Essay on Interview With a Friend

The religion I decided to do this interview on is Judaism. I have always been interested in this religion and was ready to learn more.

She giggled. “I know he likes me. I wish he would just ask me out alread-”

1.Interviewer: If you knew that Graham Larkin was the one who was sending you those emails would you share the personal facts and stories about you?

Tyler Anthony Novojoski sounds just like an everyday regular guy. He may not be your favorite celebrity, best friend, or even your family, but he is one really amazing guy. I know what you're probably thinking how can you even have true love or even care about someone you don’t know. Simple, you just sit back grab a bowl of popcorn and let me tell you about Tyler, and I can promise you will wish he was a part of your life somehow. I met Tyler back on a spooky, cold, and dark Halloween night, the year two thousand fourteen. That day I met him left an everlasting impact on my life that is how truly amazing he is. Before we met I was just hanging out with my friend Autumn and she knew I was going to be starting at Panera bread. She decided to text Tyler and his friend Brandon to come pick us up and hangout. In my head I was super excited at least we wouldn't be just sitting around anymore. They finally reached my house, Tyler was driving an older white Jeep Cherokee with red swirls on the side. We got into the car and, the first thing I smelled was a strong whiff of men cologne. Tyler and Brandon turned around to introduce themselves to me. When I looked at Tyler in the eyes my heart stopped, I got butterflies. I couldn't help but keep thinking how crazy cute he was. After we all were introduced we drove around for awhile and just talked and got to know each other.

Amanda and I were introduced through a common friend. I had expressed to this friend that I needed to interview someone of a different race, and culture. As it sounds, I did not place much consideration into specifically choosing a person. I simply wanted to interview someone that was different than I was. I made contact with Amanda over text, and we met at the local Starbucks. We met for an hour on the 6ht, 8th, and 13th of September. While beginning the process of gathering questions for the interview, I realized that over the years I have had many friends of different races. However, I have never taken the opportunity to ask my friends about their culture, or race overall. The conversations that I had with my friends mostly consisted of

I met Anna Martinez for the first time on Wednesday August 17, 2016. Anna is 18 years old, from Mount Ida, and is excited to be in college. Anna has fun hobbies, a large family, and family oriented goals.

I interviewed two male college students here at Missouri State University who are homosexual. With us being in such a transitional time as a country on our perspectives of the LGBTQ community I was curious to know what their experiences have been.

How frequently do you handle appeals? I check senior UHC appeals multiple times a day and general senior staff appeals at least once a day, unless I’m on LOA.

I was able to seek out and an experienced Pastor by the name of Bernadine Smith, the Pastor of Kingdom Ministries here in Dayton, Ohio. I must insert she is my Aunt and although I do not attend her ministry currently, has a child and now an adult, she plays a critical role as a spiritual mentor and confidant and extends to me wise and Godly counsel with respect to my school work and life affairs. She has been and continues to be a wealth of knowledge and support with my coursework. Encouraging me as well as providing me with "go to" reference materials as I request them.

What I define a "friend" is that they don't let you do certain things such as in fighting and really obnoxious things. I believe a friend doesn't let you outside in the streets if you and your mom argued or that they will always be there for you when you and your boyfriend break up. I believe my friends will share their food with me and share with me their 10$ with me when we go buy McDonald's. That they will tell me if I look ridiculous in what i'm wearing. Also, that they won't talk behind my back and then make my other friends not like me nor talk to me. A friend will also help me pass all my grades and not let me get influenced by bad things such as in smoking or drinking behind my mother's back. If my friend ever needed

For my interview I chose to ask a close friend of mine some questions on how she parents her child. She is 25 years old, married, and has a 6-year-old girl named Audrey. I actually had to conduct a phone interview because she lives in a different city and I wasn’t able to meet up with her. I explained to her that I would be writing a paper about her experience as a parent, her family relationship, and even some questions about her child. I made sure that she knew that the names in the paper would be changed so she would remain confidential. Before the interview started I told her that if there were any questions that she did not want to answer that she just had to tell me, and I would be more than happy to skip those questions. She called me on a weeknight and her daughter was already in bed so she was able to answer the questions without any distractions.

For my Investigative Assignment on the concept of identity, I interviewed my closest friend, who I will call “Annie.” She is a Chinese-American, born to immigrant parents. Her parents immigrated to US from China and had her after. She is fluent in English and both Cantonese and Mandarin, but she feels more comfortable talking in Cantonese because she grew up speaking Cantonese with her parents and her relatives. When I asked her why she learned Mandarin, she told me that her parents wanted her to learn it since it is the most spoken dialect in China. Even though she knows Mandarin very well, she rarely speaks in that dialect since she does not have to use it when communicating with her family. The three words she chose to describe her identity are: Chinese, American, and student. She calls herself Chinese because she is proud of her ethnicity and cultural heritage and not ashamed of being an Asian minority. One Chinese cultural value she appreciates the most is devoting to family. She and her family all believe that family should be top priority and should always care for one another. She also calls herself as Chinese because she can speak her native language. She believes that language is an important tool constituting one’s identity because by knowing her native language, she can easily identify herself as Chinese. But she also describes herself as an American because she values American culture as well as she is generally very open-minded about things that her parents are

During the course of her interview on The Wendy Williams Show, with Wendy Williams, Lolo Jones explains how she uses her past failures as motivation to achieve her dreams. Through everything she has been through, Lolo never quit. She never took the easy way out and always kept her eye on her dream. Her story is “not complete.” (qtd. in Rashaad Jorden) and in this interview it is clear that she is continuing to focus on the opportunities in front of her. Lolo Jones is not just an inspiration to track athletes; she is a role model to different types of athlete and non-athletes. Many people with various backgrounds, can relate to her and use her as an example in their own lives. As a professional athlete,

On Saturday, October 28th, 2017; I interviewed Treka Wenner, a national board certified Physician Assistant with Mercy Primary Care – Guthrie Division, in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Treka provides urgent care walk in appointments in a primary care office.

For the three interviews, I went to a coffeeshop, an apartment, and an office. I decided on going to a coffee shop for the first interview because it was a public place and to be honest, I really wanted coffee that morning. It was a great place to feel relaxed and at home with the interview which I believe translated into a better interview. I felt a lot more comfortable asking different questions and the interviewee felt more comfortable with sharing information that might be considered more personal. The only compliant I would have with the coffee shop was the audio recording quality since it was a little noisy. The second location was the apartment of the lawyer. It was one of the first times I met him so I was a little worried at first going into his home alone but he had a nice dog and was super friendly. The home-like atmosphere made it a lot more comfortable on both ends to talk and share information that might otherwise been held back. The audio quality was great considering it was a lot more quiet of a place. You can really hear the difference in the quality. The final interview was in a law office close to campus. I loved how close to campus it was which made it easy to commute to. Doing interviews in the office made it seem a lot more professional. While the interviewee was very comfortable in the office, I was not. He was sitting behind a giant wooden desk which made things seem like he was in charge even though he was the interviewee. It made things