The Interview
To make possible this interview
assignment, I chose to interview my grandmother, Migdalia Medina. The reason of
my choice is that she is my only grandmother alive and she talks an excellent
English. My first question to begin this interview was, what was your
motivation for going to school? She answered me: “Going to school was my great
motivation. Being the first child in the family invite me to be a model for my
youngest brothers. Since my very early years I express interest in the
education field, I was always eager to be a professional.” Then I asked her how
she got to school and the response this time was: “I was born far from town
during elementary and secondary school, so I had to walk from home to school.
It was about 50 kilometers back and forth. Then my parents moved to another
place near the school where I finish the high school. Once at the university
level, I used public transportation.” The next question was, how was her
student life? Her answer was: “I enjoyed my student’s life. Being in school was
the opportunity to share with other students because there were no friends to
play around my house.”
Once I ask her about motivation and
experiences in her student life, I started asking her about her future and if
she achieved her goals. So, I ask her about her vision and expectations back
then and she said: “My expectations were to be part of the school teachers. I
started teaching at the early eighteen years in a country elementary school. My
vision of future was completely reached, I continued studying and finished a
bachelor’s degree in Education. I moved to the metropolitan area, where I got a
Master’s degree in Educational Administration and by 2010 I finished a Doctoral
degree in Education.” For the conclusion of the interview, I ask her if she was
where she wanted to be, and she said: “Definitely, I wanted to be a resource
for the island new teachers. Right now, I teach education at college level,
something that make me feel realized as a human being.”
Work cited
Pittmann,
Cynthia. Class Assignment. The Interview. UPRRP November 2017.
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