Interview Of A Senior Citizen

I interviewed a senior citizen named Al. Al is 66 years old and was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was raised with three other siblings, a brother and two sisters. Al attended school for 15 years, completing grade school and high school, followed by two years at Night College. His occupations over the years have ranged from an apprentice machinist to a model maker, and currently is a planner/scheduler at Astra Zeneca. He is currently married and has three children. Al is currently not a member in and organizations.
Al’s childhood was quite basic and is similar to most childhoods today. He grew up in a moderate income neighborhood in a small but suitable home for his family. His family would celebrate all the traditional holidays such as birthdays, Christmas, Easter, thanksgiving, and Halloween. As a child Al would play baseball, football, and other sports with the neighborhood kids as well as run track at school. He had no real extraordinary responsibilities, just simple chores around the house divided between his siblings.
All of his schooling took place in Delaware and he feels that school then was very similar to school now. As for discipline, Al said that if you misbehaved growing up that physical dis

He believes that women should have equal rights. He stated, “If they earn it they deserve it.” Al does not attend any senior centers because he feels he is not yet a senior and is happy with his life now. The best time in his life is the present. He has never been happier in his life and enjoys life to the fullest now. As for the worst time, Al said the worst time in his life was between the ages of 6 and 14 but did not go into detail why. He considers the space flights to be the greatest technical achievements of his life time.

I feel that this interview has been quite educational. Not only has it brought me closer to my interviewee, but it helped me realize how much the world changes, both technically and in a fashion/lifestyle way. This project gives individuals a better understanding on life and the value of our elders. It also helps me realize how hard people worked so that we can have the life that we do today. I know now what life is going to be like when I am older and I hope I will have the same opportunity and be able to be interviewed on my life when I am a senior citizen.

In addition to all of the questions asked during the interview, I asked Al a couple other questions that I felt would be interesting. Al has visited several different islands in the Caribbean and is planning a trip to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. His first job as an apprentice machinist, Al made $1.80 an hour and worked eight hours a day. I also asked him what he thought was the most impressionable event in his life and what the most impressionable natural disaster was. He explained that the terrorist attacks on September 11th were the most hor