This week’s posting calls you to develop a series of
interview questions to ask your informant at a future field site visit. These
questions should relate to the culture of the community you are investigating
and can delve into any number of subject areas related to authority, power,
gender, appropriate communicative styles, identity, or other areas. It is
important that you build a sense of trust with your informant as you engage in
the interview process. You should enter this interview having ‘done your
homework’ (which means you have observed the community and have a base of
knowledge to work from) and are prepared with some questions to ask.
First, describe your informant (the person from the
community you trust and will grant you an interview) in a one to two paragraph
opening. What is this person like? What role does this person play in the
community? Describe your initial interaction with this person and your
impression of him/her.
Second, consider your raw and extended field notes and come
up with some questions (three or more) related to your observations (NOTE: this
doesn’t mean you have to ask these questions first when you do your actual
interview, but rather I’m just asking you to come up with some questions from
your previous field site observations).
Next, come up with some additional questions that come from
material we have read this term. For example, Wardle touches on the idea of
identity in the workplace and Mirabelli covers the concept of multiliteracties.
Be sure to couch terminology in ways
that the interview subject will not be confused. For example, it wouldn’t be
prudent to ask an interview subject, “Have you ever mushfaked your way in this
discourse community?” You should be able to simplify some of the complex
terminology from our readings to deliver meaningful questions that interview
subjects will understand.
Once you have posted your original message, you must respond to two peers and make suggestions about other questions they might ask for an interview.
Once you have posted your original message, you must respond to two peers and make suggestions about other questions they might ask for an interview.
You should generate anywhere from seven to ten interview
questions for this blog posting.
The original posting is due before 11:59pm on Monday, April 1st, and the response posting is due before the close of Thursday, April 4th by 11:59pm.
If you have any questions, please send me an email.
If you have any questions, please send me an email.
Dacotah Roeber
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The person I am going to interview is a swim coach for the Sarasota YMCA swim team. He is a very laid back person when he is not around the swimming pool, but when he is watching the team race he becomes very tense and silent, occasionally yelling out at the swimmers on how to fix their technique or to keep pushing. As the main coach for the team he has all of the power when it comes to who he wants on the team and what events they will swim, even to what uniforms they are allowed to wear during races.
Some questions I would ask him from my observation visit could be,
1. What drives you to be a swim coach?
2. How do you communicate with the swimmers that are at such a young age on the team?
3. Do you allow anyone on the team or are there requirements you make kids meet to join?
4. How are you looked by the parents, do they respect you or do they try to outrank you in some aspects.
5. What are some ways you keep in contact with swimmers so they know when to practice or meet? Is it more with the swimmers or the parents?
Questions derived from the readings-
1. Are there times when terms from swimming get mixed up with terms from your outside life? Its the same word but different usage is required?
2. With having such juvenile swimmers are there ever rebellions who refuse to conform to the identity of a swimmer like you want them to?
3. How is it possible to become a member who has power in the team or is there only one person who has say on what happens with the team?
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DeleteConsider the following questions in your interview:
How do you think this coach began his career as a swim coach? How does he alter his teaching techniques based on age and level of skill?
When is the line drawn between pushing too hard and pushing hard enough when it comes to motivating your athletes?
Kyra Nori
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Other questions to consider:
1. What kind of motivation does he use to keep the swimmers going?
2. How does he see this job to influence his future?
3. What kinds of people does he come in contact everyday in this discourse community?
Daniel Keegan
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1.What's the main reason you decided to become a swim coach?
2.Do you enjoy coaching swimmers at the youth level the most? and do you see yourself coaching any different age groups in the future?
3.What's the most rewarding part about being a swim coach?
Jasmine Tagle
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1. How do the students view him as a coach? Do they respect him?
2. What age group is easier to teach?
Other questions to consider:
Delete1. How many swimmers travel when you have to compete?
2. Does your swimmer typically redshirt doing their freshmen year in order to get better?
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ReplyDeleteThe person I am going to interview is Sydney, the president of Kappa Delta. I feel as though Sydney would be the best informant to interview for she is the head figure of this community and is one of the most educated members within this community. She is very welcoming and sweet and has agreed to answer any and all questions I have. However, she is also very responsible, organized and strict when needed. Being president, she oversees most of the community and has most of the power.
ReplyDeleteSome of the questions I would ask include:
1. What is it like to be the President of Kappa Delta Sorority?
2. What types of communication styles work best for you when communicating to inside members? Outside members within the greek community?
3. What are some of the requirements you seek from girls who are interested in joining your community?
4. How do you keep in contact and up to date with national headquarters and alumni?
5. Do you find it hard to communicate with such a large community?
6. Being relatively the same age as most members, are there ever any times when you feel as though they do not respect you as president?
Questions from readings include:
1. Have you ever encountered conflicts with members of the community? If so, how do you deal with it best?
2. How do you, as president, differentiate yourself from the majority of the members?
3. What are some of the most important aspects of your leadership position?
Consider the following questions in your interview:
DeleteWhat were her motivations to become president of Kappa Delta?
How does this position make her experience in the sorority better?
What challenges does she face when making key decisions about the sorority as a whole, especially those that are unfavorable?
What is the best part of being involved in this orgnization at the top level?
Jasmine Tagle
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1. What was her reasoning for joining the sorority?
2. When did she realize that she wanted to become president of the sorority?
Dacotah Roeber
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1. How does she communicate with other greek presidents, do they get along or is their tension between different communities?
2. What did she do to make herself stand out to be chosen as the president and not the other choices?
Orane Walters
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1. Who has the most authority throughout the community and where does it come from?
2. How did the community originate and become what it is today?
1. What is the most difficult aspect for her being president in her opinion?
Delete2. What are ways she feels being president of Kappa Delta now will benefit her later on in life?
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Delete1. How did you work your way up from being a member to earning the respect it takes to be the president?
2. What are some of the things that Kappa Delta has taught you that you will be able to use throughout your life?
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Delete1.What makes Sydney such a qualified leader? What other leadership roles does she have at UCF? Or outside of this school community?
2. What is her overall personality like in terms of dominance or introvert? Is her speech reflective of her personality?
3. How are Sydney's followers reflective of her leadership? Are they like her in a way?
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ReplyDeleteI will be interviewing one of the members of the Chabad Student Group Board Members. She is a freshman at UCF who is incharge of planning events and working with the board to recruit members to join the group. She is now a friend of mine, who I truly enjoy spending time with. I spend time with her at Chabad on Friday nights for Shabbat and for Jewish holidays, as well as for the classes we attend together during the week. She is there a lot more often than I am, as she is one of the leaders of the organization. I truly respect her and her efforts towards this group and her values towards doing so.
Interview Questions
1. Why did you get involved with this organization?
2. How does the setting change for different classes, holidays and activities within the Chabad house?
3. How do you communicate with students to come to events and classes?
4. What type of students do you usually see at these types of events?
5. What is the best way for students to stay active in this organization?
6. Being a religious organization, how do you make the programs accessible for all types of jewish student? (relgious vs non religious)
7. What does the relationship between the leader of the group, being the rabbi, and it’s members mean? What type of balance is there in the organization?
8. How does the difference in being a position on the student board make a difference in your life?
9. How do you decide what programs are held and which are not?
10. What is most important when making decisions such as these?
11. What types of challenges come with this position? Are there any conflicts?
Kyra Nori
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Other questions to consider:
1. How do you make non-Jewish students feel welcome in a community of majority Jewish students?
2. What is the most rewarding part of being in the group?
3. How do they think this will influence their future?
4. Is this something they would want to do for their whole life?
Orane Walters
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Questions to consider:
1. Are there any conflicts between members within this community?
2. How can one assimilate and become a part of the community?
1. In your opinion, what do you feel will be your mark or legacy that you will have left on this discourse community after graduating?
Delete2. How do you balance your school work and Chabad leadership position?
Kyra Nori
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I'll be interviewing Francesca Marino who is the supervisor of the Lake Mary Jeremiah's Italian Ice and the Maitland location at well. Francesca has worked for the company for about four years and I have worked under her for about one. Francesca is the person to call if you have any questions regarding the anything from stores up-keeping to customers. Her job is to make sure everything is running smoothly by checking sales, fixing any problems, getting feedback from customers, and ensuring all of the employees are up to the standards of the store. My first impression of Francesca was that she is compassionate for the workers and that she puts a lot of care into the store.
Questions:
1. Did you always aspire to be a manager when you first started working for the company?
2. How was the transition of becoming server to supervisor to manager?
3. Do you miss just being able to serve the customers as your only job?
4. What are some obstacles you face with this job everyday?
5. How has being manager influenced your outside life?
6. How many hours of work do you put in a week versus how many you used to as a supervisor?
7. What is your favorite part of the job?
Reading Questions:
1. How do you work with workers that resist the environment and how do you determine when their "grace period" is over?
2. Is it different interacting with non members of the community when you're not at work since you're there so often?
3. What is the assimilation process in this discourse community?
Laura Mendoza
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Questions to consider:
1. In your change from supervisor to manager, did any of the terms you used or saw change?
2.Have you ever found yourself rebelling against any pre-existing work standards?
3.Do you agree that to make it in the workplace, understanding rules seems to be essential?
Amanda Cramer
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Questions to consider:
1. What methods prove most effective when dealing with conflicts between coworkers?
2. Does your personal life follow the same structured routine because of your work life, or does it not follow accordingly?
Dacotah Roeber
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1. What are ways they try to make the company better and bring in more customers.?
2. Have they ever thought about opening their own franchise?
Gabriela Lozada
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I will be interviewing the head chef/general manager of the Station. His name is Koby Wexler and at first can seem a little intimidating. When I first got the job there three months ago, Koby was the main person I wanted to impress because right off the bat I could tell he had very little patience for ignorance and also seemed like the most demanding of all the managers. He’s been in the restaurant business for many years and therefore expects a lot out of all the servers. His role in this community is by far the most important because he’s in charge of making sure that both the “back of the house” and the “front of the house” are working smoothly and efficiently. After working with him and getting to know him these past three months I can vouch for him and say that he is a really great person to work with and has a big heart.
Interview Questions:
1. What kinds of jobs did you have before joining The Station?
2. Did you always want to be a Chef/General Manager? Why?
3. Where does your passion for the culinary arts stem from?
4. How does your work life interfere with your social/ personal life?
5. What is the biggest challenge you face as manager/head chef?
6. Where do you see yourself in ten years? What is your ultimate goal?
7. Do you find it hard to communicate with all of the employees?
8. How do you handle conflict in the workplace?
Question from readings:
9. Have you ever had to deal with any employees rebelling (not assimilating their role as a server) against you or any of the managers?
