my first interview.

My first interview with Jeanna

1-prepartion .

Description of preparations:

We have written an objective in the class before I did the interview. This objective answered the questions (why, with whom, and how) referring the interview with our classmates. We also wrote ten questions together as a class. However,  I added five more questions of my own. So the total questions are 15.

How did I approach people?

I have been here is St.cloud for 2 years. So I get know some people from different countries.  However, I was talking with one of my friend, her name is Jeanna. she is from united states and I was telling her about my project. Jeanna is very respectful and helpful parson. We set up a meeting to do the interview. On Sunday , October 19th jeanna and I met in the library and we did the interview.

How did I conduct the interview?

I conducted the interview as I mention on Sunday, October 19th at St.cloud library. We enjoyed some coffee and small talk. I was expanding to her why do I interview her. I gave her some basic information about my course, which is English 191. The big challenge was when I asked her to record the interview. She was a little nervous and she asked me if we can do the interview with out recording. I was giving her more information about my project. I was telling her that I have to record the interview and then I have to transcript it. Jeanna allowed me to record.  However, I took out my phone and we started the interview.

Who did I interview?

Jeanna is student at St.cloud state university and her major is nursing. Jeanna is from United States. Jeanna has many reasons to choose St.cloud state university. I will mention some of reasons why did Jeanna going to St.cloud state university. According to Jeanna the main reasons for her to choose St.cloud state university is because it so close from her hometown which is Foley.

2- report interview

Description of the interview:

I made sure to have good posture, so she would know I am interested in what she has to say and am also respectful.  I also made sure I let her talk for as long as she wanted about a topic.  Sometimes, I would ignore my question list for a little bit if we were becoming engaged in conversation from a previous question.  The interview went very well because she was very open and willing to talk about both her personal experiences in United States and more of a generalized description of what she knew about United States.  There were no topics that made her uncomfortable and not want to discuss. So the interview went very good for both of us and I was able to learn more Jeanna and the United States. During the interview I was not surprised because I been Knew Jeanna for a while.

3- country report

United states of America is located in North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico. The natural resources are coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber

Note: the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion short tons accounting for 27% of the world's total. The religion in united states of America is, Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)

All these information is according to website: 

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

Interview transcription of my interview with Jeanna:

1- How do you communicate with each other in your home country?

The main way that I communicate with people is from my phone through either texting or calling each other.

2- What is the clothing style for men and women?

The style is very informal and depending on the season. During the hotter season’s men and women wear shorts and a shirt and during the colder season’s usually just a pair of pants and a shirt for both male and female.

3- How are women and men treated differently?

I think that women and men are beginning to be treated more and more equal as time goes by. However men are still supposed to be the provider and the stronger person while women are looked at as caretakers and more inferior.

4- How has your experience here helped you interpret and respect cultural differences?

Coming from a small town I was never introduced to any other cultures. Coming to SCSU and meeting new people has introduced me to others cultures and the differences between the U.S. and other countries. No matter who I meet I always respect where they come from and their own way of living. It gets me more interested in visiting the world and learning more.

5- Do you enjoy speaking with other exchange students?

I love it! It’s very exciting to learn new things from them and for them to learn new things from me as well.

6- How long have you been in the United States?

I have lived in the U.S. my whole life.

7- Have you been able to visit any other parts of the United States?

I have visited other states such as Arizona, California, Wisconsin, New York, etc.

8- What are your home country’s major religions?

Christianity

9- What influenced you to come to the United States? Especially, Saint Cloud State?

I have always lived in Minnesota and the reason for Saint Cloud State is because it is close to my hometown and also it has a good program for Nursing. I also wanted to be close to my friends and because I am familiar with the area.

10- Do you have any questions for me? I have asked so many of you!?

Yes.

        

a)    What is your favorite thing about coming to the U.S.?

               

         Learning about so many different cultures because the U.S. receives a lot of different people with different nationalities and backgrounds. Also, the U.S. has a lot of great things such as having one of the best education systems in the whole world.

   b) What is the biggest difference that you notice from your country and this country?

