When the profile assignment was introduced to the class, I had a mini heart attack because I have never written anything like this before. I was scared to interview a person and write about them, however, it was a fun experience. It was tough deciding who I wanted to write my profile about and what I wanted the readers to know about them. After talking with Mrs. Doran, it became clear that I would interview my Aunt Lisa about her optimism and strength.
I was happy I picked Lisa Gross because I truly look up to her as a person and believe others should know how amazing she really is. Even through all of the struggles her family has been through, she was able to stay positive and raise amazing kids. I learned some new information about her during the interview, like her favorite quote and how she perceives her life. Most people would have said their life was tough and that they weren’t grateful for what they have if they were in her shoes. My Aunt Lisa wouldn’t change a thing in her life if she could because she believes that God makes everything happen for a reason. This was interesting to me because my faith is not as strong as hers.
I liked how it was a requirement to have a face-to-face interview with our subject even though it was a little out of my comfort zone. The interview was a key part of my essay because I included most of my
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I didn’t have more people peer edit my paper because I was running short on time. I wish I had another person read my paper before I turned it in, but I made sure I read over it plenty of times and I used grammarly. On the other hand, I did focus more on structural improvements in my essay this time when I edited my paper because I wanted to change the order of paragraphs and the format. I also added or fixed whole sentences rather than just specific words, which I believed made my paper sound less choppy, and more
This profile assessment assisted me in discovering that I’m no longer that little girl that sat back and allowed persons to say and do anything to her anymore. I’ve empowered myself to be the best that I can be along with putting forth my best. Therefore, I’m learning how to differentiate fact from fiction every day.
In this paper, we were required to write four pages about changes a peer could make to their paper. As I already struggle with finding changes in general this was challenging for me, yet I worked my hardest to try and find any high and low order concerns that I could for them. In the end this paper is all about helping push another person along and getting them to the place that they wish to be. As I looked through the paper over and over, I could hardly find any mistakes that needed to be fixed due to my skill level in this subject. After some time and little hard work, I began to pick up bits and pieces that could be changed within the paper. I made the notes that I felt necessary and worked to try and make the paper that best that I could for them.
Karen, my mother, and I talked about family and religion. My mother is a family based woman, she has become more religious in her age. I asked her what her favorite memories of me were and she brought up events so far in the past I had forgotten them. It was nice to reminisce about events long past and talk about Heaven. We do not normally talk about Heaven so it was nice to hear her thoughts about it.
I interviewed my Mom’s friend, Sarah about her three most memorable historical event in her lifetime. Sarah always loved history and it was her favorite subject in school. She wanted to be a history teacher, but for personal reasons she couldn’t. Now she makes up to it by teaching her children about what she knows about history. Her stories are really interesting, I always look forward to hear them. I knew she would be the perfect person to interview and when I asked her about my history assignment she was more than happy to help. She thought it was a great idea because history can teach us many important values.
Initially, I did not know how to feel about the story swapping assignment. I feared not being able to get eh assignment done on time. I also feared that my grandma would not cooperate with me. She likes to be difficult sometimes, even though we talked on the regular. I had to approach her as if it was a regular conversation. I know that being informal was a part of the directions, but I did not know if I should introduce the idea to her and say “Hey, granny can I interview you for my class”, or just go for it.
My point of view the more tools you acquire in your tool box of knowledge and resources the better equipped you will be. Personal profiling is a helpful tool for employers to have when making hiring decisions. My organization administers the DiSC personality assessments to prospective candidates as part of our interviewing process. The DiSC encompasses the Big Five Personality Dimensions we look for in our candidates. As the administrator of this assessment I’ve taken serval hours of course training on how to effectively conduct the assessment as well as report accurate results.
When Sara and I first met with Monica for the first time prior to the real interview, it was a really nice conversation between all three of us. I felt that Monica was meant to be our interviewee and that it was our mission to share her story. That first interaction with Monica reminded me of both of my mother here in the U.S. and in Vietnam. It reminded me of how hard they have to work everyday to enable
The peer editing is to correct your paper from person who is in the same age or level and write their opinion about it. That can help you to have other view from someone’s in your level. It was my first editing experience. I learned about something new in writing skills, which is how to edit other paper, and how to give them your opinion. Also, when I see other person paper, it helps me to think widely and gain more ideas about how to be a good writer also whom I can read my paper as critic to it. Moreover, it helps me to think correctly to give right advice to other person. Editing peer gives me chance to participate with classmate how she thought. Moreover, it was as a practice to my grammar when I correct my partner paper. I edited two papers
I chose to interview my paternal grandmother, V. L. I chose to interview my grandmother because in her 90 years of life, she worked as a nurse, fled Nazi occupied Germany and is one of the biggest role models I have.
Peer reviewing can sometimes be a little frightening because no one wants to be criticized and sometimes you do not know if the person will review your paper. However, peer review is extremely helpful because you have different perspective on your essay. Through peer reviewing, I learn that getting feedback from another student is very helpful in shaping my paper to be better. I also learn that constructive criticism definitely helps improve my writing. Furthermore, a particular piece of feedback that I found most useful is the other student suggesting ideas to expand my essay and helping with the organization in order to improve the flow and clarity. The most useful feedback I gave to another student is telling them the main points I have
For my interview I choose my aunt because she is a physical therapist. Interviewing her was interesting because I got a different perspective of the job. i learned things that i couldn't find online, like the way teams interact and help each other. During the interview i also learned more about the job in general like how specific exercises
I decided to interview my cousin who choose to play poker instead of going to college full time and is making a really good income. Making a lot money on the side inspired me to interview him and get a better understanding about poker. I sat down with Dustin who gave great detail explaining all the aspects of poker and how he is so successful with what he’s doing. Winning big at a poker tournament was the biggest life changing event that Dustin remembers well till this day.
For this interview, I decided to interview my grandma. Her name is Diane Smith, she is 74 years old and does not look it! She was recently widowed last year, yet they had many happy years together. They had two children together, my Uncle Dave and my mother, Cherie.
The person that I chose to interview was Tommy Owens, whom is my dad. I have learned a lot about where my family started out to where we are now. I’ve learned an abundant about the life chances my dad has experienced throughout his life time. In addition, I acquired a good feel for the kind of social class we are considered as a family now. In fact, it seems we have moved up the social ladder as my dad has grown into the father that he is.
I’ve come to realize that my favorite part about interviewing for a story is getting to learn about new topics, events, or viewpoints every time I go out and speak to someone. Because I enjoy covering a variety of different stories, I’ve had to speak to many different people in my community. I interviewed an assistant principal about student schedules, and I