My first interview 1

 

My first interview

Preparations:

1-      How did I approach people?

I have a lot of international students at SCSU and I was thinking which nationality I should pick up I chose to make interview with Chinese students because I have a lot of Chinese students and that will be easy to find them.

2-      When, where, and how did I conduct and record the interview?

I picked my phone up and I called my friend Jaycee. He is from China. I told him that I need him for something. We had meeting was in my apartment. I told him that I have to make interview with Chinese students and I have list of questions that my prof gave me as homework. My friend Jaycee told me that I can ask him any questions, and he will be glad to answer my questions. I told him could I record our interview to help me out when I am typing your answers, and he gave approval to record our conversation.

3-      Whom did I interview?

I interview with my friend Jaycee. He is Chinese student.

Interview report:

1-      What did surprise you?

He surprised me when he told me China has more than one language.

Country report:

For centuries China stands as a important people, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and near the beginning 20th the country was strike by urbanized disorder, military debacles, and occupation. In 2000 some leaders of China started focus on market to development China's economy since that china become one of the most important countries in the world right now. China located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. China the biggest country has people it has about 1,349,585,838. China has more than one languages speak are Mandarin (based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), and Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese). It also has more than one religion such as, Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian and Muslim. The capital city of China is Beijing. China’s holiday is Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 October (1949). Family size in China is really complex because China has the largest population in the world. The government in China doesn’t want their residents to have more than one child. They put sanctions on any family which breaks the rules. There are punishments for each family for having extra children.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html

Transcription:

 

( H means Hassan, J means Jaycee)

H- Do you like the weather in St.Cloud? Please explain.

J- Actually I hate the weather in Saint Cloud because it is so cold and I hate snow here we do not have a lot of snow in China and the weather over there is kind of hot for that I am not accustomed live in cold weather, but you know this was the first time I saw the snow in my whole life when I came to the US 2010. I have not seen this snow before I came here. I like to make snow man I really feel happy when I do that. It is something different in your life for that I got excited to see the snow in the first time in my life, but when I saw the snow stays about eight months I feel upset. It is really a long time. Any way I love the summer here. It is really nice because there are a lot of places that you can go and also there are a lot of activities you can do over here.

H- What do you do for leisure?

J- I go to gym every day for leisure. I love to warm my body up and start lifting.  Also I go to play basketball with my friends every day. I am good player in this sport. I started play this sport when I was ten years old. That means I grow up play this sport. I practice every day to improve my skills. I hope when I done my study in the US go back to my country and try to find basketball team to play more and I would love to play for China’s notional team. If you know the best basketball player born in China. I mean NBA players. This sport becomes more popular in China.

H- What is you favorite team in China? And in the US?

J- I do not have any favorite team in China because it is really hard to get one. I love all the teams over there. My favorite team in the US is Lakers. I love this team because there are a lot of famous players belong to this team.  

H- Do you have any favorite basketball player in China or in the US?

J- No, I do not. I am the best one.

 

H- Could you please tell me about yourself?

J- Sure; I am Jaycee and I am from China. I am 22 years old.  I came here to continue my study in the US. My major is finance.  I would like to study Finance because I love this major and it allows you to communicate with people. This is what I want to do in the future because I like to network and work in teams. Finance provides flexibility to work including that you can work anywhere like companies, banks, hospitals, or factories. For example my father his major was Finance and he gets a high salary. That is the other thing; you will get a high salary when you do very well in your job. I hope to finish my study quickly. I'm excited to work in a wonderful and comfortable job. I think the best job for me is Finance. Also another reason for I chose this major because as you know China in these years became one of the most important economy in the world. There are a lot of companies over there I hope to get into one of them. Anyway I am the only son in my family. I love go to gym and play basketball and also I love travel around the world to see different people and cultures. I love to help people. Also I love to try eat a lot of different kinds of food.

H- How often do you communicate with your family back at home?

J- Twice a week as you know we are in 2013 and there are a lot of programs that you can download to you phone and start communicate with your family and friends back home. I really love this technology. I also communicate with my friends back home twice a week. I really miss my family and my friends. I usually talk with them using tango program that allowed you to take video call. There are a lot of programs you can communicate with others, but I am using tango, and viber to keep in touch with my family and friends.

