https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12pgHUGdkFw2o7p0kq40OX9ipmT3daPed0BzME3c46E8/edit#slide=id.p

Cajita link ^ (it wasn’t letting me upload image because it says upload limit exceeded/not enough space to upload)

Dear Uncle Neal

 Thank you for permitting me to interview you for my class project. The conversation we had would be extremely beneficial for the next generation to listen to. I enjoyed the conversation topics we discussed, such as the influence that your mother had on your life, the most influential event of your generation’s life, and the importance of doing what you love to name a few. 

The photo you shared with me painted a picture of what your life was like growing up. It was a photo that your father took of your mother in the living room of your home. I learned so much about you that I never would have known about if It weren’t for this assignment. For example, I learned about your relationship with your parents, namely my grandparents whom I unfortunately never got the chance to meet, so hearing your stories about them was fascinating. 

I felt that as an interviewer I did a great job of allowing you to honor yourself by giving you the platform and guided questions to allow the listener to get a better understanding of who you are as a person and the messages that you want to leave behind to the next generation. My interview technique for our interview was predominately to allow you to have a guided free space to share your thoughts and ask follow-up questions that I thought would provoke a deeper response from you. I felt that if we were to have a more casual conversation to dive into the interview subject matter deeper it would allow for smoother transitions and more detailed sharing from you. 

In terms of what I’d want the listeners to take away from this amazing interview is the messages and lessons you shared. You passed on your mother’s teachings and lessons to a new generation. At the very end of our interview, you left the listeners with the message “Find something you love and then you’ll never work another day in your life” I felt that this was such an influential message to end the interview with, as It’s something the people who hear your interview and I will relate too. I hope that people in my generation use your teachings to live their lives, so they can enjoy their lives to the fullest and find what they are passionate about.

Overall, this discussion allowed me to showcase your 65 years of wisdom in a 27-minute-long interview. I’m grateful that you permitted me to interview you for my assignment and I thank you once again for sharing your story with me. 

Kind Regards,

Jake Steinhauer