        Saudi Arabia is very different that the U.S. One big difference is the laws of almost everything. Saudi Arabia’s laws are based on its religion, which is Islam. Another point of the big difference in the laws between both countries is transportation laws.

The score

Who get the highest score?

1-      Valerie, Matton

2-      Fan Yu

3-      Sainju, Jasmine

4-      Ail Alshaikhamed

 

the Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student:

Mahmoud aboaljadaiel,

Ali Mosa

Yipeng Liu

We group chose this a good paper of the Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student:

Did you ever want to know how people from different cultural backgrounds shape their beliefs, values, and personalities? The benefit of meet an international students and talk to them. First, you allow yourself to learn more about other’s culture. You can see what the difference between your culture and other’s culture. Make friends from all over countries, religion and culture. Get experiences from other’s people and deal with people from different country. That also will allow you to think carefully about other’s religion and culture. In addition more known to your life experience. Different countries have different belief systems that are based on their own cultures. In order to highlight these differences, I would like to write about challenges and benefits of international student’s daily lives. My microsystem as a child greatly influenced the personality, values, and beliefs that I have today, but if I had grown up in the microsystem of international students my values and beliefs would likely be very different. That is to say when we want to learn a second language we not only have to makes sense of words and grammar but also to understand the deeper meaning; slang like that the professor heard when he first came to America makes that especially hard.I think an international student doesn’t lose our language identity and culture when international students study aboard. The difficulty of learning a second language is also caused by the language rules, combining that all, learning a second language is the enculturation; we might change boundary fits to adjust to cultures, and this is included in language.

International students and I come from different cultures, so we had very different childhood microsystems. We discussed how to challenges different cultural principles work in family, classroom, and traditions with other countries people. Every country is completely different culture models. The biggest cultural differences between the two countries are especially evident when analyzing the family, classroom, tradition. Power distance is a concept from intercultural communications that highlights these differences. I discuss this topic with international for a long time. I really learned a lot of information about different countries’ culture of power distance and culture background. I think it is good for the families to treat children equally. However, it also depends on the cultural background and society. Language and culture is very important in the world; and I will continue to learn a lot about language from people of other cultures. In this way, I can have a good time when communicating with people and make a lot of friends. I think that cultural communication plays an important role in my life. For this essay, I can learn more skills about how to learn a second language, and give many ideas on how to communicate better with people from different cultural backgrounds.

my goals and the interview qusetions

My goals for this interview is to see, how people from different counties think, learning about others’ lives, listen to different ways of thinking. In this process, I expect to learn about others’ religion details, see how they are different from my personal views, if they like their counties, religion etc. I hope my interviewee will describe her/his culture, tell me if they are in agreement with their background, or not, what the the relationship between religion and culture in their daily life is like.  It would also interest me, what food recommendations in their culture or religion they could make or eat, their future view about their countries or culture, holydays and leisure time. Lastly the relationships between members of family, system of the services in their country such as school system, health care, and business would be interesting to me.

What I will ask my interviewee…..!

1.      Name of the person….?

2.      Where he or she from…?

3.      What is his or her religion….?

4.      What is his or her hometown…..?

5.      Why he or she practicing religion and some details about ….?

6.      Tell me something unique about your religion, culture and country….?

7.      If he or she proud of his or her religion, country and why……..?

8.      What are most things that you miss about your country……?

9.      Why did you choose United States to study in it and what is the difference between United States and your country…?

10.  How many languages did you speak…?

Personal Finance 

            This text is perfect for both individual and business use despite the name personal finance. The book covers topics such as income, investment, retirement, and stock options among others, which are of interest to individuals and companies. The text is simple to understand because it begins by defining what income is to an individual as well as a business, and it uses straightforward language. The author explains the objectives of each topic clearly. This means that businesses may compare their objectives with those of the topics covered in the text to determine whether they match. The book, therefore, saves time for the reader.

