Three generation project

Since, my mother and I are also Russian sermon emigrants our mammary glands found each other fairly quickly through mutual side rouses in the local church. We are sharing a very kind relationship between our families spending holidays, birthdays and other happy occasions together. My first impression of my subject was that he was extremely shy and unsocial however, after the desire-wash between us was broken, he opened up to me and we circumstancesd a lot of interesting conversations.Needless to say, I am approaching this interview from a aslope point of view since I know and equal this young man. However, I will try my best to remain objective and critical for the sake of this report. To comport this interview, I contacted my subject and imploreed him to meet me at my house. To be all honest, I had my doubts regarding this interview because I had to be extremely cautious not to make him liveliness uncomfortable with my questions however, I feel that my goal of getting to know him a little more than personally and be able to understand his age free radical was reached.INTERVIEW SUMMERY My subject arrived to our meeting as scheduled, and even surprised me with homemade chocolate cookies. I started our interview by asking him to tell me ab fall out himself his interests, hobbies and and so on Basketball turned out to be his favorite sports activity, which he often shares with his friends. Even though he mentioned suffering from asthma he verbalize that it never stopped him from being active. I asked him well-nigh his childhood, and what kind of memories he had from that period of time.He briefly talked about him growing up overseas and his cultural background apprisal me about how his life experience, in two different nationalities, had shaped his identity. He remembers his childhood as being as if it was a black and white picture, meaning he didnt encounter much colorful memories due to their poverty I assumed. As far as adjusting in the Unite d States, my subject said that it wasnt as hard for him as t was for his mother who had to take care of them both.As we moved along through the interview, I felt comfortable enough to ask him more personal questions about his romantic and sexual experience. I asked him to discuss about how puberty affected/or still effecting him, and what emotional or animal(prenominal) changes he went through during those years. I found out that my subject has had sexual intercourse with a girl from his civilize but they did not continue to break off their relationship. In regard to the physical changes with his body, my subject didnt elaborate too much but mentioned becoming more masculine.As dowry of the emotional changes during puberty, my subject said he feels that his parents dont understand him and he prefers not share his though or ideas with them to avoid all conflict. DISCUSSION Since I do know this adolescent and familiar with his background, history, and his growing up to this poin t of his life, I feel that there are several primary(prenominal) points that must be mentioned. As I brought up earlier, my subject grew up in Russia, raised by his mother and grandmother.His biological father was never around to represent the male role or father figure in the family structure. Shortly after they moved to the States, his mother remarried to a man who become a step father to my subject. According Bellboys (2013) physical developmental milestones for adolescence, my subject appears to be mostly on track. The phase of puberty, which is de ticketd as a period of somatic and hormonal changes by which children become sexually mature, has evidently reached its peak when looking for at my subject (238).His voice has definitely deepened (since I knew him when he had the high-pitched voice) and his motor performance is very good being that he plays basketball, and drives a car. Moreover, as the power of the text states, my subject exhibits secondary sexual characteristics, which are the label for the physical changes that accompany puberty along with a growth spurt-?a melodramatic increase in height and weight (241). Also, my subject has had sexual intercourse during his brief romantic relationship with a girl from his school which Belles notes is often an important part of adolescent development (258).In terms of my subjects cognitive and socio-emotional part of the interview and how it relates to the theory-based developmental milestones, I believe hat my subject is at an decorous developmental level. For example, given his thought process, when I asked about a certain hypothetical project and the future, my subject was able to grasp these concepts and answer concretely. Discussing his plans regarding college and his possible calling is one example of Jean Pigments theory of formal operational takeing, regarding his own life. Belles 269) Likewise, my subjects cleverness to reason about his past and tell me about his experience with relocating to a different country, shows his ability of abstractly expressing his Houghton (Belles 267-8). He shared with me stories about the difficulties his mother went through when they first got the States for example, my subject had to go with her to several Job interviews as a translator because her English wasnt very good. He said he never complained, but he definitely felt like the roles between them had changed, due to the item that was often relying on him instead of the opposite.Piglets theory on morality, which influenced and was expanded on by Lawrence Goldberg, at the autonomous morality stage, adolescents realize that intentions, not imply outcomes, should officiate as the basis for the Judgment of carriage and that it is the manner in which an adolescent reasons about a moral dilemma that determines moral maturity (Belles 271). I think my subject exhibits high moral values when he talks about his family, in particular what drawn my concern was his step father, with whom he does not share a very close relationship, but has a lot of respect for him for caring for his mom.Following Piglets formal operation theory, David Liked conducted a study where he laid that children that make the transition onto teenage years become more socially conscious- exhibiting Adolescent Egocentrics (272). I have to say that I didnt spot any sighs of that behavior in my subject in fact, he barely revealed any self-conscious thoughts regarding his looks or actions throughout the years of our friendly relationship. However, when I first met this young men, he seemed very unsocial and didnt really talk to anybody, and when he was approached by someone he showed some distress.At that point I would probably mark him as a social sensitive adolescent going through storm and stress phase (266). Although, the author in our text also describes those teens as more bright to make risky and dangerous decisions, it was not at all the case with my subject (273). Continuing with the soci o-emotional development, one of the things that was pointed out in our interview is that my subject has a difficultly expressing his thoughts to his family due to the lack of understanding from their part.According to Judith Harriers peer group colonization theory, immigrant adolescents have disagreements with their parents that may go beyond the reasonable arguing and involve fundamental differences in world views (Belles 288). This situation, in my opinion, leads toward the process of separations between him and his parents. As Belles states, As teenagers push for freedom, they are given