Elderly Person and Some Reminiscing with Them Interview

Assignment#5 Interview Paper

Memories are very important. Interview an elderly person and do some reminiscing with them. Write at least a two-page summary of what you learned from this individual through this process. Possible questions you may want to ask:

1. Tell me your full name and when and where you were born.
2. Do you know why you were given that name?
3. Tell me about your parents and grandparents.
4. What about your brothers and sisters?
5. What happened to them?
6. What was your home like growing up?
7. Did you have a nickname growing up?
8. Tell me about your friends.
9. What was the first trip you took?
10. What was your first car?
11. What was your favorite subject in school/high school/college?
12. Were you ever in the service?
13. What did you do in the service?
14. What was your first job?
15. What was your favorite job?
16. When you were my age, what were you doing?
17. What’s your earliest memory?
18. What kind of music did you like?
19. How did you and your spouse meet?
20. How did you know you were in love?
21. What was your first date?
22. What did you find challenging during the first years of your marriage?
23. What was your secret for staying together?
24. What were your children like when they were little? When they were my age?
25. What were holidays like when you were young?