            The most fascinating issue about this text is that it covers almost everything about finance. The book starts by defining income and determining its sources. The author goes ahead to explain readers how to spend, save, and invest finances wisely.  This arrangement is efficient, especially for a person who is reading all the topics. The author draws the attention of the reader with the language in the book, for example, there is a topic known as, “shopping for money" (Wolf 144). If you never knew how to shop for money, and you want to discover how, purchase personal finance by Harold. I recommend the text to startups and individuals who would like to manage their finances efficiently.

Real Estate Finance 

            This is a text that mainly concentrates on real estate management. Individuals and companies interested in owning real estate may read the book because it covers everything about the field. The areas that the book covers include real estate contracts, saving for land, and techniques of owning property. The authors explain technical concepts by giving their dictionary and legal meanings (Hoagland and Stone 20). Henry and Leo explain the legal meaning of the terms; this is because real estate involves contracts that are connected with the law.

            The contents of the book indicate that the text is preferable to readers who are familiar with investment in real estate. A person who does not understand the law or have a concept of this field may find difficulties understanding the text. The authors have confined themselves to the real estate field only while they have neglected other investment techniques. Readers who have interests in other techniques of investments such as stock options, forwards, futures, and other may not find any help in the book. Real estate dealers should read the book because it covers every section of the field in details.

The Wealth of Nations 

            Jack Ravell writes the book, mainly for government use in the United Kingdom. This is because the text deals with national accounting, which mainly concentrates on the state balance sheet. The text explains the various sources of national income and their valuation. The author also highlights methods of valuing liabilities so that government may choose the technique that fits their states. Jack also differentiates the accounting methods used in the United Kingdom from those of America. The content of the book, and the technicality of the issue discussed indicate that the text is useful to students studying national income and state economists and accountants. The text may not be useful to an individual who wants to learn how to create and maintain wealth. Businesses may find the book useful when they want to determine methods of valuing assets and liabilities.

 online sources

http://mruniversity.com/courses/great-economists-classical-economics-and-its-forerunners?gclid=CLH6yYnChboCFeU5QgodXD0AUQ 

http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/4807/The-Millionaire-Next-Door-Summary.html

Five of classmates review

Five of classmates review

Abdulaziz Aldawihis

Abdulaziz Aldawihis chose the cultural life of everyday conversation by S.I.Salamensky. He chose the book because he wants to know about different culture. The book printed in New York and London and published in 2001.

MaryJean Hemp

MaryJean Hemp chose Emotion and Imagination by Adam Morton. MaryJean chose this book because she is interested in psychology and the human mind. "Emotion and Imagination" was published in the United States and the United Kingdom in 2013.

Mohammed Alamer

Mohammed Alamer chose West Africa Today by Nancy L. Hoeple. Mohammed chose this book because he wants to learn more about West Africa culture. West Africa Today was printed in the United States of America in 1971

Mohammed Asiri 

Mohammed Asiri chose In Our Village by Barbara Cervone. Mohammed chose this book because he did a research about African American culture and wanted more information about the subject. In Our Village was printed in Hong Kong in 2006

 

 

the wealth of the nation

i decided to choose the book because its one of the most famous books in the world. the book has one author and two editors, the author is Jack Revell and the editors are Graham Hockley and John Moyle. the title of the book is The Wealth of The Nation. it was printed in great britain at the inversely press, aberdeen. the book was published by the syndics of the cambridge university press 1967 and the is the second edition.

the book is about conceptual framework, structure of the national balance sheet, the estate duty method, mortality and wealth, personal wealth, non-financial companies, and the public sector. the book falls into five parts. the first deals with the conceptual and statistical problems of compiling national balance. the second part examines in considerable detail the estate duty method. the third part describes the compilation of the sub-sector balance sheet for the reminders of the economy. the fourth part deals  with the estimation for the value of physical assets. finally, the fifth part is concerned with decor holdings of financial claims, and details a number of checks on the accuracy if the estimates for financial claims and the national balance sheet as a whole.

(Revell, Jack, Graham C. Hockley, and John Moyle. The Wealth of the Nation: The National Balance Sheet of the United Kingdom, 1957-1961,. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 1967. Print.)