This process was fairly simple; beyond a few sentences that had been started over, my mom has explained the Gold Award and other opportunities for adults to countless people, so her explanation was clean and concise. Thus, the raw interview only needed a little bit of tweaking for the final project. I noticed I could have done better at asking her to tell me about the topics, but my questions were still open-ended. I hope to bring more attention to older Girl Scouting, because when I tell people I'm still a Girl Scout, I get two responses: first, that they didn't realize Girl Scouts kept going, and second, that they wish they had stayed in for the college application. Often people are much more familiar with the Boy Scout concept of Eagle Scout (which I'll point out, is easier to get than the Gold Award) and I wish to bring more equal representation.
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Interviewing practice wasn't all that difficult. For me, the hardest part was rephrasing the "questions." I'm pretty good at asking open-ended questions, but it's harder to get rid of "Can you tell me about this?" I also had several options as to who I wanted to interview. I ended up going with my mother because she was mostly accessible and most people don't know that Girl Scouting continues past selling cookies. She's an expert because she's been doing Girl Scouts for fourteen years, serving as cookie parent, troop leader, and district chair, as well as attending the past two national conventions. It was kind of difficult to find a suitable location, because the office where she does most of her work is not all that organized, so I had her wear her uniform rather and film in a location more suitable in regards to light and space.
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