Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Interview Project Reflection


The interview project was a good assignment. I enjoyed interviewing my grandfather and my father. On the other hand, I didn’t really enjoy answering these questions. This may be a sexist comment but I feel that men are just more involved in economics and politics. Not to mention I am 20 years old and don’t really stay that up to date with the News, although I really should especially because I am a Business major.

Before doing this Economics interview I always knew my grandpa was extremely Republican my dad was somewhat Republican but I didn’t think some of their responses would be that much different. It was definitely interesting to see how much they agree and disagree on certain things. What surprised me the most was that the recession didn’t affect my grandfather. Maybe it’s because he is retired but I thought the recession affected everyone in one small way or a big way. Another thing that surprised me was that my grandfather did not get a credit card until the age of 32. It clearly was a different time back then, but by 32 he already had two children and was trying to start his own business.

Overall, the project was interesting and insightful. I think interviewing them in person also helped as opposed to over the phone or just making them fill it out. It was good to hear their tone of voice and their initial instinct on the questions. 

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