Blog 5

Blog 5:

            In Project 2, I plan to accomplish answering my critical question from a different person’s point of view.  My critical question is: what affects young adults decision making? I am going to do a profile on a person I have known for about the past 2 years of my life. I know him decently well but have never really talked about this type of stuff with him.  His name is Beau Reid and he used to play basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. I chose him because I’m currently experiencing having to make good decisions as a young adult and I want the perspective of someone who was an athlete here at the university and is pretty successful in the real world today. I want to know what he did to avoid temptations and what types of tough decisions he faced as a young adult and student athlete. He will shed light on my question because he has seen it all.  Hes probably known other athletes who had problems with decision making that held them back. He has probably had to make some tough decisions in his life to better himself for his future. The aspect of this person I will be studying are his previous life as a student athlete and a young adult, and his current life with his kids and at his work. Ive known beau for about 2 years. I know him to a certain extent.  I only know him because he started dating my moms friend.  The good thing is about him for this project is that I don’t know his job and what he does so I think that will help lead to my critical question of how his decisions may have led to a successful life/lifestyle. I got his number from my dad, called Beau, and set up a time to interview him and observe him. Im going to observe him at his work for about 30 minutes, 15 minutes or so his home life, and 15 minutes of his film to understand how good of an athlete he was.

1.     What is your name and age?

2.     What do you do for a living?

3.     What was it like playing for Nebraska as a basketball player?

4.     From when until when did you play for the Huskers?

5.     Are you still involved in the Nebraska Basketball program?

6.     What were the standards for Nebraska basketball and even Nebraska athletics during your time here?

7.     What was your coach like at the time during which you played?

8.     What were the NCAA rules and regulations like back then and the culture of the NCAA in general?

9.     What pressures did you face in high school and college in regards to partying?

10. Any other pressures? Drugs?

11. What difficulties did you or anyone you know have trouble with the consequences or punishments during your time here?

12. How did you make decisions when you were faced in front of certain temptations?

13. What were the Nebraska Basketball team rules when you were here?

14. What were the rules like for other departments such as football?

15. What was the toughest decision you had to make as a student athlete here at Nebraska?

16. What was the toughest decision you had to make as a young adult in high school?

For this interview, I will be recording with an app I have on my computer. I bought it yesterday for $0.99 on the appstore and it is called lecture recorder.  I tested it yesterday and it works great.