Street interviews: just impression...

Introduction

Yesterday, 11th September, we started our "raid on the road", unaware of what was going to occur to us.. Hopefully we found the proper place to stay and to catch our prey.. It was devastating!! Almost ten people, obviously English, passed by without answering yes or no to my easy question -Would you like to answer a few questions? Just a few minutes! Please..- These were the worst cases.. When we were lucky they answered no at least or avoided us seeing the video-camera or listened to what the project consisted of.. and then said no..
After the eleventh attempt a whole family stopped, but they were revealed to be the hardest people to interview.. The family man made up his own questions and then answered them and didn't let me talk at all! His daughter interrupted me continuously as well and I had to fight to manage to say something..... Then we were much more lucky and we got to interview three young Chilean boys who took it very seriously. And finally a middle aged man stopped, he himself asking to be interviewed!

We might be satisfied if we forgot the beginning.. but it has been such an interesting experience and we're just looking forward to doing it again!!


The Questionnaire
LYING, HONESTY AND NAIVETY
To be interviewed people:
Students (teenagers)
Teachers
Senior citizens (over 50)
Shop assistant (made separately)
Shop owner " "

STUDENTS

• Do you lie?
• When do you lie?
• How often?
• What do you lie about? School? Friends? Partner?
• When do you do something wrong or forbidden?
• Could you lie to keep yourself safe although get your best friend in trouble? Have you done?
• Do you feel guilty when you lie?
• Do you judge yourself? Lying? Honest? Naive?
  

TEACHER

• How Honest are you whit your pupils?
• Instead, how naive do you think you are?
• If you could change your way of the teaching, would you be less/more honest? Would you be less/more naive?
• Have your pupils ever betrayed your trust? Have you got any resentment whit them?
• And talking about lies...how much of a liar do you think you are?
• Do your students ever lie to you?
  

SENIOR CITIZENS

• Do you judge yourself: liar? Honest? Naive? Why?
• Have you lied a lot in your life? In which situations? Give us some example. Has telling lies improved your situation or made it worse?
• When you were a teenager, did you lie a lot? About what? Your age? Your friends? Boy/Girlfriend?
• As adult, do you lie more or less then as teenager?
• In your opinion, how important is to be honest? Why?
• What is the most dishonest thing you've ever done? Was it for a good reason?
• "The dishonest man is always lucky and shrewd". Do you agree whit this sentence? What do you think about it? In your opinion, why do a lot of people think it?
• Are naivety and honesty the same? Why?