more decision making opportunities and establish a new, more equal, adult-like relationship (287).Correspondingly to a research conducted by psychologists, Synthetically and Larson, my subject loves his family very much and enjoys spending time with them however, he clearly says that when taken as whole, prevent emotions outweigh the happy ones when living with them (286). I can defiantly relate to that idea Focusing n the social aspect of developing, a big likely pubertal problem is popularity. From the interview and from my knowledge of him, my subject has increasingly less issues with peer pressure and finding an identity. He speaks of feeling comfortable as been part of a group of his choice.Supporting this finding, Beelike notes that social standing is very important at this age because it affects tens academic/social paths, while being isolated from a fight can lead to depression (278). Consequently, my subject is a good student, and surrounds himself with a small group (known as liqueur) that shares the same academic interests as him (Belles 289). By doing that I think he is reducing the risk of getting into trouble, because Children who are not succeeding with the mainstreams kids gravitate toward unsociable groups of friends, who therefore give each other advantage for doing dangerous things( 279).In addition, as Beelike (2013) mentions, school environment ha s a great impact on adolescents development because the academic and social growth is reliant on the ability of schools to fit their programs to the adolescents state of mind (284). Thus, for y subject experience in high school, he says that the content of the material being passed on is k, but the fashion theyve been passing it is verbose. Also, he notes that his school does not have any after school program accept of tutoring. So what usually teens are doing after school is over?Mostly sitting in groups next to the school smoking and engaging in other unhealthy and unappreciated activities, he says. Interpreting the author position in this matter, one can see that the need for youth development programs for after school period of the day is essential for keeping the adolescents out of the streets where they usually get into trouble (283). Consequently, those teens might get involved in bad crowds- which usually are groups with a main goal of performing antisocial acts (Belles 29 1).Lastly, CONCLUSION In conclusion, I appreciated this project to a great extent due to its real and open minded nature. It is one thing to convey about developmental theories, but it is a unique experience to explore those theories in real life and see how they play out. Also, this project was very sound for me because it helped understand better one of my close friends whom I like very much as a person. Conducting this interview and the following report helped me gain a better understanding of where this person is coming from and what has led him to his current state of development.With that said, I personally do not think he represent the bulk of the adolescence group. Maybe Im wrong, but I think that he have always been almost too mature for his age never got into any serious troubles, treat his parents with respect as if he was an adult and dealt with very serious life changes in a calm way. Needless to say, that my teen age years were completely different. INTERVIEW QUESTI ONS (Transcript) Physical Marina Youve Do you play any sports? Subject Yes. MY Which ones? S basketball. MY In general, do you like to spend time outside? S Yes, sometimes.MY Doing what? S Playing basketball, walking around with friends. MY Do you work out, or do you just now play sports to keep in shape? S I Just play sports to keep in shape. MY Do you drive a car? S yes. MY What type of car is this? S 2011 Ionians Ultimate MY do you have any health conditions? S Yes, I have asthma MY Do take any medications currently? And do you feel that your condition is stopping you from doing stuff? S Yes, Im using alabaster. And I never thought of it as something that stops me in life. I mean, I know Im not able to run tracks but I never intended to do it either.Cognitive MY How would you say that you do in school, in general? Is it good, average or poorly? S Good, school is really leisurely for me. MY What are your favorite subjects? S I think Math is k, but I dont really have a favorite s ubject. MY How long did it take you to convey and speak English? S At first I thought I will never be able to communicate with others in English although the school material was fairly easy for me because I could read & write utter that I spoke. I think, it took me about 6-7 months to begin with I started talking to people.MY In general, how would you describe your experience of moving to the States? Was it difficult to adjust? S It was somewhat difficult, but it seems to me like a bad dream now. At first, my mom and I we didnt know anyone here and felt very nervous about everything, even going to the store was a big death. Currently, after several years have passed, we feel it is our home and this is where we belong. MY When you have a big assignment or a big project to do, how do you usually approach it? Do you depend until the last second or you rather get it done as soon as possible?S I usually Just like to do everything in order and gather all the information that I need, an d then put it all together in my project. MY would you describe yourself as clean organized in general? S Yes. MY Have thought about your future? What youre going to do right after high school and then even further from there? S Yes, I have thought about my future and in particular Im thinking about going to college. I would like to become an engineer one day. Social/Emotional MY Do you like school? S Its k I infer, I cant say I hate it. MY What would u do differently in your school?S I would probably make classes less conventional because it get pretty boring after doing that for so many years. MY Do you get along with your peers? S Mostly yes. My Do you feel popular in your school? S I think Im popular among my friends, all the others dont bother me. MY Do you have a girlfriend? S No, not right now MY So you had one before right? S Yes, I had this girl from our school MY Didnt work out? S No, we are Just different MY Do you get along with your mom and you step father? S Most of the time yes, but sometimes she will get on my nerves and she wont give up.My step dad is fine I guess, we arent very close but we dont fight either. I usually dont share with them any personal information because I know they wont understand me, I guess because they grew up in different circumstances than I did. MY Do you have any brothers or sisters? S Yes, I have a 3 year old brother. MY Do you feel different now that are not the only child in the family? S Yes, he gets all the attention from every body, but thats understandable because he is small child. MY Do you miss your grandmother? I know she is still in Russia.S Yes I do, I wish she could be here with us. I know she is struggling with money and Im planning to get a Job this summer so I can diffuse her money. MY Do you feel that your parents trust you enough to let you live your own life? Or are they worried and strict? S I guess they do trust me to a certain point, but they would ask like a million questions whenever I le ave the house or come back. We talked about me going to college and living on campus, I think they are k with that. Reference Belles, Janet. Experiencing the lifespan (3rd De. ). New York Worth (2013).