Interview with a native of North Carolina
Locate a person who has lived in your state (North Carolina) his/her whole life or at least 90% of their life. Ask the person's permission to use his or her name and quotations in the paper, and ask the individual how to correctly spell their name. Prepare your questions ahead of time and craft them well. Find out about the person's experience with tourists and/or transplants. Write an essay of 250-500 words about the experience. Do not write it as a verbatim account of the interview. Use quotes as needed, but write the paper as an essay. Where did you meet the person? How long have they lived here? What did you learn? Was this person's attitude typical? How, specifically, did the person native to your state treat the tourist? Reflect on how much this experience stretched your comfort zone and how this observation could affect your intercultural communication. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines. An abstract is not required.
Interview with a Native of North Carolina
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Interview with a Native of North Carolina
For this paper, Andrew Thompson, a resident of South Carolina was interviewed about his perception of tourists and transplants in his neighborhood.
Asked about his perception of tourists in Southern Carolina, he replies “Tourists are great. Tourists are an important part of the local economy because many local industries depend on their presence to survive. Therefore, I like their contributions to our economic stability. They also tell interesting stories and some of them are friendly and mix with the local freely. However, there are individuals who ask too many questions and require a lot of patience. Despite their presence, I like tourists because sometimes meeting them is an experience and they add economic benefits.”
On his perception of transplants in the region, he states, “Initially, the differences between them and the natives are amusing and engaging. For example, back in middle school, we used to enjoy listening to a Texan trans...