Reflection of My Project

Going into this project I was treading it so much from watching the examples of bad reports because I was thinking my project will definitely end up like that and I'd be nervous to ask anyone to let me interview them. After I found out I could interview my family I felt a lot better about the project and I knew just who to pick my Nanny, Grandma and Mom. I went into the interview with my Nanny thinking that my Nanny would tell me that she went to catholic school and was a fairly good student, no college and secretary jobs and that she used reading and writing a lot throughout. I heard most of that but I was surprised that she went to college and got a job with the Wall Street Journal. I was also surprised to hear that she pretty much only wrote script throughout her life because I hardly ever write in script. I was surprised to see her so nervous because I've never seen her like that. I left out part of her interview because in the first question she answered most of my other questions and I didn't want it to be to repetitive. She also said that she loved books now and reads a lot in her free time but off camera. I went into the interview with my Grandma expecting her to say that she was a decent student that didn't really like school or wasn't into that much. I was surprised to learn that she was a very hard worker and was a good student and had a job right out of high school. I was surprised for hearing some of the stories she had about when she was younger but I edited most of them out or didn't record them. I think this was my favorite part of the project because I don't really see my Grandma much and we used to be a lot closer and I can tell she really enjoyed it and I was happy to see her happy. Some of the stories were funny and a week after our interview she asked me to see my project and it was fun. I was not surprised to hear that she knew some German because I remember when I brought her to school when I was in elementary school she was talking to someone else's grandma in German. Going into the interview with my mom I was expecting her to say that she loved English as a kid and was a pretty good student who mostly like art because she is a really good drawer and does a lot of drawings for her work as a curtain designer. I was surprised to hear that she didn't like English in school and was more of a Math person because I always see her reading and didn't know she was good at Math. I was surprised she said that she thought school was a lot more strict because we went to the same schools and I expected us to have similar experiences. After viewing my classmates videos I wish that I added more about my family that I took out because I was thinking I needed only information about reading and writing but it gives more life to your project and avoids awkward cuts. Also maybe some more questions about literacy.