Interview with Kristen Skuba

I recently had the pleasure of talking to Kristen Skuba, a new student at Font Range community college, who gave me an in depth look into her experiences with writing and the english department. On any given day you might find Kristen lounging in her backyard, enjoying the sun, and writing in her journal. “Writing relaxes me, eventually I’d like to be writing more often, but for now, any writing is better than none”, says Kristen. Aside from journal writing, Kristen also enjoys writing poetry. “I like to be organized”, explains Kristen, who enjoys using to-do lists in order to remember important details of her day. Kristen mainly writes for school, although she does not consider it a chore, “writing is great, in all contexts”, she says. 

Kristen first learned she enjoyed writing when she met her eighth grade writing teacher, who showed her that writing can be fun. “He was very nice and informative”, says Kristen, happily. Luckily, Kristen has had no bad experiences with writing or english in her past, and she hopes to keep it that way. When Kristen was attending high school, she enjoyed peer writing workshops, which helped her understand different types of writing styles, and also the importance of peer review. Kristen is looking forward to learning more about writing now that she is in college, and hopes that she will be able to learn things she never did in high school. 

Kristen has been using a computer since she was a young girl, she even jokingly proclaimed herself as “master of the internet”. She enjoys browsing the web for entertainment, and for useful information. Kristen is not a pc user, and has always enjoyed using a mac, she also prefers to use mac’s version of Microsoft office, including pages, numbers, and keynote. Kristen also expressed that she is not a fan of websites like Facebook and Twitter, “I don’t like social networking because I don’t like people”, she said jokingly. 

Kristen is taking english 121 for the first time this year, and she has set herself a goal. “I’m hoping to be more comfortable writing essays by the end of this class. I think it’s really important to understand the basics of writing an informative essay before I start more advanced classes”, she says. Just like writing to-do lists to stay organized, Kristen also see’s the importance of setting goals for herself. Being a new student anywhere is hard, and Kristen know’s first handedly what that’s like “I still don’t know where the library is”, she says. Kristen is excited to see where college takes her, and she is also excited to see how her college writing progresses. After my interview with Kristen, we walked around campus, and let’s just say, Kristen now know’s where the library is.