10. How long are “grace periods” in your mind?
Brandon Lee
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Where did Koby attain his schooling or knowledge about cooking?
What do you look for when hiring a new employee?
Daniel Keegan
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The man I will be interviewing is a very popular coach/fighter in the MMA world, Paul Morfart. Paul is 28 years old, and is still a fighter but he enjoys coaching. There are many coaches at Gracie Barra, but it’s obvious that he is the best out of all of them. He is one of the main coaches, and mainly works with the fighters on punching and kicking. From first glance you wouldn’t think he was an amazing fighter, but once you see him train for 30 seconds it’s a whole different story.
Interview questions:
1. When did you realize you wanted to become a professional fighter?
2. Did the fact you chose to be a pro fighter have any impact on your decision to coach MMA as well?
3. What motivation tactics do you use with your fighters when it seems there too exhausted to keep going?
4. Who are some of the main influence’s in your life that helped you get to where you are today?
5. What’s your favorite part of being a coach?
6. What’s the most rewarding part of being a coach?
7. Is it difficult to communicate with the community since the community is so diverse in many aspects?
8. What kinds of marketing tactics do you use to get fighters to train at Gracie Barra as opposed to any place else?
Reading Questions:
1. How do you establish yourself as a leader within this community?
2. How do you help others get used to the discourse in this type of community?
3. Is it difficult between separating your personal life, and your work life?
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Questions to consider:
1. Are the terms you use for MMA ever conflicting with terms you use at home, with friends, etc?
2. As a coach what do you believe is the best way to resolve conflict?
3. Is there any aspect of your community you just absolutely refuse to accommodate to?
Other questions to consider:
Delete1. What is the most challenging part of your job?
2. Are there any language barriers you face?
3. How long have you been involved with MMA?
4. Do you have a higher up authority figure you have to report to?
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I'll be interviewing is Sally Holland. She is a teacher for Early Experience 1 at Creative Schools for Children UCF. Ms. Holland mainly works with kids ages 2-3, and I have to say she is a very patient woman. From the moment I met her, I could feel the passion she had for children. She has a very sweet and calm voice, and she never needs to use her outside voice when it comes to her kids. Ms. Holland is not only productive in her classroom, she is proactive as well. She makes sure to follow her planned schedule for the day, but works swiftly and energetically when plans are changed. Her patience, kindness, and warmth towards the children, made my experience there quite pleasing and enjoyable.
Some questions I would ask:
1. What fueled you to become an educator for young children?
2. How do you balance speaking to the kids? Between teaching them and making them understand?
3. Do you have standards you expect your kids to follow here in the classroom?
4.What kind of communication exists between you and the parents?
5. Are there any other roles you play within this community besides educator?
Questions from the reading:
1. What is the best way in your opinion to deal conflicts that you run across with members of the community? (Parents, coworkers, kids. etc.)
2. Is the assimilation process into this community a difficult one? or fairly easy?
3. Do you find it difficult separating your work diction, with the diction you use at home?
Does she ever lose patience with the children? If so, how does she deal with it?
DeleteSince she does take on a separate role as a teacher, does she ever feel like she sort of loses herself in the process?
Connor Waugh
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Some other questions to consider:
1. What do you do when a child or parent doesn't assimilate well into the community? Does this happen more often with the parents or the children?
2. What is the shared goal of the community?
3. Was it difficult to communicate with the children in the beginning or did it come fairly natural?
I will be interviewing the office manager at West Broward Rheumatology, Barbi. At a first glance, it was pretty obvious that she beats to her own tune. She dressed in exotic dresses and casual shoes, much like one might dress for a vacation. Even though her management style is a little unconventional, she receives complete respect from the staff and patients alike. Barbi is an essential component to keeping the office running smoothly. Her responsibilities include phone conferences with various doctors and insurance companies to assisting the doctors with keeping the office up to date. Barbi made me feel right at home in her office, which made my experience pleasurable. She was warm and welcoming and very concerned with making the most out of my experience in her office. She had me observing every aspect in the office from patient care to machine operation; she really submersed me in her community.
ReplyDeleteSome interview questions:
1. How did you know you wanted to work in the medical field?
2. Did you go to medical school? If no, do you think that limited you in any way?
3. What is the biggest challenge that you face as an office manager?
4. What is your favorite aspect of your job? What things would you change?
5. How are you viewed by your staff, patients, DR’s (ect.)?
6. Do you ever feel that your job influences decisions in your personal life?
Questions from the readings:
1. How do you gain respect as the leader in your community?
2. Is the assimilation process difficult for the newcomers in the community? Are they treated like outcasts or are they welcomed warmly?
3. Are there ever times in daily life where communication is confusing due to your community’s diction?
4. How is understanding the rules essential in your community?
Some other questions to consider:
Delete1. What are some special terms used in this community?
2. How would you deal with conflicts?
Calyn Beese
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DeleteChris Arizmendi
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Reply to Taylor Brown:
As leader in your community, do you let your worker’s opinions of you (good or bad) influence how you do your own job?
If you do not agree with how a worker works, do you find a way to talk of to them to fix their problems? Or do you just find a way to get them fired/fire them?
How did you become so warm and welcoming Barbi and why? Is it to increase the workers/customers liking of you? & is it from past experience or recommendations that you act comforting?
Futoshi Kishimoto. Sounds like a pretty intense name, doesn’t it? The person I will be interviewing is my beloved ‘’boss’’ (or manager to put it politely.) He is a overqualified person because he has been running the business of Hanamizuki for over ten years, and before that, he has been under the wing of his father perfecting the secrets of Japanese cuisine. Futoshi-san is very short tempered, but he sincerely cares about his employees and wants to provide the best work environment for them. He isn’t one to be serious after business hours, however, very stressed and intense while working. He likes to maintain a traditional lookout for the restaurant business and meet his local customers.
ReplyDeleteQuestions I might ask him:
1.What focus to you exemplify in order to bring in a 90% costumer ratio of Japanese people?
2.Why did you decide to write the menu in Japanese/English/Kanji instead of just one language?
3.Were you once a server? How did you communicate with guest by body gesture?
4.What influenced your decorate and color choices for the restaurant?
5.Why did you decide to make it a uniform to wear Kimono to work?
6.In Kyoto, are there certain words or phrases that you say in order to communicate with your kitchen staff? (slang)
7.How do you go about choosing which person should be promoted to lead server staff?
Questions in relation to the reading:
1.What do you do in a situation where a new staff member does not speak Japanese or English but they want to work for you in the Kitchen?
2.How do you deal with catering overseas (such as in Europe) what is the experience like over there? Is there a language barrier?
3.Do you ever forget what something is called in English because you speak Japanese every day?
Chris Arizmendi
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Reply to Vivienne Do:
How is Futoshi overqualified for his own manager position? What previous experience do you have before being a manager of Hanamizuki?
Did you apply for the position as a boss? Or did you gain power/status and worked up to that position?
Do other worker’s views about you affect how you do your own job? Or are comments and opinions ignored since other workers may be seen as less powerful and lower than you?
Questions to consider:
Delete1)How do you deal with certain language barriers?
2)What do you aspire to be in the future? (considering that he's so over-qualified)
3)Do you ever deal with rebellious employees?
Sorry I forgot to post my Class:
DeleteVivienne Do
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The person I will be interviewing will be Robert Rivers. Robert is an resident assistant in the Rosen community. As an RA, Robert deals with resident issues and incidents that happen in the community. He is a very outgoing person. He can get distracted easily, but works very hard at everything he does. Robert is very friendly and always willing to help others out, so he definitely agreed to answer my questions.
ReplyDeleteQuestions:
1. Why did you want to become an RA?
2. What are some ways you communicate with your residents?
3. How does information get passed from your boss to you?
4. What requirements did you have to meet in order to become an RA?
5. Does having some residents that are older than you make you feel inferior to them?
6. How would you describe being an RA?
Other questions:
1. Do you have the most power over your residents? Or is there a higher authority?
2. Because of the large amount of foreign exchange students at Rosen, how do you deal with language barriers?
3. From your findings, what is the best way to deal with incidents or conflicts?
4. Since you live with your residents, do you find it dificult to separate your work life and social life?
5. Is there any special terms you had to acquire when you started working here?
Calyn Beese
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Some other questions to ask...
Delete1. What type of relationship do you have with your residents? do you have a friendship with them? or only act as an authority figure to them?
2. What type of things do you do to help your new residents adjust to the community?
3. How do your residents respond to the communication types? Positively, with lots of replies and feedback, or negatively?
Tara Gray
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DeleteSara Heitzenroeder
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Other questions you might consider:
1. If there is conflict in your community, how do you deal with them? For example, if someone doesn't like their roommate.
2. Do you ever let your residents freely suggest activities or feedback, whether positive or negative, about the community?
Aasim Bhimani
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Other Questions:
1. Does being an RA make it harder to do other activities outside of classes?
2. How would you describe your experience so far?
The person I am going to interview is a football coach for UCF. Coach Callahan is a very cool and fun coach to be around, but when it comes to practice and games he becomes very serious and focused. He will start yelling if someone messes up the play and does the wrong assignment because it would cause the whole team to be wrong. As a defensive back coach he plays a very important role on the team because everyone looks up to him since he is a cool coach. My initial interaction and impression of coach Callahan was that he was too young to be my coach. But after hanging around him and learning more stuff I realized that it does matter how old you are, as long as you know your stuff you can be a good coach.
ReplyDeleteQuestions from observation:
1. Coach Callahan, when I was watching the players work out I didn’t see you around. How much influence do you have with their strength workout, if any?
2. When watching the team practice I see some player loafing, what do you do to stop your players from doing that?
3. Coach how involve are you in academics and what communication do you have with the advisors, if any?
Questions from textbook:
1. A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals, how did you guys come up with your set of goals for the UCF football program?
2. What mechanisms does your discourse community use to provide information and feedback to one another?
3. How do you make sure you are picking members with a suitable degree of relevant content and expertise to become a member of your community?
Courtney Williams
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Consider the following:
What is it like communicating with a sports team this age?
Are there any motivating communication styles you use in particular to get through to the players?
Does your communication style change when speaking to the players on and off the field?
