When Mrs. Cooper told us that we were doing an Immigration Interview Project, I did not really know who I was going to interview. But after I watched a few past projects, I learned that some people interviewed their parents. I first asked my dad, but he said that he was too busy. So I decided to interview my mom. We had to make 20 questions in total, so basically I just followed what information I had to have after the interview. That only got me to 10 or so, so for the rest, I just thought of random questions like what is your favorite food?

I was interviewing my mom, so I did the interview in person. It only took about 15 minutes. It pretty much went as I expected. I asked the question, she answered it. I learned that you should always make sure that your questions should not have a one-word answer, and all of your questions should be friendly and not too personal. One of the most interesting things I learned was that her trip from China to the United States took 24 hours! This was surprising because usually when I go to China, it only takes about eight hours to get there.

In all, the Immigration Interview Project has a lot of steps, but so far it has been pretty fun.