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After conducting a few more interviews, I am becoming more comfortable with talking to people that I do not know too well. Because of this, I feel like I am creating a more relaxing environment for the people we are interviewing because there is one less person in the room that is uncomfortable. In addition,Continue reading “November 2018: Sophia”

Julia and I tried approaching someone and asking them if they wanted to be interviewed instead of giving them notice and time to possibly prepare. It was hard to find someone that did not look too busy, as many people were working on homework during that time. The first person we asked agreed to talkContinue reading “November 2018: Sophia”

Sometimes during the interviews, the people that we are interviewing are very short with their responses, so I have been having some difficulty trying to find a way for the conversation to keep going, without it feeling forced. I do understand that some people are more shy than others, but when they reply with oneContinue reading “November 2018: Julia”

As Sophia and I have conducted two more interviews, I feel as if we are starting to grasp a better understanding of how they should go. Obviously, every interview is their own and that is what makes each one unique, but we have now have a routine. I, personally, feel more comfortable when I amContinue reading “November 2018: Julia”

“The place where I can be myself the most is on the water when I’m rowing. At crew, there is nothing else going on, other than what you are doing in that exact moment. Your only job is to pull as hard as you can on the water and follow the person in front ofContinue reading “Eliza ’19”

Sophia and I sent out a mass email to the Emma community, asking people if they could email us back if they were interested in being interviewed. We received many responses which were good because now we know what number we have to work with. I am a little concerned with the number of facultyContinue reading “Selection Process- Julia (October)”

As Sophia and I have completed interviews with two current students and four alums, I have begun to notice that it may take me some time to get used to interviewing people that I am not close with. I was aware that this would happen, but even when I was interviewing my friends, it feltContinue reading “Reflection- Julia (October 2018)”

Before we began interviewing, Julia and I thought about how we were going to evenly split up the work so one person would not be doing more than the other. We were not interested in the idea of doing separate interviews, at least until we become more comfortable with the whole process. We decided thatContinue reading “Splitting the Work Load- Sophia Oct 2018”

Julia and I have now completed two interviews with current students. It was not a surprise to me that I was slightly uncomfortable when talking to them. The thought occurred to me during the first interview that if I am uncomfortable, the other students probably are too. When we were finished, the student we wereContinue reading “Reflection- Sophia Oct. 2018”

  “The thing that I’m most afraid of is losing someone that I love. As generic as that sounds, growing up adopted, I get really attached to the people that I love, and it is really scary when they end up leaving. My birth mother left me the day after I was born, and evenContinue reading “Anna ’19”