Helping 2013

Date: Apr. 18, 2012
Interviewee: Nick Gonzalez

1. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
a) Something in aerospace engineering or automotive engineering, because he likes math and is good at seeing how objects manipulate each other and how the manipulation can be used. 
b) He gets bad grades in math so I told him to get his grades up and to make sure that he wouldn't mind looking up articles and reading books about engineering and math concepts. 


2.  What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?
a) He's close to his friend's brother-in-law and he can hook him up with service learning. The details were already discussed. 
b) I told him to find a back up, just in case, which he already has, and to make sure that his service learning can give him access to future interviews.


3. What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?
a) He said he wants to see how everyone presents and how the powerpoint template looks so that he knows how to to do one next year. 
b) I told him to take note of the research the presenter cites, how they got their data, and how much research they did. 


4. What questions do they have about senior project?  What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project?  Be specific and note what you told them
a) He wanted to know how much research and do you get to do research in class.
b) I told him that he gets to research in class and that we needed 70 articles by a certain date. I also advised to do research before the year starts to get ahead and do more than the mandatory research checks. 

Fourth Interview Questions

1. How did you get started?
2. Why is having a unique style important in a pro boxing career?
3. What sort of style will entertain the audience the best?
4. How do you know which style matches you?
5. How can you develop a style if you don't have one?
6. Has fighting style changed at all in the last 50 years? Why or why not?
7. How does amateur fights and pro fights differ?
8. Which requires more skill and discipline?
9. Can anyone just become a pro fighter? Why or why not?
10. How dedicated would someone have to be to make it into professional boxing?
11. What kind of physical training must be done?
12. What type of mentality must you have to make it in professional boxing?
13. How often should one physically train?
14. Why do you think people come to watch boxing?
15. Should someone choose boxing as a career?
16. How can a boxer cater to what the audience wants?
17. What are some of the greatest boxers you know?
18. Would location of the fight matter when trying to get famous?
19. How often should a boxer fight until he starts attracting attention?
20. What is the best way for a boxer to be remembered by future generations of boxers?

Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way for boxers to be remembered by future generations of fighters?
2. Who influenced you to follow a career in boxing?
3. Who's your favorite boxer of all time? Why?
4. What was something specific that he did that you admired?
5. What are some of the things to remember that are important when fighting?
6. Who are the boxers that you consider are good examples? Why?
7. What are the traits a boxer should have?
8. Is it important for a professional boxer to showcase themselves and try to impress the crowd?
9. What is the best way for a boxer to showcase them self?
10. Is the manager as important as the trainer when it comes to a professional career?

Interview Check

1. I'm will be interviewing a past student of my trainer. He first learned boxing from his grandfather that was a boxer in the 1920s, then he came here and learned boxing from my current trainer. Now he owns a gym and teaches boxing. His kids are also learning boxing and are training to get into the Olympics. I want to interview him because I think it would be interesting to talk to someone that learned boxing in a nontraditional way and used it to make living.
2. Additional questions 

• How did you gain an interest in boxing?
• Who did you admire when you were boxing?
• Where did you go to learn more about boxing?
• What did you read, watch, or listen to learn more about boxing?
• Would you recommend boxing as a possible career choice? Why or why not?