Interview 3

Interview preparations :

I asked Aziz my Friend If he can help me to ask one of his friends to interview them and he talke to Katrina who helped me a lot and she answered all of my questions .

Country report :

During the reign of Bill Clinton as president of USA, when he was re-elected as the president, there was reduced enthusiasm in the voter turnout. Bill Clinton got 49% of the casted votes during that election because majority of people were dissatisfied with his candidacy (Segura and Bowler 23). The citizens had not apparently seen much development from his previous governance. This made the citizens have very little faith in him, especially when he promised of a new dawn during his inauguration. The inauguration came at a time that there was also the celebration of Martin Luther King birthday (Segura and Bowler 24). Clinton and Luther king had different social philosophies; and mentioning of Luther king in his speech was ironical.

Clinton government was advocating for equal justice as were stipulated by Luther King many years ago; but this was not free of violence. Clinton seemed to be biased in his administration by having less consideration to the matters that touched on the blacks, and concentrated on those associated with the whites (Zinn 31). Several black people in positions of power were fired because they fought for racial equality in the government. Any black official in the government who criticised the government about its biasness was asked to resign.

The president was not willing to counter strong liberals who did not agree with the implementation of corporal punishment to criminals. To achieve his agenda the president ensured he campaigned against Ruth and Steve to assume some positions in Supreme Court, because they were against his biased leadership (Zinn 35). Many judges of the Supreme Court were dropped by the president, if there was hint of some kind of controversy to his agendas. During his reign the citizens and especially those from the opposition party were actually treated with contempt.

Abdulaziz = A , Katrina = K

A: Hey I have some questions for my english class , it might take 20 - 30 minutes , and its going to be recorded is that ok with you ?

K : Yeah , sure it is ok .

A: Ok we are going to start with the weather here in St.cloud and do you like it here ? please explain .

K : Yeah St.cloud are right somewhat big but not too big it's a good spot to go to college I would never make this my permanent home , about the weather I'm not a big fan of the cold but thats anywhere in Minnesota so I guess the weather is pretty good , it's warmer down here than where I'm from .

A: So where are you from ?

K : I'm from International Falls its like four and a half hour north right on the Canadian border and its much colder than here .

A: What do you do for leisure time ?

K : I don't have much leisure time but I like to go walking I really like to be outside , I have a hammock so I put that my hammock up where I can and just sit and read .

A : Could you please tell me about yourself ?

K : I'm outgoing I really like meeting new people like if I get paid to meet new people that what I would do , I'm going to school for social work , I thought I was going to be done this spring but I'm going to be done next spring . I was born in Minnesota and then I moved to Kansas when I was younger and then moved back to Minnesota , and then after I graduated High school I moved to Mexico for a little bit to live with my family , and then went traveling for a couple of years and decided it was time to go to school , I got my associate degree from a community college and then I transferred to SCSU last August . 

A : So your family are not here in Minnesota ?

K : My mom is but she is in International Falls , my dad lives in Kansas .

A : How does your family feel when you study in another city or in another state ?

K : They just know its me like I've never been a small town person and like I said I love meeting people and I love different cultures and learning about it , so they are not fazed by it . I'm sure they much rather me at home with them but they are ok with me going away .

A : Is it ok to talk about your family ?

K : Yes .

A : So could you please tell me about them ?

K : My dad is from Mexico he became a citizen of the United States when he was 35 , my mom is from Iowa , I have three siblings one sister and two brothers and I'm in the middle , my brother and my mom live in International Falls  , my dad lives in Kansas , and then my oldest brother and my sister live in Nebraska .

A : How often do you communicate with them ?

K : My dad it's like once or twice a month it's not very good , my mom I talk to her every couple of days , my brother and sister I'm not really close to my sister so her and I rarely speak , my brother we speak once every couple of months , and then my youngest brother I talk to him whenever I go home .

A : What is the biggest holidays here in the United States ?

K : Christmas , Thanksgiving , Halloween .

A : Do you celebrate them with family or with friends ?

K : Well this year I've done both I prefer to celebrate with my family but I'm not always with my family so I celebrate with friends , but Christmas is a big one my grandma and I she's my best friend ,  she tries to make sure that I'm home every Christmas 

A : What's your major and why did you chose it ?

K : My major is Social work , well my childhood wasn't that great , my brother and sister they where in gangs , so I grew up not knowing my brother until I was 20 , My sister got pregnant when she was younger and I've been through to much struggle , I feel like I have a good knowledge base to help people and I love helping people .

A : Why did you chose SCSU ?

K : At the time when  I decided to go to college after I get my Associate degree I was in a pretty serious relationship , so I wanted to move away and go to college but I didn't want to go too far , and St.cloud was a good pick , because it's a smaller campus and the cost of living is cheaper than in Minneapolis so that's why

A : Whats your goal for the future ?

K : I don't like to think about the future , just like I'm here right now , but if I had to do something I will go travel overseas and I just want to travel for a while and then think about the job .

A : Do you have any specific place that you want to have your job there ?

K : I really want to go to Africa .

A : Where in Africa ? 

K : I don't know maybe Ghana , Kenya .

A : Alright I think thats it for me I've asked so many Questions do you have any Questions for me ? 

K : Yeah is this your first year here away from your country ? 

A : I've been here since last semester .

K : Do you have a big family ? 

A : Yeah , My parents , five brothers and one sister .

K : Thats it thanks .

A : Yeah thank you very much for your time .

K yeah your more than welcome .