Kelly Costa
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For the 1st grade class I am observing my informant is the teacher, who is also my mom. She is a very sweet and hardworking teacher. She loves kids and treats her students as her own. She is able to be the student’s best friend and enemy at the same time. She has good tactics on how to handle the young kids, and teaches them well at their own pace. Although she has a few students that get on her nerves, she treats them all with the same respect. As the teacher she plays the head honcho of the whole community. She over sees all of the assignments and behaviors of the children. She tells them what to do and when to do it. As the teacher all the kids look up to her as the boss. As my mom my initial reaction is that well she’s my mom. But when I see her teaching I do not look at her as mom, I see her as Mrs. Costa who is very nice and caring to her students.
1. What is it about teaching that makes you stick with it even when you want to quit?
2. I know that you have some naughty kids in your class, how do you handle them?
3. With your students being so young do you think you are still able to connect with them?
4. I know there are other 1st grade teachers in your building, do you ever feel you have to compete with them?
5. Do you feel you are a good teacher?
1. How long do you give a kid a “grace period” before you have to do something about their lack of work?
2. In the beginning of the year how do you establish yourself as the leader?
3. How do you feel is the best way to deal with student conflict in the classroom?
Sara Heitzenroeder
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Other questions to consider:
1. Being a teacher, you have to abide by state curriculum requirements. Do you agree with most of these requirements, or did you ever disagree with the state on how or what to teach in your class?
2. What is your perspective on discipline in a classroom?
3. Do you have a strategy that you use to help prevent future trouble from occuring in your classroom?
Connor Waugh
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I plan on interviewing the former president of the Tarpon Springs Chapter of SCUBAnauts International, Jim Cassick. Mr. Cassick is a very nice man who always had the chapter’s best intentions in mind. He is generally very quiet, but always very welcoming and exudes authority. He was president for two years and just recently, about three months ago, stepped down from the role. He had been a member of the community for many years prior to his inauguration, and therefore has a lot of experience in the organization. He is currently the Executive Director of Operations on the corporate level of the organization, meaning he over sees the operations of all SNI chapters. (SNI is an abbreviation commonly used for SCUBAnauts International.) Having known him for years, I can identify Mr. Cassick as a very trustworthy man who took the reins from the former president and kept the chapter’s high standards and helped incorporate his own improvements as well.
Questions:
1. Was it hard to balance the responsibilities of being the chapter president for SCUBAnauts and your actual job?
2. Is it difficult to articulate exactly what the organization is all about to new members and their families?
3. Did the parents of the SCUBAnauts help or hinder your efforts as president? Can you give some examples of their support whether it be negative or positive?
4. What are some of the obstacles you had to deal with on a regular basis as president?
5. What were the most memorable obstacles you had to overcome when planning and executing the annual summer trips with the chapter?
6. What were some instances that you had to communicate to the corporate level of the organization? Were there any conflicts of interests between the corporate level and the chapter level while you were president?
Questions from the readings:
1. How do you deal with members that have difficulty conforming to the organization? Do new members have a difficult time assimilating to the group?
2. Have you ever had or noticed someone else having problems communicating to a newer member due to the specialized language we use as a scientific organization?
3. As a discourse community, everyone is trying to accomplish a certain set of goals. What are the goals set by SNI and the chapter and how does the chapter go about achieving those goals?
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For the interview portion of my ethnography paper my informant is actually a classmate! We have stumbled upon each other and learned that we both not only work at Disney but are actually within the same department, character entertainment, and have seen and experienced multiple of the same things. She is the perfect example of the Disney Entertainment department in that she is very bubbly, talkative, and over all she is open to sharing her experiences. She is a character performer and has been able to partake in many different roles, break rooms, and scenarios with guests and fellow cast members. My first interaction with her was actually before I even realized her influence on the community. After learning of her involvement it all made sense. When we discovered our similar experiences in the classroom she was excited (as was I) and I immediately thought she was perfect for the interview process, especially since she will understand the readings we have come across in class and the overall purpose of this ethnography paper.
A few of the questions that are based off of my field notes are as follows:
1. Are all “Cast Members” as informal and personally connected with each of the other Cast Members?
2. When considering relationships between Cast Members, do said relationships take on a different form when dealing with those of a different department or role?
3. Are authority figures seen in a negative or positive light? Are there personal or professional bases for these feelings?
4. In what ways, if at all, do you extend yourself to creating relationships in the work place?
Questions that are stemmed from our class readings will look something like this”
1. Have you ever noticed a change in your own personality when you are connecting or interacting at work? (Wardle)
2. Are you friends with anyone that you work with regularly or have seen in the work community? If so, do they act differently within the two settings? (Wardle)
3. Are there any identifiable characteristics or properties of conversation between Cast Members that is unacceptable?
4. Have you ever misrepresented yourself in order to gain more respect or leeway within the community?
5. Is there a sort of hierarchy within the Entertainment department? If so, where do you fall?
Justin Kennedy
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The person I am interviewing is my old swim coach, Crystal Tavares. She is the head coach of the Kissimmee Swim Association and has been running the program for a long while. She is a very diligent coach that believes in every swimmer she has on her team. She is a great coach with high expectation and high goals for every individual she is coaching.
Questions that can be asked:
1. What swayed you into choosing this profession?
2. As a former swimmer do you feel that helps with being a better coach?
3. Do you prefer keeping a professional type of relationship with your swimmers or a buddy, friendly type?
4. Do you ever have the type of parents that try to tell you how to coach their child and even intervene during the practice?
5. For swim meets, how do you get the information out to the swimmers? Is it more reliable to give the parents the information?
6. What requirements do you have for a new person to join your swim team?
Questions from the reading:
1. With the distribution of power in the team, are you the only one who has it or is there another person who shares the power with you?
2. Taking into account the group of swimmer that are still at a young age, are there any rebellious individuals in the group that won’t conform to your power?
3. As coach, what are some of the key aspects of leadership that you must carry?
Courtney Williams
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Consider the following:
What is it like communicating with a sports team this age?
Are there any motivating communication styles you use in particular to get through to the players?
Does your communication style change when speaking to the players on and off the field?
Skylar Summers
DeleteENC 1101 - oMo4
4/3/13
Questions to consider:
1. Do you keep in touch with swimmers that have graduated?
2. Does everyone get along together on the team?
3. If someone disagrees with you, how do you address the situation?
Edgar Ortiz
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The person I am interviewing is Ross Martin, a member of the comedy club that performs every Friday night at Drunken Monkey Coffee Lounge. I'm not exactly sure if he's the leader of the whole group, but most of the time he hosts the night and leads the other comedians. All of the members are hilarious, and Ross is no less. Since I'm a regular at the place, he took notice of me and my best friend who always tags along with me and so one night he approached us thanking us for being an awesome audience and that's how we started talking. He's a really cool guy outside of his performance. These are some of the questions I would ask him, not necessarily in the order I plan on asking him:
(Personal questions)
1 - For how long have you been doing stand up comedy?
2 - You always host the nights here at Drunken Monkey. Does that mean you are the leader of the group? If not then who is?
3 - What different responsibilities a comedian has on and off the stage?
4 - How do interested comedians join up?
5 - Do you have any specific influences?
6 - How do you come up with your jokes?
7 - Any advice you would give to starters?
(Readings questions)
8 - As a discourse community, what are the goals your group dedicates itself to accomplish?
9 - Has there been a performer who has had trouble settling themselves in with the group or with the audience? If so how would you fix that?
Suggestions are welcome.
some other questions to consider...
Delete1. How did you decide that you wanted to do stand up comedy?
2. At the comedy club, how do you help new comedians adjust to the type of discourses used at the club?
3. What type of relationship do you have with the other comedians that perform with you? Do you act only as coworkers or do you form friendships with them?
Tara Gray
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Brandon Lee
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Do you plan to pursue further goals and become a professional comedian?
Have you ever performed off the top of your head without planning ahead?
Other questions to consider:
Delete1. How did you know that you wanted to be a comedian?
2. where and how does he get the marterials for his comedy routine?
Skylar Summers
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Other questions to consider:
1. Is everyone who is apart of the organization funny and make jokes?
2. Is it easier to perform when you see people you know in the crowd?
Kaitlyn Huber
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This visit I will be interviewing Jim Lindberg. He is one of two coaches running the Charlotte County Blue fins. He is talented in teaching technique and stokes. His role in this discourse community is co-coach with longtime friend Jeff Cain. Jeff is more outspoken in the swimming community and therefore takes charge of what goes on with the team. I’ve swam with these two coaches for twelve years and I can say that Jim Lindberg is just as talented as Cain but takes a back seat due to his mellow attitude towards the community.
Questions concerning my observations:
Do you feel like you work better with the younger or older swimmers?
Which group seems to listen to you more?
Does your language change while speaking to different age groups?
How does this change and why?
Questions concerning the readings:
Referencing Identity in language, do you feel as an English teacher and a coach that the swimming community contains its own identity?
If a non-swimmer overheard a conversation that was held at a meet, would they know what was going on?
Do you believe that the swimming community embodies a discourse?
Is there a sense of authority in some of the language used between coaches and swimmers, between members of the team?
Questions to consider:
Delete1. Is there ever any conflicts between you and your swimmers?
2. If so, how do you settle these conflicts?
3. What does it take to be part of this community?
Questions to consider:
Delete1. What kinds of leadership qualities should a swim coach possess?
2. How does your communication change when talking to swimmers out of practice and during?
Jasmine Tagle
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Since I am looking for a new living space for next year, I decided to change my community to Resident Assistants at UCF. I will be interviewing Christine Fernandez, she is a Junior resident assistant for the Libra community in the Seminole Hall building. She has been a resident assistant since her Sophomore. Her job is to make sure everything is going smoothly on her floor and help out any resident with conflict mediation and various other things. She is very nice and friendly, as most resident assistants should be.
Questions from field notes:
1. What made you want to become an RA?
2. What problems have you faced so far with residents?
3. How do all the RAs from Seminole Hall communicate?
4. How do you communicate with your boss?
5. Do you enjoy your job?
Questions from class readings:
1. Would you say the majority of the Libra community are Freshmen? If so, do you feel as if you have a high level of authority because of the age difference?
2. Have you ever let something slide by because you have been in that situation before you were an RA?
3. How often do you create friendships that last longer than the semester with your residents?
4. Do you think you change personalities when in contact with a resident rather than a friend?
Questions to consider:
Delete1. Are there any benefits to being an RA?
