Kameron reported that he was reluctant in talking about his feelings in general and he finds it especially difficult to open up. He shared that even the most skilled staff in the home know his feelings. He identified that there was one member of didn’t staff that would recognise his mood and ask him- he said that this member of staff knew exactly his feelings. It felt like Kameron was trying to indicate that he would be giving away very little and this was understandable given his likely experiences. Kameron opened up as we went along and when the tape recorder was off he was much more animated and talked about how he related to me interviewing as he also did this as part of the care council. He told me that I did well as it is difficult and nerve wracking. Kameron was much more accepting of me asking questions outside of the interview situation and despite my reassurance during the actual interview it felt that a conversational approach would have been helpful in gaining his views/experiences further. Kameron also asked how long my interview with the other young person in the home was and asked how long he had spoken in comparison. Interestingly I stayed around the house slightly longer during my second visit so that the young people could ask me anything and also so they become familiar with me. Kameron used this opportunity to talk some more and had a great conversation about cars and the cost of insurance for cars. Reflexive box 3 Reflections from interview with Charlotte Charlotte was in a bad mood as her social worker had cancelled a visit to see her and she was notably upset about this. Charlotte was talking to a member of staff at the home about this. I was around and she asked what I was doing and wanted to know why I was there. I explained and said that I was there to ask some questions for a research project about young experience of school and Charlotte people’s wanted to know more. Charlotte also asked me if I had seen anybody eating her Weetabix and she told me that the other young people kept taking her food. Charlotte said that she was ok for me to read the participants letter to her and signed the consent forms. Charlotte responded with when asked about her ‘its shit’ of education. When asked to expand she said she want to and experiences’ didn’t
Kameron reported that he was reluctant in talking about his feelings in general and he finds it especially difficult to open up. He shared that even the most skilled staff in the home didn’t know his feelings. He identified that there was one member of staff that would recognise his mood and ask him- he said that this member of staff knew exactly his feelings. It felt like Kameron was trying to indicate that he would be giving away very little and this was understandable given his likely experiences. Kameron opened up as we went along and when the tape recorder was off he was much more animated and talked about how he related to me interviewing as he also did this as part of the care council. He told me that I did well as it is difficult and nerve wracking. Kameron was much more accepting of me asking questions outside of the interview situation and despite my reassurance during the actual interview it felt that a conversational approach would have been helpful in gaining his views/experiences further. Kameron also asked how long my interview with the other young person in the home was and asked how long he had spoken in comparison. Interestingly I stayed around the house slightly longer during my second visit so that the young people could ask me anything and also so they become familiar with me. Kameron used this opportunity to talk some more and had a great conversation about cars and the cost of insurance for cars. Reflexive box 3 Reflections from interview with Charlotte Charlotte was in a bad mood as her social worker had cancelled a visit to see her and she was notably upset about this. Charlotte was talking to a member of staff at the home about this. I was around and she asked what I was doing and wanted to know why I was there. I explained and said that I was there to ask some questions for a research project about young people’s experience of school and Charlotte wanted to know more. Charlotte also asked me if I had seen anybody eating her Weetabix and she told me that the other young people kept taking her food. Charlotte said that she was ok for me to read the participants letter to her and signed the consent forms. Charlotte responded with ‘its shit’ when asked about her experiences’ of education. When asked to expand she said she didn’t want to and
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