Interview
In order to be sure that we met and discuss with people living in London, we had
to interview one British person, and one non-British person who both was living in
London during our three-month stay.
I had prepared ten questions before the departure. Here you are these questions:
- How long have you been living here, in London?
- Can you describe in several words what your marital status is?
- What are you doing in London (studies, job...)?
- a/ If the person is a student : what are to you mind the principal strengths
and weakness of London university?
b/ If the person is working : what are to your mind the principal strengths and
weakness of the labor market in UK?
- Transport in London are known to be awful, what is your opinion on this subject?
- On the other hand, one advantage of this city seems to be the abundance
in entertainment. If you agree with that, which ones do you prefer?
- London is well known as a melting plot of people from different cultures. What are
the impact of this situation days after days?
Before read the comparison of the two interviews in a general sum up, you can read
the interviews of William Stevenson and
Arthur Pin, two opposite people in appearance. Indeed, on is a native londoner,
the other came from France. One is a student, the other, older, finished his studies
20 years ago. These differences (and others) explain why I choose them.
Comparaison
I choose to interview two very different people in order to have multiple opinions
about multiple subjects related to the London life.
On one hand, both of the interviewees were agree on the fact that it costs a lot
to live in London. Transport, accommodation, food… all seems to be more expensive
days after days. I agreed with them when for example, I heard two weeks after I
arrived that the expensive tube tickets would increase by 10%! An other similarity
is the feeling of living in a city full of culture. For example, Arthur enjoys discovering
days after days new music style and William explains that with the melting plot.
On the other hand, because of their differences, I cannot ask them the same questions.
With Arthur, the French student, we talk about the British education system, which
is a success to his mind. With William, the native-English technical manager, we
talked more about working in London, a subject where all seems to be good to. In
fact, we can find here an other similarities between these people: in two different
important domain of the life, they both think that government does a good work.
As a student and as a worker during three months, I agreed with them.
William Stevenson and Arthur Pin are two very different people. But the evident
common point between both is the fact that they live in London and that they seem
to be happy to be here!