casey's (not the gas station)

The first person I interviewed was a student working at the front desk at the HYPR building on Campus. Her name was Monica Olson and she seemed to be hard at work on some assignment.

I initially approached her because I saw a Post-It note on her laptop. Upon further examination, it ended up just being words and not a picture. But luckily she happily made a drawing for me once I explained my assignment to her.

When I asked her what inspired her to draw a flower, she responded with,

“I guess I’m just trying to blossom into a nice flower like that”

I also asked her if it was a creative decision to draw it upside down. To that, she said,

“Well, it must be because my life is just upside down”

In response, I asked her how long she was on her shift. She had been working for about an hour and a half, so I suppose she just seemed to be mentally done with her shift.

My next target was another student I found in the HYPR, this time in my track coach’s office. I asked Rod Smith if he had an academic success story that he could tell, and he was happy to oblige. He told me about his struggle with academic success last year, and how this year he feels like he is on top of things.

Rod explained that he had a rough patch after December because his basketball coach wasn’t on him anymore about his grades. Being a business administration major, Rod took some challenging courses like Accounting and Principles of Management. He explained,

“I had some slight depression and no motivation to go to class or really do anything at all”

Despite the struggle last semester, Rod recovered eventually and said,

“Track helped me get back on track, no pun intended”

He explained that Coach Wallace, the head track coach, helped encourage him to get his grades up and stay motivated for class. Rod also mentions that the fear of not returning next year also pushed him to work harder at academic success.

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