2. Does being an RA take a lot out of your free/spare time?
3. With more responsibility as an RA, do you have the same responsibility in your personal life?
Edgar Ortiz
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1)Has your job changed your view on residents?
2)Have you established some sort of identity among your residents besides just an RA?
Peter Hoang
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The person I am interviewing is Dr. Joseph LaViola here at UCF. Dr. LaViola is the director of the Interactive Systems and User Experience Lab (ISUE), the community that I'm researching. Although I do not know him personally, I had an interest in meeting him and possibly doing research for him after seeing his presentation of his lab. I then got a chance to attend a lab visit as part of Excel and saw how the lab really works. I saw that Dr. LaViola is very passionate about this research program and that students are enjoying working for him. I too want to be able to experience this in the future.
General Questions:
1. How did you first thought of ISUE? Any influences?
2. What are the requirements to be a part of this research program?
3. How do you come up with project ideas?
4. How often are projects successful? Average time spend on projects?
5. How do you communicate with researchers within the program? Are there any specific type of communications?
Questions from the reading:
1. How does a person establish an "identity" or role in the program?
2. Is there often conflicts/difficulties between researchers? Between researchers and machines?
3. How do you approach and overcome these conflicts/difficulties?
4. Do you use any techniques/projects learned in the program in your personal life?
Chris Arizmendi ENC 1101-omo3
ReplyDeleteWithin my field site visit, I am going to interview the owner of the store, Dave Dash. He happens to not only be the owner, but the head chef of the establishment I am researching; Amici’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria. Dave is not the type of guy who is relaxed and easy to talk to in the work place. Of course, he needs to keep a strict and management like attitude in order to ensure his workers are appropriately doing their job and not slacking, but he still manages to be friendly to his customers and even workers. Dave is a large but short italian man who comes with the somewhat intimidating ideal image of an “Italian.” As for my first impression of him, I thought he would be the most irritating boss, but getting to work there for about half a year now has led me to have a liking in working with him.
Some of the questions I would hope to ask him in my next visit:
Dave, why did you decide to run your own business as an Italian chef AND a proud owner of the establishment you work in?
Do you let other peoples emotions/opinions (good or bad) about you and your store affect how you run your store? Or do you just do what you think pleases others?
Is there anything you would change about how you run your store? I.e. How your workers do their job?
How do you communicate with your customers? Do you build relationships with them in any way?
What are some tributes you look for in people when you let them into your community as your workers? I.e. Busboys like me?
Being a little older than your co-workers, do you seem to get more frustrated with younger workers? Does that lead to less hiring of the high-school community? Or is there no mental difference when it comes to being mature in the work place through different ages?
Questions from the reading include:
When it comes to status/power in the work place, how does one gain power or a promotion say from dish cleaner/busboy to waiter/bartender?
Are there somewhat multiple communities within Amici’s field of work? As in, are bus boys, hostesses, waiters, and cooks in any way related? Maybe through similar job duties or included in the same type of language/communication?
As the leader and owner of the store, what are the key characteristics of your position that differ you from other members within your community?
Tara Gray
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The person I am going to interview is Crisley, the president of Catholic Campus Ministries at UCF and the leader of the women’s bible study group. She believes very strongly in Catholicism and is a very active member of the group. Her role in the community is to meet with other leaders to organize different events, make sure there is a meal every Tuesday after mass, and to make sure all of the events held in the community run smoothly. I first met Crisley when I went to the Tuesday Mass and Meal, she seemed very happy to be meeting me and very happy with just being with fellow Catholic students. She is a very outgoing person and a hardworking leader and student.
Questions I plan on asking Crisley:
1. Why did you want to be president of CCM?
2. How do you normally communicate with the other leaders of the community and the members of the community?
3. What are some of the things you are directly responsible for in the community?
4. How do you decide which events are held and which ones are not?
5. What is your favorite part of being part of this community?
6. What types of problems do you face in this community?
From the reading:
1. When you are not at the church or bible study, do you interact differently with other members of the group?
2. How do you establish yourself as the leader of the group?
3. How do you help new members adjust to the discourse in your community?
Further questions you may consider :
Delete- Whenever you enter the community, do you have the feeling of taking over a differnt identity ?
- How have you experienced new members' behavior during their first interaction with the community and does their overall adjustment illustrate any patterns?
- Have you ever experienced a complete rebellion against the community's values ?
Sara Heitzenroeder
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The person I have chosen to interview is Matthew Mundell. He is one of the guest service managers for Kona Café at the Polynesian Resort. He is in charge of the daily operations of not only Kona Café, but also private dining and the coffee/sushi bar at the resort. When I observed him, I have noticed that he always takes the initiative and isn’t afraid to speak up, however does so in a way that is still courteous to others. He is very well organized and friendly, too. Every cast member seemed to get along great with him because of his outgoing personality, and it seemed like he was the one manager the cast felt they could confide in and go to with any problem. When he needs a cast member to help out with doing a task, he doesn’t tell them to do it, but simply asks them to do it instead. He does have an area leader who also works in the location, and other guest service managers he works alongside, but he is in charge of all the front of house cast members during his shift.
Some questions I may ask include:
1. What are some of the biggest challenges you face as a GSM?
2. How do you hold your cast members accountable for their actions?
3. Do you always agree with your area leader? Are there common problems that you can’t agree on a solution for?
4. What is your favorite part of the job?
5. I noticed you ask your cast to do a task instead of telling them to do it. Do you think it is important to do this to keep a positive relationship with your cast?
6. What is the best advice someone gave you to help succeed in this company?
7. Do you let work interfere with your personal life?
8. When you are at home and your blackberry seems to go off constantly, do you refrain yourself from reading the text or email, or do you jump to answer?
9. What did you study in college? Does your degree and background help you in your job role?
10. Do you think it is important for your employees to like working for you?
Questions from the readings:
1. How do you deal with conflicts that may occur in your community?
2. What level of authority do you have in your community?
3. How do you differentiate yourself from other guest service managers and their roles?
4. Do you find yourself using work-related terms and diction when you aren’t at work?
Connor Waugh
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Some other questions you may consider:
1. How do you deal with cast members that don't conform well into the community? Does this happen often?
2. Is it difficult to assimilate into this particular work environment? How long does it usually take for a new cast member to be considered 'one of the team'?
3. Are there any examples of commonly used of terms or words specific to your role as a guest service manager?
Marc Sheradsky is the social chair at the chabbad, which basically means he goes out of his way to welcome people into the community. He is friendly, down to earth, wondrous, and all that comes with those characteristics. He is very interested in Torah (Bible) studies and tries to apply concepts that he learns to his every day life. For instance, to love another as you love yourself. Our first real conversation was what seemed to be meaningful in a way that sparked a connection between the two of us. We realized that we both went through some difficult times that shaped us, even though we did not know what they were.
ReplyDelete-What is it about chabbad that attracts you and gets you to attend events?
-Do you think there is a certain type of crowd that comes to chabbad events or is there a variety?
-Does the environment here make you feel more at home in comparison to other places?
-Is it just good food and good company that attracts people to chabbad or is there more to it?
-How do you identify yourself as a member of chabbad? Is that identity constant, or does it change with time and experience?
-Have you made any relationships within the community that you think will last a long time?
-Are there communication styles that certain members understand and some do not?
-Is there a dominant gender, or is there a fair amount of guys and girls within the community?
-If you had to give one reason for being a member of chabbad, what would it be?
David Lipszyc
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Other questions to consider:
Delete1) When you hold events to you speak mainly in English or Hebrew as well?
2) Do you encourage students of all religions to participate in Chabbad?
3) Do you sing songs at differnet events such as seders or shabbat?
The person I am going to interview is the Women’s Soccer and Men’s Tennis Athletic Trainer, Leah Schoene. An Athletic Trainer is a medical practitioner who provides medical care especially for athletes. Ms Schoene is a 37 years old trainer, who has received both, a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Athletic Training and was also certified by the National Athletic Trainer Association Board of Certification. Not only is Ms Schoene a very experienced and skillful trainer, but she is also one of the head staff members for the UCF Athletic Trainer’s community. She definitely has a huge impact on deciding who is accepted into the community and plays a big role in teaching and educating new trainers.
ReplyDeleteSince I interact with Ms Schoene on a daily basis and have also experienced several treatments from her, I would say that our relationship is very relaxed and pleasant. However, I have never even tried to step across the existing distance of respect and authority, which in my eyes is definitely necessary to effectively examine the community.
For the interview which is planned for Tuesday, April 2nd, I have foreseen the following questions:
(1) Is every Trainer in your community able and allowed to treat every patient?
(2) Is there a special concept behind the way the training room and also the supplies are organized?
(3) How is the working time and space divided among the community members?
(4) Have you ever experienced a complete rebellion against the community’s rules and values from individual members?
(5) After only a few weeks of interacting within the community, new members are given a big amount of responsibility and authority concerning patients. In general, how do they handle this huge amount of responsibility?
(6) When your apprentices have completed the required amount of weeks of involvement with this community, what is their next step towards their degree?
(7) How does one become a member of your community? Are any special degrees or certificates required?
(8) Are there any particular characteristics and qualities a new member must possess to be able to become a part of the community?
(9) Are there any social or cultural aspects through which a particular individual can be excluded from the community?
I will be interviewing George Brinkerhoff who is the director of the art gallery inside the Philharmonic Center for the arts in Naples Florida. He has been working in collectors corners for the last 14 years. George is the person that you want to talk to when you have any questions about any of the art pieces inside the gallery. He is the head salesman and the delivery man so he does a little bit of everything. He has a decent sized staff with about eight people working for him of which he must assign them their daily duties and make sure they are keeping on task with everything that they have to do.
ReplyDelete1. How do you judge what kind of art each person would like?
2. Who has been your most successful artist?
3. What time of the year is the best time for galleries?
4. What degree should I get to further my career in the arts?
More questions
1. One of the ways that you deal with workers that feel that they are too good for the job?
2. How long is the adjustment period for new workers in this industry?
3. Are there any data day problems that keep recurring throughout your career?
Amanda Cramer
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Questions to consider:
1. What audience is targeted when advertising your gallery?
2. Has conflict occurred within the discourse community of your gallery?
3. Is there a specific set of terminology used within your community?
1. What are the specifications/qualifications necessary to have art in your gallery?
Delete2.Do you notice a difference in this community with the presence of computers and other technologies?
