Introduction
For our Oral History project, our primary research question is: Is it possible for Rowan University students to eat healthy? We decided to start our research by interviewing a man named Scott Smith. Scott Smith is the head manager for Sodexo at Manor Care in Washington Township, New Jersey. He prepares all the meals for the patients at Manor Care. We chose to interview Scott Smith because Sodexo, the company he works for, is the same company that supplies Rowan students their meals. We met with Scott Smith at Manor Care in Washington Township during his break. We held the interview in a conference room, and we were very pleased with the information that we received. Before the interview our goal was to find out as much about the food that Sodexo provides and if any of the foods were organic. We wanted our interviewee to be as open as possible, and tell us the truth about the food. Our interview went the way that we had hoped, and we got answers to all of our questions, along with other information that he provided us with. We were all very happy with the success of our interview.
Afterword
As stated earlier, we were very pleased with the way that Scott Smith answered the questions during our interview with him. At the end of the interview, he told us that if we needed anything else he would be more than happy to help. We have not spoken again with Scott Smith, but we will keep his name in the back of our minds for future reference. When my partners and I first learned about this assignment, we decided it would be best if we didn’t work together at first. We decided on this because we wanted everyone’s individual input, and I really think that helped us. For example, we each came up with ten interview questions and there were a lot of different questions that we came up with. I believe this helped us expand on our research/interview questions. However, now that the interview is complete we have decided to collaborate for the rest of the research project. We plan on each of us doing separate research, but after we have found our sources we will work together to make one research project. We look forward to working with one another, and hope that our collaborative research project is successful.