Mohammed AL-Abdulla

4/23/12

                                The success as well as the future plans of Dr smith

Doing an interview with doctor smith was really interesting. I asked her about her life and background. Moreover, I asked her about the things that she does for Avila University as well as her future goals and plans.

 First I asked her about her life background. According to Dr. Lisle Smith she did well in school because she had to plus she wanted to go to college. After high school she had to start thinking about how she could afford to pay for college since she came from a poor family.  Her mom worked hard to give her money to go to college plus her mom also went to college when Dr smith was doing college. When she went to college she took her studies seriously. When she was either a freshman or a sophomore she realized that she wanted to be a professor so she needed to learn how to perform as well as look for many scholarships that would pay for her to go to school. Dr. Smith said that the most important thing that she did in her life was to sign up for the speech and debate team in high school. It was because of that that she learned how to speak publicly, make a good argument, think critically, think on her feet, and be entertaining. Also, in those three to four years she traveled the country to compete nationally in debate and speech.

The second thing I asked her about in the interview was what things she does that make her successful at Avila University. According to Dr smith when she first started to teach she taught at bigger Universities, which helped her in knowing how to deal with the students. For example, she let her students do their stuff by themselves. Also, according to Dr smith, she gave her students lots of work to do even though her students didn’t like it. At the end of the day all that work, if done well, will make them not only better in school but also in their lives.

The last thing I asked Dr smith about in the interview was her future goals and plans. The future goals she mentioned were that she was hoping that her book would be published in a year or a year and a half and that she hopefully would be able to build up the women’s program at Avila University.