She always feels that she is forsaken and rejected. Melinda is not ready for the high school psychologically. She is neither ready for attending classes nor to sit with her class mates whom she is afraid of. She is angry about everything. She makes fun of her teachers as well; she called her English teacher Hairwoman (Anderson 7) as she has uncombed stringy hair flops in front of her face.…
Maxwell is a 7-year-old white male. He is in the 2nd grade for the 17/18 school year. Maxwell loves everything about school including reading, math, recess, and lunch. He stated that he likes school because “you get to read and learn”. When asked about what his friends like about him he added that his friends do not like anything about him.…
I interviewed Principal Kim Schaefer, of Whitehorse High School (WHS). Kim said the school has about 300 students, grades 7 thru 12, 99% Navajo, 33% English Language Learners, and 100% free or reduced lunch. A. Trends and Benchmarks: Whitehorse is in “school improvement,” the benchmark is the center of everything, how they get measured, and seeing where kids are at, three times a year. The school is very transparent with all their data, students are constantly seeing the data and scores. Teachers set a goal of the benchmark at the beginning of the quarter, then based on their six week assessment, the goal may be adjusted.…
Classroom/Academic – 4/17 Cristofer is a kind and caring fifth grade student with a fun and easy-going personality. Cristofer enjoys participating in class and works best for positive feedback. Cristofer often struggles with focus and attention, but does better when he is given consistent positive reinforcements. When Cristofer knows he is doing a good job, he gets excited and will often ask if he can give a fist bump. In the moments where Cristofer is focused and on task, he is often able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the material that is being presented to him.…
A Glimpse into the future I chose to interview Rena Rogers she is a Licensed Counseling Professional within the Juvenile Detention Center. I chose to interview Rena because she works one on one with children of all ages. Rena received her masters from Walden University and is currently working on a second masters in trauma counseling. I am getting a masters in psychology with a concentration in forensics eventually I would like to go back for my doctorates and become a profiler. In the end I would like to counsel children serial killers, and hopefully be able to reintroduce them into society.…
Childcare Director Interview (My answers for these were taken from both past conversations I have had with the director as well as my cooperating teacher since the director was gone recently due to a family issue out of state. I saw here very briefly on my last day for the first time in a while and because she was in the middle of something I only got to thank her for letting me be there this semester before I left. So, I am focusing mostly on the program’s newly expanding private school named Legacy Christian Academy which the kindergarten class I was with falls under because that’s where I was able to get most of my information.)…
From my current placement I have experience of working with a child going through this transition, this had a very big effect on the child holistically. It became obvious to me that the child was very worried and unsettled about this transition as we noticed a negative change in the child's behaviour as he started becoming aggressive to other children and started a tendency to play alone and withdraw himself from the class. There was also a significant decrease in his school work performance as he was very withdrawn and found it difficult to communicate with the other children and sometimes staff. Working within the multi-agency team we introduced this child to an advocate which acted as a professional friend and from this we saw a slight improvement in the child's holistic development and behaviour. When working within the school team, we were part of the multi-agency team who contributed to…
This interview took place in Dean Vargas’ office. As a first year advisor in the school of engineering, she has been busy in the past month assisting first year students in picking which type of engineering they are most interested in and helping them to plan their schedules for the upcoming year. This meant that she did not have the time to meet somewhere else. If this were not a factor, I would have suggested meeting in a cafe as that would have caused Dean Vargas to view me less as one of her many students and more as an individual woman, coming to her for assistance in navigating the unique set of circumstance women engineers need to navigate. I believe that as a result of holding the meeting in her office and not in a secondary location,…
Student profile I interview a male student who is currently enrolled in the University of Houston-Downtown. The student name is Tai-feng, Wu. He is twenty-four years old. He was born and raised in Taiwan. As a result, the first language of Tai-feng is Mandarin.…
My rough childhood had a very big impact on me as a child through out my childhood. I grew up in a small town called Selma Ca was about 5 or 6 years old and was going to Garfield elementary school. I was living with my grandpa and he could hardly support me and him it was only us to I have a biological sister but I only met her once in my life we had got split up when we were very young she got split up living with her step dad and step mother currently living in Ventura Ca and I got split up living with my grandpa in Selma Ca. I had been living with my grandpa most of my childhood because my biological mother had been very sick she had been going in and out of the hospital because she was diagnosed with Huntington disease so she was going in and out of the hospital for…
Aging is a state of mind, its what you make of it that determines how you feel about aging. During our younger years we never address the fact that we are all aging. For most people the idea of aging is frightening. Everyone ages at different rates and times depending on the person and experiences in their lives. Tons of research has been done on the idea of different types of aging: chronological age vs. functional age.…
Interviewing University of Florida International Students The first international student that I interviewed was Merisa Mujkanovic on September 13, 2016. She is eighteen years old and a freshman attending the University of Florida. Her UFID is 31301122 and she is planning on majoring in Mathematics. She is currently enrolled in MAC2311. I met Merisa near the living learning center dorms in the Yulee Area.…
Interview Two I have decided to interview these two people I know. Because I know they are both Social Workers and they are happy in their professional. Victor and Jaclyn are mutual friends. Victor Inspired Jaclyn to become a Social Worker. Jaclyn (2016).…
When interviewing a child it is necessary to ask appropriate questions that are age appropriate for the child. This is a very important factor when interviewing a child because this can either result in a child not understanding the process of an interview by just responding with head nods or a child replying with a response that assures you that they understand the process of the interview. In order for an interview to be successful with a child there are certain procedures that should be followed. This essay will explain my experience while interviewing a 5 year old African American child name Alicia Atkins. It will explore the process of the interview, reflection upon completion of the interview, challenges faced, and critiquing my interview…
Have you ever tried to observe the appearance of each one of our family members. What turns sightings our family members turned out to resemble each other. And if that was different from other family members around where we live? In fact, every child is similar to both parents and her younger brother.…