Communication Assignment: Interview with Colleen
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For the interview, I chose to interview my good friend Colleen. I chose to interview her because we became great friends during the fall of 2009 during an EMT class at Greenfield Community College. The interview took place on February 11, 2009 after school at the Greenfield Community College library.
I asked her several questions about her life and goals, and I learned many interesting facts about her
Growing up she began to have a passion for working with horses. At the age of eight, she began taking riding lessons and hasn’t let that passion die.
“I enjoy riding and feeling the movement of the horse beneath me. When I ride,
I feel like nothing can touch me it’s just me and my horse.”
Being homeschooled let her explore different passions she had. It gave her extra time to spend learning farm management at a local farm, also allowing her to pursue her growing passion for emergency medical care.
While in high school she joined her local fire departments junior department.
“I found that I had a lot to prove joining the Northfield Jr. Program, I was about to embark into a field that’s considered a male dominant field and me being a female, I had more to prove to my fellow firefighters.” Colleen knew at a young age that she wanted to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps and become a firefighter. When asked how her family feels about her chosen career she stated, “My family doesn’t accept my chosen career path. They don’t understand why their little girl would want to run into a burning building when others are running out.” I asked Colleen how she felt about this, “It’s something that I’ve come to accept with my family. Thought-out life my parents never really supported me in any of my decisions that I’ve made, I just take it with a grain of salt and do what’s best for me.”
An example of how her parents don’t support her decision in the fire service is recently she learned of Wild Fire Course in Lanesbough, Mass that
For the interview, I chose to interview my good friend Colleen. I chose to interview her because we became great friends during the fall of 2009 during an EMT class at Greenfield Community College. The interview took place on February 11, 2009 after school at the Greenfield Community College library.
I asked her several questions about her life and goals, and I learned many interesting facts about her
Growing up she began to have a passion for working with horses. At the age of eight, she began taking riding lessons and hasn’t let that passion die.
“I enjoy riding and feeling the movement of the horse beneath me. When I ride,
I feel like nothing can touch me it’s just me and my horse.”
Being homeschooled let her explore different passions she had. It gave her extra time to spend learning farm management at a local farm, also allowing her to pursue her growing passion for emergency medical care.
While in high school she joined her local fire departments junior department.
“I found that I had a lot to prove joining the Northfield Jr. Program, I was about to embark into a field that’s considered a male dominant field and me being a female, I had more to prove to my fellow firefighters.” Colleen knew at a young age that she wanted to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps and become a firefighter. When asked how her family feels about her chosen career she stated, “My family doesn’t accept my chosen career path. They don’t understand why their little girl would want to run into a burning building when others are running out.” I asked Colleen how she felt about this, “It’s something that I’ve come to accept with my family. Thought-out life my parents never really supported me in any of my decisions that I’ve made, I just take it with a grain of salt and do what’s best for me.”
An example of how her parents don’t support her decision in the fire service is recently she learned of Wild Fire Course in Lanesbough, Mass that