my only friends. Fortunately, in my grandparent’s huge neighborhood, there were three amazing girls that became my best friends. However, those girls were not enough to combat my loneliness. At times these girls were mean to me, but my caring mother was there to lift my spirits. My mother was understanding and always knew what to say when I was lonely. As the story continues my life will hit an unexpected turn when I accepted a last minute invitation from a friend to attend

My family story focuses on how my aunt and mother came together after a tragedy in their family. When my mother was sixteen years old, her brother died in a car accident due to a truck driver running through a red light late at night which crushed my uncles small Volkswagen Beetle. This devastating event was hard for my mother to handle but at the same time, many of her family members were moving away due to separation and my aunt starting college in California which was across the country from my mother who needed support. My mother had a hard time being at home because she was still mourning so she would go dancing in her school’s studio every day so that she could focus on something else. She learned ballet, modern, tap, and lyrical dance but concentrated on ballet and modern and she would occasionally skip classes to use the studio. It was after my mom arriving home at midnight multiple nights in a row, grades dropping, and getting classes from missing class that my grandfather called my aunt to ask her to come home to help my mom mourn. My aunt made the hard decision to put her life on hold and go back to New York to live with my mom and help her adjust. The returning of my aunt helped my mother tremendously she felt like she was not alone and had a reason to come home and complete her work. She wished to make her brother proud and go to colleges and achieve her goals because her sister shared with her that she did the same. My aunt and mother took time in adjusting and would spend time together for bigger things and little activities like listening to James Brown on my aunt's record player in their living room when their mother was at work. Coming together in hard times is a common occurring