Thundered

Interviews

What is that you see? Barbara Walters? Oprah Winfrey? Montel Williams? No, it’s Alex Qin! I was assigned an English project which involved interviewing someone somehow related to the topic that we were to choose. The topic I’ve chosen is global warming, and I decided to interview an ecology/environmental science professor at the local community college. Using my outstanding interviewing skills, I made him answer my questions, thus collecting more information for my project.

After school on Monday, I had to rush back home, get all my materials, and head out the door to drive to the college. It took about twenty minutes to get there, and we still had to find a place to park, and we still had to find the place where I was supposed to meet with the professor! Let me tell you, college campuses are really hard to navigate.

“Alex, ask for directions!”
“No, I can find it!”
“Okay fine. Find it then.”
*five minutes later*
“Mom, I think we’re lost.”
“AIYAH!”

So, after that, my mom spent ten minutes lecturing me on asking for directions. In the end, we had to ask for directions… In my defense, the building I was supposed to meet in was a new building, so all the maps on campus didn’t have it yet. I was being mislead!

“MOM, WHERE IS THE DUDE?!”
“Don’t worry, he’ll show.”
“EMIGAWD. IT’S 4:05, HE’S LATE!”
“He’s a college professor, he has the right to be late.”
“WHAT IF HE FORGOT? EMIGAWD. I’M DEAD.”

And then he showed up! I think he overheard my panic attack as he was coming around the corner. The interview went pretty well. I tried to give him the “intense” stare that you see journalists using on their subjects, and I think he took it as a menacing stare instead, because he didn’t look me in the eye. I felt like I was interviewing Santa Claus because he just seemed so… jolly. Overall, I think I came off as a professional-sounding middle school student, who just happens to have menacing eyes.

I think I might have to change my name to Alex Winfrey, because I swear, my interviewing skills are at the same level as Oprah’s. Have you ever had to interview anyone before? If so, how did it go?