A couple of weeks ago our class started our immigration unit. We were assigned a immigration project. The project was to interview an immigrant. But before we did the interview we had to make 10-15 questions about immigrating.
We first had to create 20 questions and then narrow it down to 10 or 15 questions. I ended up with 15 questions. Some questions I prepared were why did you come to America? Would you rather stay in America or go back? How old were you when you left? How did you feel about immigrating? I read past students’ questions for ideas. I also looked at some examples.
After making the questions, I had to do the actual interview. I chose to interview my dad who immigrated from Turkey and came to America. I did the interview on Sunday, in person. The interview was fun because I got to know more about my dad and know about his history of coming to America. But it was also hard because sometimes the answers weren’t that good. From this interview I learned that you need to be patient with the interviewee and that you should make sure they are comfortable. The most interesting thing I learned was how someone helped him in America and I thought this was very interesting. I think that it went as expected.
In conclusion the interview was fun because I got to learn another side of my dad that I never knew. It was very interesting and fun. I think it was good for my first interview.