The Interview Process
The assignment is to interview two people that work or has experience in
the area of my Course Project. I have chosen
to interview a program manager for a city funded Family Source Center and a
single father that has been off and on homeless since the death of his wife, almost
7 years ago.
My interview with the program
manager has been rescheduled two times already, the second time was during the
interview. The center had a family come in that was Spanish speaking only and
they needed emergency service and he was the only one there at the time that
spoke Spanish. I have to admit that it is kind of fustrating that the interview
keeps getting rescheduled but I understand that the families that this program
service comes first. I respect him for taking care of the needs of that family
before anything else. I have another appointment with him on Monday he is aware
that I have to have this interview done this upcoming week so hopefully everything
goes as plan.
I have conducted the interview
with the father and I will be finishing up with him Monday evening. This
interview has been very hard for me to do. It breaks my heart to hear how this
father lost his wife to cancer and how he has tried to provide for his daughter
and how people would look at him strange when he would try to get help. His
daughter seems to be well adjusted and happy. She is very protective of her
father. She wanted to know who I was and why I was talking to her dad and she
stayed right next to her father. This made it difficult to ask some of the
questions that I wanted to ask him because I did not want to bring up what
might be unpleasant memories for her. That is why we will continue on Monday,
when she is supposed to be with one of her aunties.
So far in these interviews
they have made me thank God that even though I went through a lot growing up
that I had the strength to fight to be different than what I knew growing up.
