I Learned A Little Bit More About Myself, Mostly How Horrified

Overall, I am very happy I interviewed my aunt. I learned a lot about her and what she has been though. At this point in her recovery it's like nothing ever happened. Without her amazing support system and her confident personality I am not sure the outcome would have been the

Over all I learned a lot more in both of these meetings that I didn’t know before. It made realize the importance of having an open mind. I also know I will need a lot more knowledge to be helpful to families I will be helping

Conducting an interview increased my understanding of how to make a proper interview, and pick appropriate questions to ask the interviewee. Constructing the collage taught me I need to be creative and organized. If I am not creative with the collage, it would not look appealing, nor attracting to the audience. If I am not organized, I will end up putting pictures in the wrong locations, which would not display the two themes properly. I discovered that I should always have a backup plan, just in case my first idea does not work out. I also learned, I need to manage my time and use it wisely. The main lesson I learned, was not to stress out, but to rather have fun and enjoy!

I have been given more confidence, better public speaking skills, but most importantly I learned to

I met with Christine, an acquaintance I know through members of a twelve step program. We met for about 20 minutes over coffee. As we spoke, I asked the questions that I prepared,

What are your initial reactions after reading the intake interview? What are the themes that interest you the most in this case? Why?

My first experience with someone who was gay, it was easy to accept. I grew up in a very open home that told me it was okay to be who you are. Once I asked my friend how he knew he was gay, he told me he tried to date girls but he was not comfortable in a relationship with a girl. However later in high school he began to grow feelings for a mutual male friend. That moment he knew who he was then sophomore year he came out as openly gay. From what I saw from this is to prove a point he did not choose to be gay but found his sexual identity. He always says I was born this

I also used open questions during the interview. Koprowska(2005) describes open questions as being designed to give freedom of choice, enabling service users to express their thoughts and feelings in their own words. I used these open questions as a follow-on to closed questions to develop a conversation and gain an understanding of Miss Allen’s feelings. Asking her, “who is Mr Smith?” followed by “why does he want you out of the house”, helped establish what she felt about

During the mock social work interview process I have discovered a lot of interesting facts about the process, myself, and the differences between how the interviewer and the interviewee experience the interview. The opportunity was unexpectedly very informative and has shown me how I want to grow as an interviewer for my clients as well as myself.

When I first began the interview, I felt like I was skilled in my introduction, but I mistakenly went straight to asking about the issue before talking to Julia about confidentiality. I started over and felt

Throughout this semester this class has allowed me the privilege to get to know people who I would have never talked to on a personal level while also having the chance to advance my interviewing skills while getting to know them. Not only did these interviews and experiences display my strengths such as being able to adapt to certain situations but even more importantly it helped show me my weaknesses. After one interview and the next, I had to learn what role I had to play as within each interview I had to adapt to find my specific role as it varied from one to the next. Having the opportunity to interview a handful of people from the beginning of this semester to now has also taught me that the person you are interviewing can have a tremendous effect on if the interview goes successfully or not for reasons that I will elaborate on further in my paper. Lastly, one of the greatest lessons I learned about while interviewing people would be how to properly prepare to make sure the interview itself go as smoothly as possible. All of these factors have helped me grow in becoming a better interviewer and have helped me grow as a person.

In examining my experience during the recent Cohort Intensives held at Payne Theological Seminary (PTS) in Wilberforce, Ohio; I was quite intrigued with how all of the scholars and guest speakers reinforced many of the initiatives I have already implemented in the context of my own ministry. Likewise, my time spent in class with my Cohort mentors Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie and Rev. Dr. Kenneth S. Robinson was both scholastically and spiritually invaluable. During the week-long Intensive class sessions with my mentors, I learned a number of new things about myself that I was not previously willing to address. In short, I had a moment of self-actualization that required some personal omissions on my part regarding my faith and yes some internalized oppression as labeled by author Gayraud S. Wilmore. Opening up in class and admitting a few of my own short-comings was nothing short of liberating. Suddenly, I felt as though I had an epiphany; that has given birth to a renewed zeal, mind, and spirit. For the first time in years I am certain that I am now moving closer to the apex of excellence where God intended me to be.

I enjoyed doing the interview, mainly because I love to learn about people. It felt a little strange to interview a friend of my daughter, especially knowing I could not share anything with my daughter due to confidentiality. Even though I have a house full of teenagers on most days and we talk I was still unsure how this interview would workout. I felt the interview went great and we were both relaxed and open with one

Preview Main Points: Throughout the interviewing process, I was able to gain insight into my career goals, the role of communication in education, and my own communication skills.

Through reflecting on my previous interview I was able to pull apart both positives and negatives aspects of my interview allowing myself time to look into the effects that the negative