Let me start with the most difficult first! When we started talking about the Oral History assignment, I immediately thought of this story, but I didn't know how he would feel about me discussing his personal story with my classmates and posting the information on a blog. The worse part was probably getting the nerve to ask him, and then the first interview for sure! We have talked about his life growing up before privately of course, so I pretty much knew what to expect, but I didn't want to seem to invasive during the interviews. He seemed to have no trouble answering the questions though thank God. The most rewarding aspect for me was sticking to my initial thought of doing his story, because I sometimes I think of something interesting to write about, but then I say, I'm not going to do that because, yadda, yadda...that's too much work to do it right! LOL! I also found the experience very rewarding, because I felt like during our interviews him and I were drawn even closer. How I managed through the good times and bad, well like I said, I just stuck with it and hoped for the best. Everything I asked of him, I made sure to tell him, "you don't have to answer that if you don't want to", which made it easier for me. I didn't want him to feel like I was putting him on the spot.
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