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On our day-to-day busy lifestyle, we usually do not take the time to look around and see the people that surround us. From the young playful children, to the elderly who sits mesmerizing their surroundings. I am very fortunate that I got the opportunity to go out my comfort zone and do this assignment. Ms. Rose Lee is 66 years old and I learned about her through her daughter a great friend that I met last fall semester. I was very happy when my friend agreed to help me and allow me to talk to her mother for my interview. I did my interview over the phone because Ms. Rose does not live in Savannah. Ms. Rose is divorced and lives in South Carolina; she identifies herself as African American descent.
Ms. Rose was born in a time when many historical
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I was very wrong, interviewing Ms. Rose taught me many new things and helped me understand that every ethnic group deals with hardships, maybe not the exact same hardship but similar ones. Hearing some of the hard time Ms. Rose encountered with her live made me appreciate that I am living in a time where there is not much discrimination within communities. Although there are still hardships I know I cannot compare to the ones that Ms. Rose faced or to what her own family faced, where many rights were not available for to them and not able to share ideas or be involved with other ethnic groups. Ms. Rose shared that she has some chronic conditions that have been hard for her. In which she always has to be on the lookout for her health because serious problems could arise if she does not. This really opened up my eyes on how I need to take care of myself and try to be healthy because it can affect me in my older years. Although, Ms. Rose said she does not let her condition stop her from taking care of herself and being active. Getting to know Ms. Rose's condition made me realize that many elderly people endure these conditions or face other more challenging illnesses that affect their well-being on a day-to-day basis. Learning from Ms. Rose experience has helped me expand my thoughts on how I can help the elderly around me and share the knowledge that I have acquired from my interview and the knowledge gained from my class lectures. One of the difficulties that I encountered with my interview was that I had to communicate with Ms. Rose over the phone. I really would have liked to have met Ms. Rose in person because it would have been nice to see her expressions in the way she shared details of her life and accomplishments. Another thing that I had difficulty in was going out of my comfort

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