What I learned by conducting an informal interview.

I asked a fellow classmate a series of random questions chosen from a list in our training binders; here is what I learned about someone who was a total stranger to me, until this day: Smiling through much of the interview, she stated that she doesn’t feel that she has a specific accent and doesn’t believe she could fake one. If she had to live under the sea, she would love to be an otter. She believes that the greatest invention in the world is the microwave oven , for “If not for the microwave, I would have starved by now.” Her favorite time of year is Christmas because it is four days from her birthday and it is the one time of year she goes to visit her family who lives far away. She is very close with her family. She would prefer not to bungee jump, however, she would bungee jump before she would ever go skydiving. She is named after a Barry Manilow song that her mother really loved, and she has the middle name of her grandmother. The movie “The Killing Fields” was difficult to watch and made her cry. She loves to learn, and has a deep passion for the library she represents and its history, the work that she performs, and for the community that she serves.