The interview with my mom went great. It was actually a lot better than I initially hoped it'd be. That's because the interview subject turned out to be completely different than what I planned. My interview turned out to be about discovering the story of someone who had to fight their way out of alcoholism and drug addiction to find a new life for herself elsewhere. This all came from a burning desire to grow up.
Pretty good subject, huh?
I think it's great and I'm really excited to finish my paper on it. But I'd like you to know what I was initially looking for as the interviewer. My initial topic was to find out from someone's personal account of such things, the true effect of the political, social, and cultural movements of the 1960s, mostly pertaining to hippies.
I took a class on the subject my senior year, and I loved it. It was just all so interesting. And it wasn't some dope talking about how sweet following The Dead was. I saw the dark side of the glamorized sixties. I think most people are reluctant to recall the obvious yet somehow neglected events of the civil rights movement and the nixon years. No one wants to talk about social turmoil, political corruption, or, god forbid, mistakes at war. Everyone wants to talk about Woodstock.
I was hoping that that's what I would get from my mom's experiences, but I got something else. Personally, I enjoyed that "something else". I've posted about my mom story before, and whoever reads that can see what an awesome interview that might have been. I didn't get what I initially wanted, but i think I got something better.
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