H- What is the biggest holiday in your country? Please explain about the holidays (Activities, Food, Date, Origin, and etc,)?

J- Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday in China. It is known as "Frostiest Spring”. Chinese should be ready for this holiday because they have to do a lot of things such as buy food to cook a lot of different kinds of food because their relatives and friends will come over to their house to Celebrated.  For that Chinese have to clean their houses because people will visit them. It is a good holyday that makes people become one hand and one heart. I love this holyday because some time I could not see some of my friend for a long time at this event I can see them. I have a lot of friends who are really busy and who are in different city. When we meat we play some games eat food and talk about the past what we had done before and talk about the future (what our plan will be). I think this is the best day for me back home.

H- In what ways might it be difficult to practice your religion here in the U.S?

J- There is no difficult to practice my religion here in the U.S because as you know here you have freedom to do what you want but without broke and law. People here respect others religion. No one will make you feel alien or something like that. People here are really friendly and helpful. They are become more open minds about different religion because there are a lot of international student, and international people came to the US for study or work. That make Americans know a lot of different cultures, and religions, ect. I do not think that any people from different religion will have difficult to practice their religions here in the U.S.

H- Tell me some important things from your culture?

J- The important thing in my culture is family size. China has really complex about family size because China has the largest population in the world. The government in China doesn’t want their residents to have more than one child. They put sanctions on any family which breaks the rules. There are punishments for each family for having extra children. If anyone breaks the rules, and he works with the government, he will lose his job. They don’t want to affect their society negatively. They have a high population. They have many poor people and they don’t have money for them. For example, there is too much traffic, which causes pollution. Pollution is unhealthy for China and the rest of the world. Clearly, family size in China is really complex.

H- What is the biggest difference between the American culture and your culture?

J- There are a lot of different things such as family size, holidays, food, customs, and religion. First, family size in the US allowed that you have more than one child not like China. Second, The US has more than one holiday such as, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, New Year, and Veterans Day, ect. In these holidays each one has different celebration. Third, food one of the big different thing between American culture and my culture is the food. Actually American does not have special food. They eat fast-food. Chinese have a lot of different kinds of food such as, basic fried rice,chicken chow mein,crab rangoon,hot and sour soup,Egg drop soup, and ect.  

H- What are your goals for the future; after you graduate, what are you going to do?

J- First, I would like to work in a big company after when graduate. I would love to find a job that I gat get high salary because I would like to be rich man and I will look for a beautiful girl to marry her and have nice family. Also i am going to find basketball team to play this sport and I hope to be able to inter to China’s national basketball team. I would like to become number one in China for this sport. I know my dream could be hard, but impossible is nothing. I hope to become my dream true.

H- If you are a international student, how long have you been here?

J- Yes, I am international student. I have been here three years ago. I came here since 2010. I was young to travel far away from my family. It is real good challenge for me to stay far away with age 19 years old. I find myself now, and I feel more responsible about my behavioral. You know what I become more open mind and I have a lot of international students. I have known some of information about their cultures and customs. It is good to know about that. I feel my age like 30 years old, and I am just entered 22 years old last month. I feel like that because I got a lot of information and friends from many different countries around the world. That is good for me.

H- - Did you face any racist since you came here?

  J- No, people here is really so friendly I love make relationships with them. They are more respectful for other. Actually they consider others feeling. They make smile when you face them on the morning. That is really making me happy when I see people smile. “Do not worry just be happy”. I love this sentence and every day when I woke up I repeat it.

 H- How does your family feel about you going to school so far from home?

J- First time was really difficult for both of us because I am the only son in my family and I was young to leave my parents. I was 19 years old. My mother was called me every day. She was really worried about me. She was called me and cried. I got homesick fist month I came to the US. I have planned to go back to my country, but I had friend. He is from China too. He was older than me. He had taken care of me and he help me out to stand up again. I would like to thank him a lot for everything he has done for me.   

H- - Do you have any questions for me? I have asked so many of you! (mandatory question at the end)?

J- No, I do not have any questions and I am glad to answer your questions my friends.