Dentist Interview Paper

For my interview paper I interviewed my personal Dentist Dr. Rich Rappa. Dr. Rappa was a very less fortunate child and grew up with just him and his mother. Although he was his mother only child they still was very poor because his mother worked a dead end job ,and they had rarely no family support . While interviewing him he mentioned that him seeing his mother struggle always gave him a urge inside to become something successful in life. He made it clear that he had never gone to the best schools to get an education so that also made him extremely grateful for all that he had growing up. Later on he started to tell me when it was that he first was interested in becoming a dentist. He said it had all started in junior high because of someone teasing him about his teeth. From there on he started

to take steps toward becoming a dentist to help people like him embrace their smiles.

This interview was for me to be informed more about pursing a job in the dentistry field, and what he went through before his success in the field. Dr. Rappa was very honest and informative on the essentials it takes to become a dentist. While doing the interview I asked a few questions and he was very open with answering as open inly as possible. One question was about him preparing for college :how was college for you ? “College was ruff for me I was a really poor student, I rarely had money for school had a great academics but since money was tight, I was missing class and doing horrible at first because I had to work as well. But once I spoke with one of the advisors and they got me on financial aid and from there I started to become more focused and started to excel through the courses." Dr. Rappa was let me know that him and I are almost the same and not to ever give into not conquering my dream of becoming a dentist. He also shared that once he was in dental school he

had thought he made a mistake in a career choice. He said “ I expected to go to dental school and try to relax once I got to the hard part, which was really ironic to me that I chose such a important time to start falling off.” Dr. Rappa kept encouraging me to learn from the mistakes he’s already made. During the interview I also asked him “What advice could you give to me for future references for becoming a Dentist and who to keep as a support system ?” Dr. Rappa then said “I would say just stay focus ,and don’t let anyone discourage you about how much schooling is because it'll just multiply after your done with school. As much as people say that the schooling is to intense and is to much just go through with it because everyone needs a dentist and once your in the field the money is beautiful and its well worth it ,and anyone that continue to motivate you to accomplish things ."
In conclusion, Dr. Rappa shared with me how his up bringing was and how he came about wanting to become a dentist. He was very encouraging and shared helpful info far as how college went for him. Dr. Rappa also shared how his up bringing was and for the most part how easy it is to fall off at going to school. But overall he shared how throughout anything you should follow out with your plan to accomplish goals set.