Roya's Interview

QUESTIONS:
1) What five words would you use to describe the average 21st Century human being?
2) What would you consider the most important value that has emerged in your lifetime?
3) Do you feel that humans of the 21st Century value individualism or conforming to a group?

INVERVIEEWS:
History teacher, locker buddy, neighbor
What I found most interesting in my interview was that all three of my interviewees used both the words "consumer" and something along the lines of "advanced" to describe the average 21st Century human being. As the interviews progressed, my subjects developed their answers, and explained their reasoning for these descriptions; we are always looking for the next best thing, even when we don't really need them. Because of the range of age and profession, my interviewees values were rather diverse. My history teacher values his freedom in America, my neighbor, who by the way is 92 years old, values land, and my friend values friendship. But their reasoning for their values were all somewhat the same; their values served as an outlet in life. My friend uses her friends to vent to, my neighbor labeled gardening as his favorite pasttime, and my teacher explained freedom as a necessity to voice your opinions and make a difference. My friend and teacher were more able than my neighbor to answer the third question, probably because they are more interactive with society. These two decribed individualism as a virtue and something we strive for, but because they are in a high school, they believe that humans are defined by a certain group. Basically, they both believe that we value individualism but we don't execute such values. All in all, the interviews ran smoothly, and at times the answers shared similarities and differences.