Interview

Interview Questions:




1. Tell me about yourself:

I definitely consider myself a friendly easy person to talk to which is probably one of my best qualities. A lot of people tell me that I am the nicest person they know which I find really funny because I don't think its true. I mean I am not secretly this evil person but seriously I am sure there are plenty of people in the world that are nicer than me. I am also a very dependable person which is another one of my good qualities. I honor all of my commitments, and dont like to disapoint people.




2. What do you do in your free time?

I am on the girls varsity swim team. I am the secretary of the drama club, I also am involved with both the fall drama and the spring musical. I play bassoon in the high school band, and I am the captain of the girls golf team. Although some of these activities are are spread out throughout the year they pretty much take up most of my free time.

Open Response

So in Spanish class we have been reading "El Principito" or otherwise known as "The Little Prince. Now I know that maybe it might be considered lazy to talk about a book that I am reading for another class but the Little Prince has become a favorite book of mine. Now I had already read the book before reading it in class, but rereading it I have come to appreciate the book even more.


My favorite chapter in the Little Prince is when he meets his friend the fox. I find it so deep at the end of the chapter when the fox tells the Prince that, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." I think that this quote says how important love and friendship really is, and how people need to remember to take care of the people who are important to you and not take friendships for granted.

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Dear Journal,

So far my life has been good to me. I went off to college, got a degree in speech therapy and fortunately got a job working in New Paltz. I enjoyed my job a lot. However the journey was challenging. I moved back home and did my graduate work at SUNY New Paltz. While doing this I had to pay off my student loans, and I had to pay for a car so I had to get a part time job. In fact I got several jobs. I became a waitress and worked in a few shops in town. All while balancing my classes. I would come back home after work and be exhausted, and then I would spend the rest of my night studying. Eventually I finished which was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. I then found out that there was a position open in New Paltz. I was thrilled. I applied and I got it even though I was pretty new to the field. It was hard at first but eventually I became very comfortable and happy with what I was doing. Eventually I saved up enough money to move out of my parents house and live in an apartment in town.



Dear Journal,

So I guess I should update you on the major events in my life since the last time I spoke. So two years ago I got married and currently I am pregnant with my first child. I am still working but I will probably stop working for a while once the baby is born. Perhaps someday I will go back to work, but I am not sure what I want to do yet. I may want more children so perhaps I wont begin working until my kids start going to school. We will see what direction life takes us.

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Dear Journal,

So I just graduated college and I decided to start this diary to document the journeys I am going to take part in. So here it goes. To be honest I feel weird taking to a piece of paper, or in this case a computer screen, but I want to be able to look back and remember my life. So let me start with the present. As I said I just graduated from college. My time at college was well spent. I made lots of good friends and had a lot of great professors. But unfortunately all experiences have to end eventually. Graduating college is the end of one journey and the beginning of another. So now I am going to spend some of the summer with my family and then in August I am going to spend a few months traveling. I did not think that is was going to be possible until I was much older and had a secure income, but about a month ago I won the lottery and although some may think that this is a bad way to spend my money, I couldn't let this opportunity pass me by.

Dear Journal,

It is the end of July and I have spent the past two months living at home, spending quality time with my family, catching up with old friends, and planning my trip. I have decided that I am going to visit England and Scotland. I decided on these two locations because I have always wanted to go to England ever since I saw Mary Poppins, and I have always wanted to go to Scotland as well. I also really want to go to Wales and Ireland, but I think I will go there another time. On this trip I am going with a few of my closest Friends from college but perhaps the next time I go maybe I will have a family of my own.

Dear Journal,

It is November now and I just came back from my trip. It was absolutely incredible!! I had such a good time. I have so many photo albums full of pictures from the trip. I am exited to be able to share them with my whole family during Thanksgiving. Unfortunately now that the trip is over I have to figure out what I am going to do now since I am back in the "Real World." Well even if it is a long long time until I get to take another vacation like this one I don't regret it at all and I think that I am ready to go out and get myself a job.

interpretation

I chose this painting because I love Monet. All of his paintings are just so eliqent and beautiful, and I love so many of his paintings because they grab my attention because everytime I see them I think to myself how wonderful would it be too be able to see such beauty inside my head and then be able to transport it onto a canvas so the world could see it.

One perticular painting I enjoy analyzing is this painting of a pond filled with water lillies. I love the cool colors used in this painting and I think they play a major part in my interpretation of the painting. On the left side of the painting seems to show the top of the lillies which are represented by colors like yellow, light blue, and pinks. However on the right hand side of this painting seems to show the pond under the lily. This reminds me of the Ted Huges poem "To paint a Water Lily." Which decribes how strong the water lily is despite the hardship it faces both above it and below it.

Harry and Amanda

My grandmother was not the only person who contributed to my literacy. My sister Amanda (who I once again mentioned in my first blog post) also was a major factor. In fact Amanda was the first person to introduce me to the, now famous, wonderful world of Harry Potter. Coming back from vacation one summer she was telling me all about this really cool book she was reading about this young boy who through a twist of fate ends up finding out that he is in fact a famous wizard and has been invited to go to school at the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Of course I was fascinated with the story and wanted her too tell me the entire story. Unfortunately she couldn't tell me the ending because she wasn't even done with the book. But instead of me waiting for her to finish the book she decided to read me the book cover to cover. I loved when she read me the book. She would use a cool voice for each character and I fell in love with the series. The only problem was that I had to make sure I didn't make her mad at me because if I did something to make her mad she wouldn't read to me that day. After we were done with the first book I asked her if she would do the same thing for the next book. She agreed. This continued on for the next several books. Even though by the 3rd book I could have read the book by myself I really enjoyed having them read to me. This continued on until the 6th book when she got kind of tired due to my age and the fact that the books were getting so long it probably would have taken us months to read it. But not all the magic was lost I still finished the series and could enjoy lengthy discussions about the last two books.

My Grandmother

So one person I that contributed to my literacy would have to be my Grandmother. Like I mentioned in one of my other blog posts my grandmother actually works at a library. So of course when I was growing up she was a major influence in my literacy. My grandparents live a couple of roads away from my house so any time I my parents or my sister had to go some where I would go to my grandparents house. Except on Tuesdays or Thursdays when I would go with my grandmother to the Rosendale Library. When I was too young to read to would just color or listen during story hour, but when I got old enough to read my grandmother would pick out simple stories I would be able to read on my own.
As I got older and my reading skills improved she would ask me what reading genres I preferred mostly I would say "mysteries." I have always loved reading mysteries. Even now I enjoy reading or watching mysteries and figuring out "who did it?" Another thing that my grandmother helps me with even now is helping me find books or movies that are not available at the New Paltz library. Of course if Rosendale does not have it I also use the midhudson system but it can be so convenient knowing that I can be a quick phone call away from getting a book, movie or cd of my choosing.