3.Do you notice that your job has an influence in your day to day life?
Skylar Summers
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April 1, 2013
The community I am doing my project on is the UCF baseball team. The informant that I am going to interview is Brett Gordon. Brett Gordon is number thirty-six and plays for the UCF team. This person is very easy going and relaxed. While on the field Brett will sing songs to calm his nerves and he enjoys to joke around a lot. On the baseball field, Brett is a bullpen catcher; he warms up pitchers coming into the games and he also gets at bats. Not playing much he is in the dug out quite a bit and gets to listen to the rest of his teammates. When I first met Brett he had Justin Bieber tattoos on his arms, super long hair, and a crazy bandana. He seemed like a goofball. Soon to find out he was an amazing infielder and on the UCF baseball team.
1. When there are two strikes, two balls, and two outs; why does your team do the ritual where they rub their hat and yell a chant?
2. In the dug out, is it a serious atmosphere or is there a lot of joking going on?
3. What are some of your favorite baseball slang that is used on the team?
4. What role does each coach play while in the dug out or on the field coaching?
5. Does everyone get along on the team or are there various cliques?
Additional Questions from the material:
1. Did you ever feel out of place when you walked onto the team? Instead of receiving a scholarship like the rest of them.
2. Are there certain rules you have to abide by while on the team?
3. How does it feel to be apart of a Division 1 athlete program and how do you feel other people think of you while they sit and watch you play?
Questions to consider:
Delete1. Does the baseball team get involved with the community at all? Or is it just strictly games and practices?
2. What do you truly love about baseball?
3. How long have you played baseball?
Another question you can consider is in regards to how and what mediums the team uses to communicate when practices, games and other events are.
Delete1. Are there many conflicts because of how much time is spent together? How is this dealt with?
Delete2. Aside from practice and games, are there other workouts needed to participate?
3. What are the requirements for this specific community?
4. What specific language is used?
Aasim Bhimani
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I am going to interview the coach (who wishes to remain nameless) for the Orlando Ismaili youth basketball team. He is a laid back person who has a hands off approach in the community in which he watches over. With his team, he seems to be a coach who allows his players to be in control of the game with little interference from his side. When I first met him, it was in a tournament in which we were both coaching. While scouting his team since we were going to be up against them, I watched the way he coached and really liked what he did. Since he lived in Orlando, I decided to contact him about watching his practices, and he graciously granted me the opportunity to do so.
Questions that I could ask:
1.Why is it so easy for you to have a hands-off approach with your players?
2.Where did you find out about these drills you run?
3.What made you want to become a coach for a youth basketball team?
Questions from readings:
1.Do you constantly interact with these players outside of basketball? If so, do you see yourself unconsciously talking to them in a certain way?
2.Since this team is not sponsored, in what ways have you had to ‘make do’ with what you had?
Amanda Cramer
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Questions to consider:
1. In what ways does dicsourse occur between you and your players?
2. How does conflict play a part within the interaction of the team?
3. What terminology is used within the discourse amongst the team?
Peyton Schlosser
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The person I am going to interview is Makeda Farrell. She is an active member in the UCF Quotes group. She is also an Advertising/Public Relations major like me. Makeda is interested in and knows how to conduct a good resume for possible employers. She also knows what to do and what not to do during interviews for possible internships and/or jobs. Both of those concepts are vital in the PR world. I plan to ask questions that involve how she got her start, and things she's learned along the way in her journey with Public Relations at UCF.
Questions that I could ask:
1. What does an internship with a PR firm entail?
2. What is difference between advertising and public relations?
3. Do you believe that Public Relations will always be in demand? If yes why?
4. What drives your passion for Public Relations?
5. Is this a very social community?
Questions from readings:
1. What is easy for you to assimilate in this community?
2. What there a certain type of text used in this community that you've never seen before? If yes, then what was it?
Madison King
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The person I have chosen to interview for my ethnography project is the secretary of NOW (National Organization for Women). She is an extremely passionate person when it comes to her beliefs and isn’t afraid to make her opinion known. She believes everyone should be viewed equally in this world because no one is better than another. I have found she is very informative when it comes to feminism, and stays updated with feminism events happening in today’s world. She works hard to allow NOW to become a successful organization on campus, and really encourages the club to get involved. She’s not afraid one bit to stand up for what she believes in.
1. What do you benefit most from NOW?
2. Do you feel that even after college you want to be involved in preventing the issues of feminism and equality?
3. Why do you think there are still problems when comparing men versus women in today’s society?
4. If you were given enough money to do anything involving NOW, what would you do?
5. What made you decide to join NOW and become an officer?
1. Have you and the other officers ever viewed an issue differently and therefore it led to miscommunication problems in the future?
2. Do you use a different set of literacy skills when comparing meetings and special events?
3. Do you feel that you are 100% recognized as an active NOW member?
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DeleteQuestions to consider:
1. How do you establish your authority in the community?
2. What type of methods do you use to communicate with the members of the community?
Lauren Helinger
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For my project, the person I am going to interview is the President of Kappa Alpha Theta, Alexis. Alexis would be my best bet for getting quality information on how we communicate throughout Theta. She holds the highest position and is definitely one of the most knowledgable people about the Theta community. Alexis is very hardworking and likes to get things done and done well. She almost always has to have her “president face” on, however there are times I've been around her when she's just relaxing and she is a really fun and nice person to be around. I am really excited to be able to interview her and learn the ins and outs of her position.
-How do you keep all of your responsibilities, duties and dates in line?
-Do you ever feel that people disrespect you for doing your job?
-Have you ever wished you weren't president and just a normal active member?
-What do you ultimately hope to gain out of being president?
-Do you ever feel at times people treat you as president when you just want to be treated as an average member?
-Have you ever had to deal with girls who would not or had a hard time assimilating to the strict rules of Greek life? If so, how did you go about dealing with them?
-What do you do to establish and set yourself apart as the leader?
-What is the most useful means of communication you have found works for Theta to provide information to the members?
Amanda Cramer
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The person I would contact to inquire about the community would be the Social Media and Communications director for Miss Representation, Imran Siddiquee. He has helped bring together communities through the use of youth groups and service programs. He is a devoted feminist and writer. He deals with questions concerning the community and how others can get involved within the community.
Interview Questions:
1. What motivates his work within this community?
2. What are the best methods in which you can get your point across to the masses?
3. What conflicts do you experience within the feminism community?
4. How has your occupation influenced your personal life?
5. What audience do you hope to target when releasing new information through social networking and presentation communications?
6. How did you first become involved within the feminism community?
Reading Questions:
7. How are conflicts dealt with within your community and the community of Miss Representation?
8. What specific terms are often used/associated within the discourse community of Miss Representation?
9. What is the common goal that Miss Representation and you hope to accomplish?
Couple questions you might consider adding:
Delete1. Where or from whom does your influence come from?
2. Do you have a strict or a relaxed authtirive influence in your community?
Questions to consider:
ReplyDelete1. Have you ever experienced any problems dealing with miscommunication? If so, what happened and how did you deal with it?
2. How do you communicate with your employees? Emails, texts, etc.
3. What have you learned as an Ecko store manager that you can carry with you for the rest of your life?
ENC 1101-0M03
ReplyDeleteThe informant that I have selected to interview is Vincent Sclafani, a brother of ZBT and Vice President of Public Relations for the Interfraternity Council here at UCF. A mutual friend and brother of the fraternity had introduced us during the first week of the fall semester, and we have continued to build our friendship since then. His role in the fraternity is more external as he sits on the executive council that oversees all of the fraternities. However, he continues to play an active role in the fraternity by contributing his time to our public relations committee. In previous semesters, he held the position of Secretary on the ZBT executive board, as well as PR/Marketing Director and Social Chairman. He has agreed to be interviewed for this field study after having been a relevant and active member within ZBT and the Greek Community as a whole.
Pertinent questions include:
1. How do you balance being a student, as well as being a member of ZBT and IFC?
2. What are some weekly tasks that your position requires?
3. Have you applied the knowledge you’ve gained from your position to your fraternity?
4. Describe you transition from new member to active brother.
5. Was it difficult to take on authority positions or was the transition smooth?
Reading questions:
1. After having spent so much time in this position, do you find it different and or difficult to work with non-Greek members of the UCF community?
2. What are some of the things that ZBT has taught you that you will be able to use throughout your life?
3. In your opinion, what do you feel will be your mark or legacy that you will have left on this discourse community after graduating?
The person I will be interviewing is my graduate mentor in my biology research lab. She is always busy with getting ready to graduate with her PHD in biology. She has a very positive outlook on everything and she is always striving to improve our experiences in our labs. In her community she is close to the top of the lab but I believe she will end up in the same position as her superiors at some point because she is very driven. My initial interaction with her was good because she was willing to explain everything to me since she knew what it was like to be at my level of understanding. My first impression of her is that she will help me understand the biology field very well because and she is a very nice and helpful person.
ReplyDelete1. When did you decide you wanted to be a Biologist?
2. Is communicating to students or a non-major specific conference more difficult?
3. How do you keep in contact with people in our lab?
4. What is your Favorite part of your research?
5. In what ways does this the Research Lab influences your home life?
6. What do you want to do in the future?
Questions from reading
1. Do you have any conflicts in this community?
2. Have you ever rebelled against your community because of a convention?
3. What types of literacy do you have trouble with inside your community?
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The person I will be interviewing is Mick Hinton. Mick is the warehouse manager at my place of employment: American Tackle Company. He oversees daily operations like receiving new inventory, processing orders, and customer service calls. Mick and I have worked together for about two and a half years now. We have established a great work relationship as well as a friendship outside of the workplace. Mick has a laid back personality but can be strict when the time comes for work to be done. My impression of Mick is that he is a very hard worker and a loyal friend.
Questions from observations:
1. How did you come about obtaining this job?
2. Do you feel that you are respected by your co-workers?
3. What are your goals for this company in the short term? Long term?
4. Are there any changes you would like to make to the day-to-day operations? If so, what are they?
Questions from reading:
1. How do you resolve conflicts within our work community?
2. Would you consider your personality/identity to be the same at work and outside of work?
3. How does communication take place within our work community?
Vivienne Do
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1. How does Mr.Hinton deal with customer complaints? Will he usually use certain key words in order to calm down an outrageous accusation?
2. What kind of relationship does Mr.Hinton have with his shipment worker/company? How does his personality play off in terms of work?
