Intercultural Interview Research Paper

The adolescent that was interviewed for this paper, Cassie Menendez, is a seventeen year-old junior in high school. She comes from a middle-class family with a mother who is 48 years old and works as a nurse on a trauma floor in an upper state New York hospital and a father who is 52 and works as a dairy farmer. Cassie is also the youngest out of three children. She has a brother, Daniel who is currently 22 and getting his masters in history and a sister who is 20 and is working towards a degree in human resources. Throughout the interview it was made obvious that Cassie is a bright girl, due to her currently being in second place for being valedictorian of her high school class along with belonging to many sports, organizations and multiple friendships. Although Cassie is not quite sure where she wants to go in the future, in terms of college and what she wants to focus on while enrolled in college, she seems to be enjoying her busy schedule and last few years of high school. Throughout the chapter, “self-concept, identity, ethnicity and gender”, Erik Erickson describes the importance of finding ones true identity as they grow into a young adult (Dolgin 2011). He lists seven steps that help show if
She works incredibly hard and has seemed to enjoy her years in high school. I believe she has been successful in all of Erikson’s stages and I think that is mainly because of all that she does in school and that has helped her greatly in terms of friendships and work ethic along with having a mainly positive relationship with her parents and siblings. I believe that she has focused on truly exploring the best that she can with what her school has offered her and that she will continue to explore her options and self once enrolled in college. I have nothing but high hopes for her and can see her completing Marcia’s steps as well, once she truly makes a commitment her heart is joyous