chaput Interviews
Community Interviews
The first person I interviewed was a kind senior who was working at a local golf course as the round starter. His name was Bob, and he seemed to be in either his late 60s. or early 70s. I asked if it would be okay if I asked him a few questions about the recent equal marriage ruling. He didn't not have much to say about it though. I asked what were his thoughts on it and he basically said that he does not care. The "people do what they do, and mind their own business." So the interview is not long and I stumble a bit in the middle when I got confused on what I was trying to specifically ask. Overall, it is a really short interview and kind of a awkward one. I felt strange randomly interviewing this person who did not seem like he wanted to be interviewed.
My second interview went much better. I decided I would ask my old sociology professor, Derek Martin, if he would be interested in discussing some politics for a few minutes.. Professor Martin works in the school of sociology in the department of social and behavior studies. He is a mixed race person, his mother is from Jamaica and his father is from Canada. I had previously taken 5 classes with Professor Martin for the sports sociology curriculum here at the UofA. He thought me a lot about race, class, and gender relations and how society views and reacts to those sorts of issues. The interview took place at his office in the Social Science building, and lasted four about 20 minutes. I started out asking him about his thoughts on the recent marriage ruling. From there, the conversation shifted around from talking about minority relations and issues, to diving into the topics surrounding the supreme court. I came more prepared for this interview and felt much for confident about it (probably because I previously knew him, versus interviewing a random person on a golf course). The interview gave me some more perspective on some of my views, as Professor Martin pointed out different points of view about how laws get passed, why the some members of the supreme court vote the way they do, and why do some people react so negatively towards news like this? Overall, this interview went really well. It was a really nice and interesting discussion that lasted longer than the usual five minutes, that allowed us to actually dive deeper into topics and issues.
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