I interviewed Lydia Werner. She is 82 years old and from Germany. Mrs. Lydia was raised in Germany till she was 25 years old. She moved to Melbourne Florida with her husband in the year 1959. She got married at the age of 21 in Germany. I was happy that she was willing to let me interview her. A friend of mine said that I could contact his mother in law because she is over 70 years old. I am thankful for that. This assessment pushed me to get out of my comfort zone with talking to older people because I thought older people didn’t really like talking to younger people.
Work
1. What were your feelings and thoughts on work when you were 21 years of age?
Lydia has been working since she was 10 years old as a cigar maker in Germany. When I asked …show more content…
What were your feelings and thoughts on being cool when you were 21 years of age?
At the age of twenty-two, Mrs. Lydia was married and didn’t care much about being cool. Her only concerns were to take care of her family.
7. What are your feelings and thoughts on being cool now?
Her thoughts on being cool now is the same as when she was twenty-two years old. Mrs. Lydia said she didn’t care about being cool then because she had bigger things to think about like her family.
8. What have you learned about being cool thus far during your life?
Her response to that was that she doesn’t have to impress people to like her. She learned that being herself is better than pretending to be a certain way for others to like her.
Travel
9. What were your feelings and thoughts on travel when you were 21 years of age?
Her response was, she didn’t really think about traveling at that. Her main focus at the time was working and being a wife. Her family did not have the money to travel.
10. What are your feelings and thoughts on travel now?
Her response: Mrs. Lydia’s thought on traveling is the same when she was twenty-one years old. It’s not on her to do list. She likes to stay in one spot. She will travel though only to see her family, but that is
Work
1. What were your feelings and thoughts on work when you were 21 years of age?
Lydia has been working since she was 10 years old as a cigar maker in Germany. When I asked …show more content…
What were your feelings and thoughts on being cool when you were 21 years of age?
At the age of twenty-two, Mrs. Lydia was married and didn’t care much about being cool. Her only concerns were to take care of her family.
7. What are your feelings and thoughts on being cool now?
Her thoughts on being cool now is the same as when she was twenty-two years old. Mrs. Lydia said she didn’t care about being cool then because she had bigger things to think about like her family.
8. What have you learned about being cool thus far during your life?
Her response to that was that she doesn’t have to impress people to like her. She learned that being herself is better than pretending to be a certain way for others to like her.
Travel
9. What were your feelings and thoughts on travel when you were 21 years of age?
Her response was, she didn’t really think about traveling at that. Her main focus at the time was working and being a wife. Her family did not have the money to travel.
10. What are your feelings and thoughts on travel now?
Her response: Mrs. Lydia’s thought on traveling is the same when she was twenty-one years old. It’s not on her to do list. She likes to stay in one spot. She will travel though only to see her family, but that is