English Composition: Interview with Daniel: Sabastian Stevens

English Composition: Interview with Daniel

Sabastian Stevens

I recently took the time to sit down with and find out a little bit about Dan and exactly what runs through his mind. He seemed like an energetic and quirky person right off the bat and so I was interested to see the results of this casual and somewhat nerve-wracking interview. I immediately started by inquiring about his preferred writing mediums. He responded by saying that he liked writing letters to friends, a rare trait in today’s technology run world. He also occasionally does gmail, writes incident reports at work and occasionally creates to-do lists when he feels his memory won’t do the job.

I followed up by asking him about his previous experiences with English teachers. After all, a fun teacher can make almost any topic engaging and makes college life seem more than just meeting the requirements for a degree! He said that his experiences were rather black and white, with a few teachers being great while the others were mediocre or plain bad. He does not have any experience with this class, but he has done peer reviews before and knows what he’s doing to a certain extent. He is also proficient with computers and uses them frequently, so navigating through web sites, Microsoft Word and blogs should be no problem for him.

Dan is a freshman at Front Range and only had his first day yesterday! He has not yet walked into the campus library, much less familiarized himself with it. His goal in English is simply to pass and improve upon some of his weaker points in the world of writing. He feels like he can’t expand upon arguments that he makes very well and has a tough time concluding an essay. He does, however, like to read large, classic books such as harry potter and super hero comic books, so I’m sure he’s an excellent story writer!

All in all, I feel like even though Dan is just a freshman, he has a good amount of natural talent and should be able to make up for his shortcomings. Experience with writing letters should also help him with class writing assignments and creating good rough drafts of his work. His excellence with basic computer skills should also help him excel in blogging and word processing. Above all else though, he’s a fun person to talk to about comic books and computers, all while coming along with a good personality.