Anonymous Interview 3

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Title

Anonymous Interview 3

Description

An anonymous interview

Creator

Solomon Balaam-Reed

Date

1/28/2018

Type

Interview

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School: Montevallo High School, Small, 70% go on to college
Parents: Mom graduated, Dad went but didn't graduate
Friends: All were going to school, made her want to go to school as well
Major?: English/Education Major
UM first choice?: Considered Jeff State, but was set on Montevallo pretty early
Connections: Knew a few teachers, wanted to go to Montevallo, Moved to the town Sophomore year
College v High School: A little bit more Independence
Felt at home: After College
Fears?: Very reliant on her parents, Afriad to be let go
Friends from high school?: Still keeps in contact
First Day: Met up with a bunch of people from her high school
Person to trust: One friend that goes here, one that goes to Montevallo
College Class v. High School Class: Very strict, teachers don't let you act up
Clubs: Korean Culture Club
Hobbies: K-Pop, Games, favorite band is XO
Looking forward to in the future: excited about being more involved on campus
Commuting v living on campus: Slight better than living on campus is commuting, don't pay as much money.

MNotes: This interview was my favorite by far. Even though I didn't know her before I started to interview. I found the conversation utterly delightful to be a part of. She was engaged throughout the entire interview. Because she was so engaged in the interview and in the interview process, the questions were able to come naturally for me. So, I strayed a little bit from my interview schedule because I felt confident doing so, and it turned out it was the right idea. I need to hit on more in my other interviews more about being a student and Montevallo and dealing with classes and student social life. See my interview schedule evolve and seeing the other person engaged made me extremely happy.
TNotes: My theory on why this interview went so well was because I was able to step out of my comfort zone and just have a conversation which another person, I wasn't focused on all the little things that I was worried about in the first two interviews and I was just focused on being a person. She also was giving me very good answers that I could work with, and when someone gives you the material to do well it's hard not to.
PNotes: This was on the same day of the previous two interviews, but it wasn't as busy has it was in the beginning so there wasn't as much distraction as there was before. At this point in the day I was getting kind of tired, so it was getting harder and harder to focus on the conversation even though her being engaged in the conversation helped a ton. She was also a very nice person so that made the interview easier as well.
SNotes : She went on Montevallo High School, A small school in which a majority of the students went to college. Mom graduated but her dad didn't, but it was really her friends that wanted her to continue her education. She doesn't drive so a reason why she wanted to go to Montevallo was because she would need to be able to commute. She is a double major in both Enligsh and Education. She enjoys school because it's made it more independent, because as issue she had when deciding what school, she wanted to go to Jeff State as well but she thought Montevallo would be better for her. She still keeps in contact from her friend back in California where she is originally from. She apart of Korean Culture club and she's most excited about be more involved in school.