Orane Walters
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Officer Proctor is a patrol officer for the UCF Police Department. He is a friendly individual and seems to enjoy what he does on a day to day basis. He seems to be pleased when waking up at 4:30 in the morning and providing a public service to everyday people. Officer Proctor’s role in the UCFPD is a patrol officer. It is this particular role that is the backbone of the community. He is the first to respond to emergencies around campus and it is members of his specific division that forms the public image of police officers that we know today. My first interaction with Officer Proctor was daunting at first, being that he searched my belongings but afterwards it was like speaking with a friend. I thought he was very professional as most officers are, in the way that he spoke, acted and presented himself to me.
Question derived from field notes:
1)Why did you decide to become a police officer?
2)How long have you been an officer and what is your favorite part of your job?
3)How does your job impact your personal life?
4)What has been your greatest experience as your time as an officer?
Question from the readings:
1)Who has the most authority within your community?
2)Do members within your community have conflict with one another?
3)How does one become assimilated into your community?
4)Is there any kind of specialized language that you to communicate in your community?
Mike Boyd
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The informant I will use for my ethnography project is Allen Davis. Allen is the “Director of iTechs” in the company and is the go to for any questions and dealings as an iTech. He has repaired over 600 devices and is very knowledgable about iCracked as a whole. When I first met him, it was over a phone interview. He was very kind and I could tell he was somewhat laid back. He laid down the rules and what he expected from me as an iTech, but since then he has been extremely helpful and always checks in to see how things are going. Everything from Marketing to basic repair questions, he has the answer to.
Interview Questions I will ask:
1. What made you want to work for iCracked?
2. What was your previous experience with repairing devices, if at all?
3. What was the most challenging part when first starting to work with iCracked? Whether with customers, the company, or repairs in general.
4. If you were to tell every iTech one hint/suggestion, what would it be to help them?
5. Do you feel that iCracked as a company has grown and continues to grow at the rate you originally saw it to when you first joined it?
Questions from the reading:
1. Have you had disputes with any iTechs? If so, how have you dealt with it?
2. One of the core values of an iTech is separating work and your personal life, do you ever have trouble doing this?
3. How do you pick iTechs and what makes one stand out from another? And have you ever had to “let go” someone who has not performed well enough in the “grace period.”
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DeleteQuestions to consider:
1. How do you communicate with the other members of the community?
2. How do you establish your authority amongst the other members of the community?
Emily Nakis
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I am going to be interviewing a swim coach from Just Swim, Swim School. The informant is named Nicole Rivera. She is an easy going person but while in the pool she does what she needs to in order to teach her swimmers. She works hard with each and every swimmer she encounters and always seems to meet the goals she had set for them. She is a dedicated worker, and that is why I am choosing to interview her.
Interview Questions:
1.How did you become a part of the Just Swim community?
2.What made you want to become a swim coach?
3.What people do you interact with throughout the day while working?
4.What is your favorite age group to teach?
5.Do you have any special techniques you use while teaching?
6.Where do you see yourself in the future regarding teaching swimming?
7.How do you differ from your coworkers, as a coach?
8.How do you keep your students focused?
Reading Questions:
9.How is the communication between the authority of the community and the other instructors?
10.Do you encounter conflict with members of the community? (Parents, students, staff)
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ReplyDeleteThe person I will be interviewing is named Russell Lizzolo, he is the Head Chef at Confisco's Grill and Bar at Universal Studios. He is somewhat of a brash man who knows how he wants things done. He has been a chef at Universal for 10 years and has been in culinary jobs throughout his entire life because his family owned a restaurant for 30 years.
Questions:
1. What can you say is the biggest challenge in being a chef at a theme park or at a normal restaurant?
2. How have you balanced the employee turnover rate?
3. What would you say is the biggest upside to working at a theme park?
1. How do you feel about the communication in the restaurant? And does that affect how you treat each day?
2. What different types of regulations are thrown upon you, that we do not feel directly?
3. What must your new employees show you in order to become accepted?
I would also ask about the man's history and how he got to the position he is in. Not only that, but how he perceives others have gotten to where he is as well.
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Other Questions:
1. What made you want to become a chef?
2. Does working in a theme park restaurant make it harder or easier to market certain items?
Taylor Beam
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Jeff Tyler is my informant. I chose him because I didn't think that the managers would be willing to participate in an interview. Jeff's position at ACTS Indian River Estates East is the director of culinary nutrition and sertvices. My initial first impression of Jeff was that he was a pompous asshole because that's what all the servers were telling me, but that's not the case at all. Jeff is my favorite person at IRE. He's very friendly, nice and an approachable person. My first interaction with him showed his true characteristics of him right away.
Interview Questions:
1. Why do you and the managers feel it is necessary to repeat the everyday rules such as no cell phones, no eating before 6:30, etc?
2. How Helpful are the meetings that you have with the residents regarding the food and service they receive?
3. Have the residents ever complained about the food and the service being downright awful?
4. Since you're position is higher than anyone else in culinary, except for George the president, do you feel as though people do not feel comfortable to approach you?
5. Would you say that Belinda undermines your authority in the way she attempts to control every little detail?
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DeleteMaybe you could ask...
Deletewhat modes of communications he uses within the company?
how he earned such a high position?
what terminology is used within the company?
Kristen Keenan
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I am interviewing Brittany Forrester (#23), a team member of the OCYS 95/96 Purple Girls U-17 Soccer team. Brittany has been a member of this team for many years, attends University High School (Orange City), and maintains a 4.5 GPA. Brittany is very organized off and on the field, taking college courses and being a two-sport athlete (soccer and cross-country). As a mid-fielder, she plays an important role on the field and is involved with both the defense and offense.
Some questions I would ask her…
1. What does it take to be a member of this team?
2. How many years have you been a member of the soccer community in general? This specific team?
3. Would you say you have learned anything of value from being a member of this community (OCYS 95/96 soccer team)?
4. What means of communicate do you use within this community? Which do you find to be most efficient/effective?
5. What is your motivation behind being a member of the team?
6. Do you feel being on the team is a positive experience or negative experience?
7. What do you expect from your teammates? Your coach? Your parents?
8. What are some of the biggest challenges you face being a member of this team?
Questions based on the Reading…
1. Has there ever been a conflict between this community and another community you are a part of? (Competing demands of various communities)
2. Do you find yourself relating/ getting along with members of your team?
3. Do you feel, as a team member, you can gain authority within your team? If so, how would you acquire/ handle it?
Nicholas Perez de la Mesa
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The individual I have chosen to interview is the CEO/Founder of Sheridan Lumber Co. Frank Vidal Sr. Frank is in about his late 50’s to early 60’s, short, but extremely wise despite his soft spokenesss. The reason for me choosing is Frank is due to the fact that he of course owns the company but he also has been working there since the age of eighteen and therefore has the most experience with the lumberyard. Frank Sr. is also bilingual allowing him to understand the company’s communication tendencies to a fuller extent.
Questions for Frank
What is the hierarchy ladder here?
How were orders given thirty years ago?
What occurs during your day at work?
Questions referring to field notes
Have the employees always been of Spanish descent?
Which warehouse is the most profitable?
Another question you could ask him could be something in regards to how the communication within the company has changed and developed over the thirty years he's been there.
DeleteA good question for Frank would be, if there are multiple lumber yards, how do they effectively communicate with each other?
DeleteTrevor Gross
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The person who I will be interviewing is Edward J. Gross M.D. Dr. Gross is the owner and head medical doctor at Primera Plastic Surgery Center. I figured he would be the best candidate because he is at the top of this community. Dr. Gross assumes the role of both the medical doctor and the business head of the community. Dr. Gross is in the process of running a practice that specializes in facial surgery. My first impression of this individual was that he had a successful practice and was an inspiring businessman.
Questions:
1) How do you and other medical doctors communicate?
2) What is the most efficient way you communicate with your staff?
3) Are there any areas of the medical community where you feel communication is poor or lacking?
4) What is involved with running a medical practice?
5) How much of running a practice forces you to assume the role of businessman?
6) What’s the single biggest challenge medical doctors face in practicing medicine?
7) What obstacles did you face on your career path to becoming a physician?
8) To what extent do your patients have direct contact with you?
Questions from reading:
1) Who is completely in charge in this facility? And how does this person communicate with staff?
2) What are some key characteristics of you position in this community?
3) Do you use work related / medical terminology at home?
There are a great deal of areas that you can go with this particular discourse community and as a result this line of questioning. Personally my interest for this project would begin at the communication between the staff and patients.
DeleteOften medical facilities will employee people that do not fulfill strictly medical roles that serve critical functions, such as office managers, sanitation crews, all the way to staff for any kitchens. As the business head of this facility has he chosen to hire employees like this? Assuming he has, how does he interact with these people? Is it directly most of the time or does that task get delegated to someone of lower rank?
When communicating with various employees and patrons of the facility, it is very likely that there is a language gap. As most people do not understand strictly medical terminology, does he choose to modify his lexis to explain practices and procedures to people who might not understand? Does he cater to their lack of understanding or try to improve it by completely immersing them?
The person that I am going to interview is the owner of WellTrax, health and wellness center. She is very ambitious and sticks to what she knows and always uses her best judgment. Listening to her talk about the things she has fought to achieve and finish is pretty incredible. She is an inspiration to many and won’t hold back and will push you until she knows you have reached your full potential. I chose to interview her not only because she owns a business that I hope to one day be able to go into but also because I admire all that she has done and she has really pushed me to work a lot harder that I ever thought I could.
ReplyDeleteQuestions to ask her:
1. Is your office set and designed to make clients feel more comfortable when they are there?
2. Have you learned anything from your fellow peer presenters?
3. What made you have the drive that you do for health and wellness?
4. How did you gain so much knowledge about the field you are in?
Other questions:
1. What certain words and language is prudent in health and wellness?
2. Have you ever dealt with rebellious clients and how do you help them then?
3. What is most important to you as being the leader and owner of your own business?
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DeleteWhat is hardest part of your job?
How can someone be best prepared to do what you do?
When did you decide this is what you wanted to do for your life?
Do you have an over all goal for your future in your career?
1. Obviously, you have an impact on others health, but what impact do you feel it has on you seeing peoples results from going to your wellness center?
Delete2. How do you approach a potential client who is looking a healthier lifestyle?
