7-1-interviewtranscript-Barbara

Barbara (me): How old are you currently? Joanna: Right now I'm... 14. Barbara: What grade are you in? Joanna: Ninth grade a Freshman. In the High School Academy of American Studies in Queens New York. Barbara: So what are your plans for the future? Who do you want to be when you grow up? Joanna: Well I've always planned to go to Columbia here in New York and them from their I want to become a Pediatrician for children. That's my dream job. Barbara: Why do you want to be a Pediatrician? Joanna: Well I've always enjoyed Biology and Human Anatomy. This job would allow me to explore and practice these subjects. Also I don't like to cut people open and this job doesn't force me too that. Barbara: How much do yo.. Joanna: Ow ya and I like money. This job would give me a lot of that. Barbara: OK How much do you think your dream job would annually make a year? Joanna: I don't know a lot. Barbara: Can you give me an estimate to about how much? Joanna: Um.. maybe $800,00 to $100,000,000 annually. Barbara: Do you want to know how on average your "dream job" really makes? Joanna: Sure. Barbara: Pediatricians average between $60000 and $400000 Joanna: Wow, that less then I thought. Barbara: A lot less. Your estimates were about twice as much as the actual costs. Joanna: Wow, and money was one of the main reasons I liked this job. Barbara: Why do you think your estimates were so off? Joanna: Well I think that they were so off because I always thought that doctors made a lot of money but I never knew how much. Barbara: Do you have any other jobs in mind or ids that all you want to be? Joanna: Not really, that’s all I've really wanted to be ever been. Barbara: Thank you for your time. Joanna: No thank you this has been very enlightening.

Interview number two was with my younger sister. Anna who is 8 going on 9 IN Third grade.

Barbara: How old are you right now? Anna: Right now I am almost nine. Barbara: What grade are you in? Anna: I'm in third grade. In Our World Neighborhood Charter School in Astoria Queens. Barbara: So what do you want to be when you grow up? Anna: I want to be a vet, a ballerina, or a lawyer. Barbara: Why do you want to be these things? Anna: Well I want to be a vet because I think animals are cute and cuddly and fury and make lots of money. I want to be a ballerina (even though I have never done dancing) because I think dancers are pretty and it looks as if they are having fun when they dance. And I would like to be a lawyer because my friends dad is a lawyer and he has a BIG house, 3 cars and lots of money. Barbara: How much do you think a vet makes? Anna: Um.... 100,000,000$ a year. Barbara: Do you want to know how much a vet actually makes? Anna: Why not? Barbara: Well a vet makes Average Annual Salary. $85100. Anna: Ow Barbara: That's a big difference between what you thought. Anna: Ya Barbara: Do you still want to be a vet after what you found out? Anna: Not really. Barbara: So you only wanted to be a vet because you thought they made a lot of money? Anna: Pretty much. That was the idea. Barbara: OK thank you Anna. Anna: Your welcome. Bye.