On November 27, 2016, I sat down with Dee for a face-to-face interview about her physical, cognitive, social, and spiritual development as a middle-aged adult. Dee is a fifty-three-year-old married women with two children: an eighteen-year-old son and a twenty-one-year-old daughter. The interview was conducted in Dee’s household in Chambers, Nebraska. When asked about physical changes such as her nails becoming more brittle, Dee replied in a surprised tone, “It’s funny you should mention that. I’ve noticed that my nails break more easily now than they ever have before, and I’ve been wondering why. That’s not the only change Dee has witnessed as a middle-aged adult. According to what Santrock (2014) says about maximum physical strength and peak joint functioning occurring in one’s late twenties, Dee affirmed that she feels she possesses less energy than in early adulthood and would agree to Santrock’s estimate of one to two percent muscle loss past the age of fifty (p. 338). She also said she is shorter and heavier than she was twenty years ago, which is typical of an adult her age (Santrock, 2014). While her fifty-six year old husband has allowed …show more content…
She says this because at the age of forty, she still had young children to make her feel young. According to Dee, there is no ideal age at which to say this is when life begins. Instead, exhibited another generativity-focused stance when she said, “The best part of life is when you realize the joy in receiving back what you give.” Dee has much different views about the age of sixty than of forty. She said she will be happy to make it to the age of sixty because she genuinely wonders whether she will live to be that old in the first place. Since her own mother died of cancer at the age fifty-nine, her objective in life is to live long enough to see both of her children graduate from
Kathy Harrison starts her personal story happily married to her childhood sweet heart Bruce. Kathy was living a simple life in her rural Massachusetts community home as the loving mother of three smart, kind, well-adjusted boys Bruce Jr., Nathan, and Ben. With the natural transitions of family life and the changes that come with career and moving, she went back to work as a Head Start teacher. Her life up until the acceptance of that job had been sheltered an idyllic. Interacting in a world of potluck suppers, cocktail parties, and traditional families had nothing in common with the life she would choose after she became a Head Start teacher.
Lisa as a young teen begins to manage her special gift to connect with spirits by progressing from the motivation her grandmother gave her to grasp a stronger understanding of what she spiritually obtains. Lisa’s grandmother encourages her to learn about the spirit world and the consequences that follow, to make sure her mistakes don’t mislead her, “Never trust the spirit world too much. They think much differently from the living.”(Robinson, 153). Ma ma oo (Lisa’s grandmother) ensures that Lisa is provided with the knowledge of the supernatural world at her current age so she will be prepared for the future and along with that she wants her to being to learn about herself through these teachings and develop from them. Considering that the bond between Lisamarie and her grandmother is already well established it makes the understanding and communication of the spirit world more interesting for her. Overtime Lisa becomes curious about her gift of connecting with spirits, “What do spirits look like?”...
Using the murder of Dee Ann’s mother as a means to intertwine the lives of the characters together, Steve Yarbrough examines the nature of relationships in “The Rest of Her Life.” The relationships in the story take a turn after Dee Ann’s mother is killed, with characters seeking to act more on their own, creating distance between many relationships throughout the story. Independent lifestyles prevent emotional bonds that hold relationships together from forming, thus preventing the characters from maintaining healthy relationships. The dysfunctional relationship present between Dee Ann and Chuckie in “The Rest of Her Life” is the result of the characters ' desire for self-gratification.
Before even truly greeting her mother and sister, Dee takes photo after photo, artfully framing every shot with both her mother and the house that she loathes, but never allowing herself to be in the picture. This was D...
Ben Moche, a Holocaust survivor, was interviewed about his life and how the Holocaust changed his way of living. Grele stated that most interviews are not credible, however Moche’s interview refutes this with the way the interviewer and the interviewee interacted with each other.
The author portrays the girls in completely opposite personalities as lifestyles. These drastic descriptions are the basis of the mother’s perceptions. Dee is described as: “..determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts.” versus Maggie who is described as: “She knows she is not bright.” This gives the perception that Dee is a strong independent women that gets what she desires
Dee is the oldest daughter of Mama’s children. She was sent off to boarding school and would visit
In the early 1940’s Marie was born into a small tight knit family living in a small rural Kentucky town. Marie is now in her seventies and has led a very interesting life traveling the country, raising four children, and shaping her chosen profession. Our interview sessions were conducted over a period of time, as Marie is very active and has little “free time” to spare.
Many women in midlife feel that they have hit their stride and they feel confident and assertive, but often women can feel less attractive sometimes too. Physical development in midlife is a continuation of the gradual changes already underway in early adulthood. Middle age adults do beome much more aware of aging and there's more that can be done to promote physical valor and good health during midlife. 57 year old Janet teaches dance for children and adults. She has been teaching dance for the past 40 years now. Janet reflects on the aging process in her interview and states that she is very aware that her body has changed. Janet says when she was very young, she was more limber and she could bend all the way back and put her head against her rear end. She says she has lost some of her flexibility and it really makes her mad. she says, ''you see young dancers that can do all the jumps and I can't do the same anymore. It bothers me.'' She doesn't want to lose her physical and mental abilities and she says it's a fear that she is fighting. To stay healthy and maintain her good health, she says she reads Prevention magazing, does Chinese herbs, tries to eat healthy, doesn't drink coffee and she doesn't smoke or drink alcohol neither. She says, ''facing the reality of aging is difficult, but you have
Interviews are very popular among most individuals especially researchers and scholars as they attempt to obtain information and data from an interviewee. However, there are many factors that influence the interview and which determines its success or failure. Often, the interviewer takes charge of the situation, and they have the sole responsibility of asking the questions while the interviewee provides an explanation or an answer to the question asked. As a result, an interview can be defined as a consultation or a discussion in person through which information and data are exchanged regarding a particular phenomenon event with the intention of establishing the interviewee’s position. It is easy to tell the mood and success of the interview
I chose to interview Regina Geis, who holds the administrative role as acting supervisor for the County Mental Health adult day program, which provides services for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Ms. Geis has held this position for 15 months. This is her first managerial position within a human service agency. Her style of management has changed over this short period of time. She feels that she is now more direct with her direction with staff. She stated, “Maybe now I come across as a little bit cold. But I have learned that I now have to use the least amount of words to get my point across.”
To inspire and influence others, a leader must possess many skills and abilities. As motivational speaker Peter Northouse, states, “a leader should be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant” (Northouse, 2013) Moving an entire group of individuals toward a singular goal is a considerable undertaking. Without effective communication skills and a clear vision of what needs to be accomplished, one will feel like they are trying to herd cats rather than leading.
After sitting through an in person interview with Tiera Darnall-Charlton, it would be easy to say that my knowledge for business has expanded exponentially. Tiera is a twenty-eight year veteran employee at State Farm Insurance Company. She holds the title of Human Resources Supervisor. She has a vast passion for providing excellent customer service and the development of the employees she manages.
When Beverly's mother died, she was only 11 years old and it was terribly hard for her. She was the youngest of her brothers and sisters. They each had their own interests and activities, so she often found herself feeling lonely. Her childhood affect...
One "ah-ha" learning moment I had this week was setting up the interview with my sponsor. The most complicated part so far in the interviewing process was writing the email to the sponsor. I wasn't sure what to write at first and rewrote the email a couple of times before I finally got the wording that I was looking for. I was aiming to sound professional but I didn't want to make things too complicated or have the wording seem unnatural. My sponsor did not respond right away so it left me on edge for the remainder of the day. Making plans between our schedules was easy, we were both available on similar days. I also struggled writing those emails as well, I wanted to make a good first impression so I had to keep rewording and rewriting to