Interview a Friend: Old conversations, New Times
Hello. Today I'm giving a go at the Swell prompt, interview a friend, and I thought it would be a great idea to interview Emma, who has been a friend of mine from childhood since when? Grade school or primary school, in Ghanaian terms. And we happened to reconnect with each other in in the United States, where we both came to study, and we've had our own unique experiences
Emma Smith
@Smithereens · 5:00
Like, people would just want to go somewhere else where they can get better working conditions and some more money, where there's a lot more advancement, there's a lot more development. I guess my genuine I always knew I wanted to leave Ghana and pursue education somewhere else because I also wanted to see the world. You grew up in one corner of West Africa and you think that's everything, but it's not. There's the world to see. There are people to talk to
Emma Smith
@Smithereens · 0:21
But Kyle, you asked me this question as well. For you, what do you think is also something that, in hindsight, at the moment, looked like it wasn't consequential? And then later you're like, you know what? If I had done this or if I had asked these questions or if I had taken the spot, it would have been a game changer? What is your response, especially in the context of also leaving Ghana and then coming here?
So by default, I was already doing that. I wasn't taking things too seriously in my graduate program. Obviously, I was getting good enough grades. I passed all my classes. But then when I started to get closer to my graduation and I had to look for jobs again, just like I had done after graduating college, it started to hit me that in the United States, a lot of emphasis is placed on your ability to produce