Interview
...place in the courtyard of my complex in Riverside California, with the interviewee and myself. For the purpose of his paper and to protect the adolescent privacy lets call her sunshine. I chose sunshine because I think that sunshine is so beautiful, and this adolescent was just that. Sunshine is a fourteen-year-old adolescent female of Africa America mores. She is above average in statue and carries a very shy and nonchalance deposition. She is a very attractive young lady and does above average work in her school setting. She appears to be a normal every day child with a lifetime of experiences awaiting her.
Sunshine was the daughter of my life long best friend and he approved of the interview, however he was not present during the interview. The Interview took place on February 10 at about 5:00 pm it lasted approximately two hour with small breaks in between. The weather was cool and the sun had started to set as we started.
I sat with sunshine and asked her several questions that I thought were significant in the process of this interview assignment. Sunshine demeanor was that of a juvenile delinquent being question about a crime. I new this was not a way to get close to her nor establish a bond of trust that would be necessary for her to open up to me. So I decided to play a game that required her trust, this proved to be a icebreaker as she started to open up slowly as I started the questions.
The following questions are the questions that I presented to her:
1. What makes you, you?
2. Do you enjoy school
3. How do you select your friends?
4. What makes children Popular at school?
5. Is there violence at your school?
6. Do you feel safe at school?
7. How is your self-esteem?
8. Would you consider yourself happy and joyful or depressed and down?
9. Have you ever or thought about using drugs or alcohol?
I started the interview off by asking a...
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