Extra Credit 8

I interviewed Brian Southworth, who worked at CERN for thirty years.  In his time there his job was to write in a publication about CERN's activities.  I learned a lot about how CERN, as an organization, functions and the scientific capabilities that it possesses.  I was very interested to discover what a large part internationalism plays in the function of CERN.  I am very glad I spoke with Brian.  It was wonderful to be able to talk to someone who has been with the organization first hand.  He also helped me to see that there are fields that combine my scientific and international interests.  For these reasons, I would very much recommend this activity to others.  It does not need to necessarily be formal interview; it could be simply sitting down and having a conversation with someone older that pursued interests similar to yours.  That is what my "interview" ended up being more like.  I had many questions prepared and typed up but I didn't get the opportunity to ask many of them.  He mostly just sat down and started teaching me, and I was alarmed to discover that at the end of our conversation he had answered most of my questions anyways.