The person I chose to interview was my manager at the time that I worked at Burger King. her name is Alba Reyes. When I first started working there, it was February of 2011 and I was sixteen years old. At the time, she was just a regular crew member like I was. Around a year later, she ended up getting promoted to the shift coordinator. She was one of the few of us who stayed with the company all throughout all our changes in management. She's pretty short and has a bubbly personality. She was in school for accounting and made the dean's list multiple times, so she was definitely smart. She was a manager along with about three others, but she was definitely the strictest. She loved me though, because I spoke Spanish, so of course I'd go to her to interview.
ReplyDelete1. What steps do you take to make sure that employees are following protocol?
2. Do you generally look forward to coming into work?
3. Do the lunch and dinner rushes stress you out or have you gotten used to them?
4. Do you think that some employees have a hard time going into work mode and leaving behind their normal identities?
5. Do you feel that by going from a crew member position to a managerial position, other employees fail to acknowledge you as a manager?
6. Is it ever hard having to keep that role of manager to employee rather than being at the same level and having that friendship role?
7. Do you ever find yourself bringing terminology you've learned in class into the workplace? Or vice versa?
Other questions to consider:
Delete1)How do you deal with conflict in the workplace?
2)Is there ever any kind of miscommunication between you and the other employees?
3)Does your work life have any effect on your personal/social life?
Other Questions i might ask:
Delete1) How do you receive information such as menu changes or various abundances of information from corporate?
2) Who does Alba Reyes report too? Who is her boss?
The person that I plan on interviewing is the instructor of the EXCEL seminar. She is a person who is very serious about her job and wants the students to take the seminar very seriously and use all the things that course has to offer in order to help them succeed. She manages the seminar and programs all the events such as math reviews and research laboratory visits.
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1. How effective do you think the power points and i-clicker system is in the seminar?
2. Do you think providing information regarding future course planning is best done in a large group?
3. How did you end up becoming the instructor of this seminar?
4. What are the end goals of this seminar?
5. How do you help new members integrate into the community?
Reading Questions:
6. What type of literacies do you use in the seminar?
7. How do you establish your authority amongst the members of the community?
8. How do you deal with problems regarding new members integration into the community?
I would maybe ask..
Deletehow she deals with conflict/ obstacles during the seminar?
does she enjoy teaching the seminar?
has anyone ever misunderstood the points she has been trying to get across?
Adam Tran
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I plan on interviewing Inaki Erkicia, a member of the U-18 Florida Rush Soccer Team. He is one of the leaders on the team, having played for the club for many years. He has traveled to Spain to train as well. He is starting central midfielder, who is an example for the team on and off of the field. His experience with the sport of soccer, as well as the soccer community itself, makes him a solid interviewee with an abundance of knowledge. Not only is Inaki well known in the Soccer Club’s community, but he also well known in the whole soccer community in a broader sense. He has trained and played with many players throughout Florida. He currently attends Hagerty High School and is verbally committed to the FAU College Men’s Soccer Team.
1.) How long have you been playing soccer? How long have you been playing for the club you are currently in?
2.) Has being a member of the soccer community taught you any life lessons? If so, what are they?
3.) What types/kinds of communication occurs in the soccer community?
4.) What kinds of miscommunication occur in this community?
5.) What happens as a result of these miscommunications?
6.) Is the community welcoming of all ages, genders, and races?
7.) Are there similarities and differences in the communication that takes place between you, your parents, your teammates, and your coach?
8.) What does it take to be a leader of the team?
Questions from the readings:
1.) Do any problems/conflicts occur in the community? If so, what are they?
2.) Is there a specific style of speech from the coach when he is trying to make a point to the players? Or is there a specific style of speech from you personally when you try to make a point to your teammates?
3. Do you take on a different personality when you are in the soccer community, compared to when you are in other communities?
Colby Maynard
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The person that I'm going to interview for my discourse community will be my manager Arvind. I've worked at my Moe's for longer than he has but he came in as a manager and really knows how to run the store well. His native language is Indian but also speaks Spanish, Portugese, and English. But in the end, he is a little Indian man and has become a very close friend of mine over time.
Questions:
1. What is the biggest challenge managing all of your employees?
2. As far as management goes, what are some challenges to keep the store on track?
3. What made you want to manage this Moe's Southwest Grill?
4. What is the biggest perk to managing this type of business?
5. How do you keep your employees motivated to keep their job here at Moe's?
1. How does the authority and communication connect together to create a well-rounded group of employees?
2. Do you encounter a lot of problems with co-workers, employees or even customers when working here?
I think it would be advised to focus on his position within the Moe's community on a more interpersonal level as well. As you mentioned, he is foreign and multilingual. It would be interesting to see the effects of these influences on his involvement within the group.
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I would ask him something like:
1) Has being multilingual ever caused a communication problem with an associate/customer?
2) Did you feel when you first began your management job that there was tension between you and associates that had been there longer?
Ashlynn Allums
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The person I am interviewing is my mother, Erica Allums. She is a small business owner in Saint Petersburg, Florida. She owns a coffee shop called Banyan Coffee & tea. It has been open for about 3 years now and my parents treat it like a fifth child. My mom in her element is the exact same as she is at home, very loving and treats everyone with the utmost respect. But one thing my mother is not, is a push-over. She is very outspoken and doesn’t tolerate rudeness. She has created such a warm environment for members of our community to come and enjoy a simple cup of coffee.
1. What made you want to open a coffee shop?
2. What was your interviewing process for chefs and baristas like?
3. Did you work in the restaurant business prior to opening?
4. How has opening a coffee shop affected your personal life?
5. What sort of obstacles do you encounter on a daily basis?
Reading Questions:
1. Have you ever had a conflict with your business and the community? If so how have you handled it?
2. How do you feel about the communication from your employees to the customers?
3. Do you see yourself as a leader in the community? If so how did you accomplish this?
I would ask also
DeleteWhat would your mom think about the business in the future? and how it would impact the community around her business if she thinks about expanding it to other parts of town if possible?
Khondaker Rahman
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I will interview the instructor of the Computer Systems Technology class, Mr. Gazaway. He has 8 years of experience in networking and PC repair. As a teacher he is new because this is his second year teaching students on PC repair and troubleshooting. His teaching method consists of lecturing on topic being studied in a week and then doing book work to get more understanding of that lesson. Finally he lets the students do hands on work to experience the real life work that people in this field has to do. He is also very laid back and lets the students work at a comfortable pace so long as they meet the deadline. And he helps the students the best he can with his experience which resulted in some students staying a second year at his class.
Questions for observations and field notes
1.What influenced you to become a CST instructor?
2.How do you prepare in before giving you students the information for the lesson?
3.In a world where technology evolves quickly, how do you stay updated on the current form of new technologies?
4.What the most challenging part of your teaching career?
5.What are the best parts of working with students interested in the IT subject?
Questions from the readings
1.How do you deal with students that are rebellious or otherwise nor responsive to your authority and how long do you wait before taking action if the behaviors are repetitive?
2.What do you do to establish yourself as the main authority of the classroom?
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DeleteWhat is the best method of teaching that you have discovered so far?
When did you decide this was the job for you?
Are you going to continue your education more than you already have?
When teaching do you have to reword a lot of technical jargon for the students?
For my ethnography, I have an informant in Jennifer, the woman who gave me my first ride to temple. She and her husband recently moved to the Central Florida area from a Hare Krishna Farm in Mississippi. She is a newcomer to this particular temple, but the temple itself is only about 5 years old, so it matters less. She is a recent law school grad and has been many places around the world. We spoke at some length on not only the history and tennents of Hare Krishna, but on social justice as well, focusing on gender, poverty, and the youth. All in all, she is a pretty cool person.
ReplyDeleteQ1: What is the significance of the male haircut of some devotees?
Q2: Do Hare Krishnas see the gods of other religions as Krishna, or are they invalid?
Q3: How did you become a Hare Krishna?
Q4: How do you recognize if someone is a Krishna or not?
Q5: Does prasadam have to be a particular food (indian), or is any food blessed become prasadam?
Q6: Why are the men and women segregated in temple?
Q7: Do people change their names once they become devotees?
Q8: How do the Hare Krishna view some of the pressing social issues of the moment?
I would ask Jen.
DeleteIf someone is interested in ever joining the group/organization of Hare Krishna how would that be possible?
Also, what types of things do they do within the meetings of the group/organization?
Brandon Lee
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My informants name is Justin Ma and he is the owner of Status Automotive. The fact that he is the owner of the company gives me an advantage to this project because he deals with all the different situations that go on. From his perspective I can gain knowledge from aspects such as sales, repairs, customers, managing, and much more. I found it very pleasant that he still works on vehicles and does some of the jobs brought into the shop. This shows he really cares about his customers and takes pride in his work, otherwise he would allow the employees to do everything. I noticed he is very courteous to customers and genuinely tries his best to get their satisfaction. After having awesome first hand experience with Justin, I am really looking forward to what this project entails.
Observation Questions:
1. What caused you to start this career?
2. Where did you go to school for Automotive related activities?
3. What are you best at when working on vehicles?
4. What kinds of vehicles do you own?
5. What kind of work do you prefer to do on vehicles?
6. Did you intend to open your own shop?
Reading Questions:
1. What type of engagement do you look for in new employees that come into the community you established?
2. What type of authority is regulated or exerted throughout the shop?
3. What type of characteristics are acquired from being cultured in your community?
You could also ask:
Delete1. Aside from skill, what else does he take into account when looking for new employees?
2. How extensive is the jargon used in that community?
Consider these questions:
Delete1. What kinds of conflicts do you have to deal with, be it customers or employees?
2. What was you greatest challenge and how did that affect your career and your personal life?
Other questions to consider:
ReplyDelete1) Does your language differentiate between customers and co-workers?
2) If yes, then how?
3) Does conversation differ between the way you speak to customers and the way your co-workers speak to customers?
The person I am interviewing is Brent. Brent is a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, is the new member educator, and is also the organizations delegate in the Inter Fraternity Council (IFC). Brent is a very qualified informant for the IFC discourse community with extensive experience with Greek Life at UCF. He was a founding father of the Delta Sigma Phi chapter at UCF and is a very dedicated person. He is a great guy and is a lot of fun but also knows when to be strict and show discipline. He also wanted me to state that he is the best floor hockey player in North America.
ReplyDelete1) What was it like founding a fraternity chapter at UCF?
2) How did you earn the position of IFC delegate for your chapter?
3) What does being an IFC delegate entail?
4) What types of communication do you use? Both with IFC members and members of your respective chapter?
