Pet Peeve Interview Research Paper

My pet peeve is bad drivers: the people who drive with no care of anyone else on the road. There are many types of bad drivers, including slow drivers, fast drivers, and those who cannot follow simple traffic instructions. There are also drivers who cannot stay in their lanes or turn too tightly at a light, almost hitting others in the process. Another predicament that frustrates me is when people do not put on their blinker until the last second. On the way to school, there is a Starbucks attached to a bunch of buildings, but the turn to get into the parking lot is on a road that has a speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour. The people that decide to turn there though, never turn their blinkers on until a couple meters before the turn, or not at all.

S is a 59 year old African-American female born and raised in Anson County who has attended several institutes of higher learning. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration from Barber-Scotia College, she later received special education teaching licensure from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Because of her love for learning, S has also taken online classes through the University of Phoenix. She has been a secondary special education teacher for three years and currently works with 8th graders at Anson Middle School.

Culture is defined as the boundary between different people from different ends of the earth. For my project I had to interview another person from a different culture. This was difficult for me because I had no idea where to start because I didn’t know what made my culture specific to me. I found my interview subject relatively fast and I sat down and asked the questions. I found my subject from my boss I interviewed my bosses boyfriends sister and we went at it.

Despite the fact that the alarm is blaring at an earlier time than usual, I couldn’t be anymore ecstatic. I’d forgotten what it’s like to wake up in the City that never sleeps. Quickly getting dressed and running out the door, I look over my schedule. Still in disbelief that I’m actually here, and the fact that the city is my campus still amazes me. I make it through the hustle and bustle of the city streets that only New York can provide. I run into some girls that I recognized from orientation who seem to be lost, I point them in the right direction of the D train. Already knowing the Subway and street systems definitely helps me out and makes me happy to know I can help fellow students as well. New York City was my playground as a child,

Combined Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Older Adult Drug and Alcohol Abusers is an article written by Lyle Cooper concerning the abuse or misuse of illicit drugs, prescription medications, and alcohol in older populations. Due to lack of knowledge or resources, elderly individuals are falling victim to substance use problems and the numbers are projected to rise. Therefore, an assistance program called HeLP was created to provide evidence-based treatment to the specific cohort of 50 and up age range. Motivational interviewing is used to eliminate internal uncertainties clients may have concerning their treatment; hence, opening themselves up to behavioral changes. Clients who decide to move on to the next stage and if HeLP workers deem it necessary, cognitive-behavioral therapy is implemented to promote changes in thoughts, behaviors, and prevention of future relapse.

CASA is a nonprofit that is based off of volunteer advocates who stand up for the well-being of abused and neglected children in the foster care system. The CASA volunteers are there to ensure that every foster child’s needs remain a priority in an overburdened child welfare system while searching for a safe and permanent home for the child.

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of our church parisinors, Ms. Maria. Ms. Maria is 75 years old Hispanic woman who has been a widow for the past three years. Ms. Maria was basically a stay at home Mom when her children were young and when she did work she worked as an assembly line worker. Her wages were low and her pension that she currently receives is not enough to meet her monthly needs. Her husband was the main bread winner prior to him dieing of a massive heart attack at the age of 78 while he was at work. Her husband was a cook in a resturanrt and had decied to continue to work until some of their loans were paid off. Since his death, Ms. Maria has been depressed, anxious and struggling to make ends meet and has recently been diagnosed with hypertension. Her three children live out of state a don’t get to visit often.

Since Allison isn’t from New Orleans and she is living on campus it’s a little difficult for her to find a job here in New Orleans. She isn’t used to the city so she still doesn’t know how to navigate her way from and to UNO . Allison finds it more difficult to drive here in New Orleans than back home in Texas. She noticed that many people over here drive without following the rules. For example when some people are trying to enter the next lane they don’t turn on their blinkers. She still needs more time to to adjust to the New Orleans life

A homeless man walks on an NYC train and the energy becomes apparent; everyone knows exactly what will happen next. Touching yet rehearsed words exiting his lips, while still trying to obtain his manhood; begging for any solution to his growing stomach and unnerving uncertainty of where he will lay his head are what a person who frequents public transportation will face at least once a day. Walking up and down the cart, he’s trying his hardest to lock eyes with someone while the music of New Yorkers’ headphones elevate, heads bow lower; locking eyes with the ground and reading material cover the faces of those who are giving this less than fortunate man every inclination that change will not be spared and leftovers will not be given up so easily.

Sarah is one of my classmates for my English 1301 class at 6:00pm in the afternoon on Mondays. The interview happened around 7:00pm in the afternoon, on Monday, August 31. This interview took place inside the PAC building in the cafeteria. Our interview wasn’t long so I had to get as much information as I could within a thirty min time frame.

Motivational interviewing is an approach, focusing on the patient, to change a behavior. It was started in the realm of addiction, but has been steadily moving in to the mainstream of healthcare for the past few years. Motivational interviewing (MI) uses different techniques to build a rapport between the provider and the client. Techniques used include empathy, collaboration, and encouragement of autonomy. The concept of motivational interviewing allows the provider to be seen more as a person and less as an authority figure.

April doesn’t really acknowledge or mention her appearance as she

Furthermore, this book had some strong characters that wanted to change in their community. Especially, young adults. In today’s society nobody rarely does that. The only big impact that happened in Maryland, was in Baltimore when Freddie Gray was murdered. Later, Baltimore became a riot to get justice for Freddie Gray, but violence was not the key. Therefore, by reading this book, I have learned about a girl called, Christi Steiffer. She’s fourteen years old. She was part of many organizations, such as, ACLU, GLSEN, Human Rights Campaign, and NOW. She has written about when she was being harassed while walking to the library.

April's feels depressed and suffocated in her life with Frank. Her marriage, her average suburban life, and her crushed dreams of "what could have been" all add to April's feelings of entrapment. When Frank and April decide to move to Paris and leave their mundane lives behind April finds renewed hope and purpose, both of which she lacks in her ordinary, suburban life with her husband. In a lot of ways, Frank and April remind each other of the people they want to be and how far away each one is from being that person. April's pregnancy makes it so that the couple and their family never can go to Paris and therefore never become the people they so desperately want to be. April does not know that Frank becomes disillusioned to the idea of Paris

Pet peeves--something we all hate to admit that we acquire. On a daily basis, I find myself nit-picking at everything that annoys me, personally. At times, especially while in a bad mood, these annoyances seem to be more noticeable. While we all obtain a several amount of pet peeves or hundreds that we have yet to discover, there are always those specific ones that drive us all mad. A couple of my pet peeves include smacking while eating food, slow drivers, rude individuals, and those who don’t properly put their carts away once they are done shopping.