5) You are involved and have commitments with many things, how to you keep things on track and organized?
6) Describe your leadership style.
Questions derived from readings
1) With so much authority in your positions, so you find that some people take your positions for granted not knowing how they work?
2) Do you ever have to tailor your language/ vocabulary when you are dealing with your different organizations/ communities?
3) Do you ever have conflicting viewpoints with a fellow member of a common community? What would you usually do to resolve the situation?
I think that it might be worthwhile to consider asking about Brent's motivations to start a Fraternity.
DeleteWhen building up an organization like that information flow can be key. What sorts of methods or genres did they utilize for communication?
Also, specifically if he mentions conflicts in view points, did he ever feel like his position was weakened or even threatened. Whether it be respect or clout in the organization, certainly he started with some due to his position. People pining for recognition can, through conflict, cause disarray or lack of faith in leadership.
Kevin T. Bhim
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The person I am going to interview is the Manager at the Toll Plaza, Scott Novy, because to me he is one of the more experience people running a toll plaza and keeping up with collectors. As he told me when I talked to him that he started off as a supervisor at 18 years old and later became a manager of a Toll Plaza when he was in his early 20's when he was on the New Jersey Turnpike. From what I see he makes most of the rules of the plaza and keeps the place moving and running cleanly and his experience that he has gotten over his career has interested me. He has an authoritarian like personality because of the way he talks but overall he is laid back on his good days but is still stern when people don't do their job in the right way. I would like to learn a little of his experiences and maybe incorporate that into mine because of the fact that he was a supervisor at a young age like me and you sometimes go through the good times and the bad times in a job like this.
Questions from Observations and Field Notes
1. How long has this Toll Plaza been in existence and how long have you been working here?
2. What made or influenced you want to become a Toll Collector Supervisor/Manager?
3. Where exactly does the revenue collected go to and what do they do with the money collected?
4. How long have you been working as a Supervisor and Manager?
5. Is there a reason why some technologies used in the plaza is outdated? (phones, computers, bags, coin machines, etc) Or is the plaza just trying to be conservative and use the older technologies until they wear out?
6. How would you like to handle people who are giving you conflict in the workplace sometimes based on the decisions that you make or one of the other assistant managers?
Question from the Readings
7. Do you have the full authority over all the collectors and supervisors or do you allow the other assistant managers the duties of doing that work?
8. Do you have a problem with some employees who are doing their job but try to do other people's jobs too?
9. Is there a different type of language that you use at work when you are communicating with your other supervsiors and managers or is it all the same?
1. Is there a difference in this community with the presence of the sunpass? Are people losing jobs?
Delete2. What are some of the safety precautions that the workers in the toll plaza take?
Cody Showers
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The person I would like to interview for my discourse community, is a person that goes by the alias Direwolf20. In internet communities, many people decide to keep a certain amount of personal information confidential. To reduce the amount of influence an online persona can make on one’s real life, people take on aliases known as handles. This gentleman has become a celebrity in the community of Minecraft modding, especially in regards to the Feed-the-Beast mod community that I am currently researching. He is well known, not for his development but rather his promotion of the content brought to us by developers. It is likely that the success of this community is in no small part due to the attention of Forge mods and Feed-the-Beast challenge maps that Direwolf has brought. He works closely with developers in testing the newest content and reporting on potential failings or improvements. He is a strong voice in the community, promoting not only existing mods but also the work of new developers. He is also closely affiliated with the members of the community that are not as directly related, creating content videos that showcase the mods in action and working out in game techniques that other players might benefit from. My initial exposure to the man, who calls himself Direwolf20, was through instructional and mod showcase videos through youtube and a Twitter feed. He seemed well informed and more over confident in his knowledge. Though he expressed coding to develop his own mod is above his ability, the logic he utilizes in these videos closely resembles that which is necessary to create the very mods themselves.
1) Part of the appeal of this community is the appearance of its propensity to collaborate openly and a supportive nature. Through the FTB support page, forum sections, instructional videos, and even community members working to release how tos on the subject of starting up as a modder, it appears that there is enthusiasm to include even new members at virtually any level of involvement they desire. As a long standing and highly influential member of the community would you say this support is universal or is this an appearance just to attract new users?
2) You have given many Minecraft mod fans a place to go for new content and tupdates on the community for a long while. You have a youtube channel and a twitter account dedicated to the cause as well as FTB forum access and other mediums to reach the fans of FTB and your own alike. Of these or any other at your disposal, which medium do you prefer to reach out to the community with?
3) You have an FTB mod pack named after you, that you had a hand in bringing to the Minecraft Community. The name Direwolf20 is known better than some of the Forge Developer’s handles. Would you say your influence on Mod development is as strong as your influence on FTB’s consumers’ perceptions?
1) Minecraft mods, Computer programming and the community itself has developed almost its own language. Often in game names for items or processes overlaps with others or things outside of play. Do you ever have a difficult time understanding when someone is explaining features or processes due to the resulting ambiguity?
2) You have been entertaining people with videos of content with commentary for literally years now, and have been deemed a spokesman for the Feed-the-Beast cause. Do you recognize yourself as such and at what point do you think that threshold was crossed? That is when you went from a casual youtuber to a full fledged spokesman for the community.
3) Feed-the-Beast mod packs and many other mods not affiliated with Slowpoke or Feed-the-Beast have a reliability inherent in the Forge modding platform. Do you feel that members of this community ever have their relevance questioned or downplayed by someone holding this, or similar, reliance over them?
The person I have been spending a lot of time around and will be interviewing is our athletic trainer, Olivia Jackson. She has been studying athletic training for 6yrs and has agreed to and interview. I have chosen her because this is what I would like to do when I graduate from college. Working with athletes is what I see myself doing in the future.
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1. what brought you into wanting to work as a trainer?
2. has there been times where you re thought it?
3. what is a busy day on the job like?
4. is there any major stress when being on the job?
5. how has being a trainer been a benefit to you?
6. what are the negatives about being a trainer?
7. is this a job you recommended? why?
From reading:
1. is there a difference within the community at softball compared to cheerleading?
2. Do have any existing disagreements with a co-worker from a common community? how would you resolve this problem?
3. how do you establish yourself when coming into work? how do you show that authority you are given when working with athletes?
Alfredo Jaime Vega
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Blog 12
(I have finished this earlier but reviewing through it appears that it never got posted... mea culpa.)
1) Many people liken drifting as some kind of mechanical high, tell me, what makes it so enjoyable to purposefully lose traction?
2) What's the youngest and oldest you've personally seen of a person in this community? Would you say there is a larger ratio of men compared to women or vice-versa?
3) What were your reasons to join this community?
4) When you first ventured in the drift community, did you feel intimidated, maybe perhaps even hesitant to follow through?
7) Was there a period where you felt you had to fake certain knowledge and practices of the culture for the sake of inclusion?
6) Is there a sense of competition during runs or is it just for fun?
5) I see a lot of Japanese RWD-based vehicles, what would be the most prevalent brand and most favored brand in the local community?
8) What forms of communication and literacy are prominent within the community?
Questions 6,7,8 are questions influenced by recent texts we have read in the class involving discourse communities.
My informant is an old friend who is a long time drift-enthusiast, race car builder. In his history he's had at least over 7 vehicles since he has been legally able to drive. He is extremely mechanically-savvy and through that it blossoms in which ever project he embarks on. His character is marked by generosity, helpfulness, and humbleness while leaving space for the deserved pride a person should have after all the sweat, sore backs, stress, and cuts it takes to create a fine piece of drift machinery. His role in the community is to live and love the very thing that brings joy and happiness to the rest of the community, that is simply to eat, live, and love drift. My impressions of his character at first sight prove to be accurate because as time passed by, I would observe his actions with other community members should they run into an issue involving any aspects of the car. I have personally seen him going out of his way to make sure every grateful person has a chance at enjoying this fine art.
1) For myself the mechanical high of drifting to purposefully lose traction to me is being in control of something that is out of control at the same time and, to be able to throw around a vehicle that has 300hp and only weighs about 2300lbs is just the adrenaline rush. You feel yourself truly become one with the car in the sense that you can feel every bit of road you slide upon and can push yourself to the limits just as with the car.
2) The youngest in the community I have seen is a 16 year old drifter and the oldest I would say is probably early 40's so as you can see this sport appeals to all ages and of course the younger you begin drifting I think the better since you will definitely have the upper hand experience wise and can develop much faster in the sport than at a older age. I would have to say that in the beginning it was more of a sport compiled of men and had men drivers as the poster child but, more and more every day there are women that are making a name for themselves in the sport such as Kelsey Rowlings and since drifting is so popular now they becoming recognized quite fast since women drifters were uncommon.
3) My reasons to join this community honestly because a very large majority are friendly, have the same passion for drifting and mechanic's in general, and it is just so cool to see how every can live their own lives but, when it comes to drifting we all come together with similarities in the sport. I joined to also get more in depth into and to actually broaden my knowledge and skill for drifting by watching and learning of those whom were more experienced.
4) I was actually accepted almost instantly and felt no hesitation whatsoever to join in knowing that i am in a large community which continues to grow constantly with people who have the same interests as myself. I was more hesitant to drift in front of others as I did not know their skills but, had a high expectation in myself to do well as the ones I met in the community were people whom were pretty well know in Florida and had been drifting for years so I didn't want to disappoint or make a fool of myself in front of them.
ReplyDelete7) I honestly never felt like I had to act like I knew more than I did to fit as everyone who was in there are learning as well as willing to teach anyone who would like to learn more I never felt pressured to make myself seem more knowledgeable or better than I actually was.
6) For me it is a mix of both but, mostly fun doing a sport where there is competition so there is a big competitive side to it which pushes myself to better myself as a drifter but, the main reason I began drifting and have stuck with it is for the fun so the biggest influence on me is for the fun of it.
5) Yes majority of the cars drifted and preferred in the community are import cars from Japan. The general makes you will see on the track are mostly Nissan, Toyota, and Mazda but, many like to drift what ever they feel comfortable with. The car though that seems to be like the symbol of drifting for even those who know so little about it would be the Nissan 240sx also known as the Nissan Silvia in Japan just because the huge aftermarket choices for this vehicle to offer as well as it is the best platform to begin with as the vehicles power to weight ratio stock from the factory is already almost perfect to drift without modification. It is a get in and go set up if you will and from there anything you do to it performance wise to turn it into a drift car will only make it better if done the correct way.
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