interview Custom Essay

The interview

How old are you?
25 -A
25 years old –B
26 -C
D- 26 years old.
E- 26 years old.
24 years old-F
G- 27
H- 24

How long have you been married?
I have been married for 4 years-A
About 3 years –B
Around 9 years-C
I have been married for 7 years –D
I have been married 4 years. –E
2 Years –F
G- almost 6 years.
H- 2 years

At what stage in your education did you get married?
I got married when I finished third years in university-A
Actually, after undergraduete-B
In secondary school, long time..-C
D-I got married when I was in third year when I studied a bachelor degree in university.
I finished my bachelor degree then I got married-E
After I graduated from university-F
After undergraduate.-G
H- After I finish university.

Why do you want to study abroad?
Because I would like to work as a lecture in university, so I have to complete my masters.-A
B- I want to study abroad For many reasons,first of all I want to get new experience and want to learn new culture specially I want to complete my education that’s helped me to get a high job in my

country.
To be honest, I didn’t find a job unfortunately. –C
Because I want to improve my English language also to get a better job in the future. –D
To complete my study and by getting my masters degree I will be promoted in my work. –E
To get a better job in the future with a good salary.-F
G-Well, there is many benefits for that first of all I like to know I am interesting another culture and I want to have experience and I want to improve my skills in English language.
Because I want to complete my masters that my dream since I was child.-H

Do you have enough time to study? Can you explain how?
A- Yes, I have enough time for study. Yeah, because I do not have children so I have a lot of time in the morning before I am going to the college or in the night so I can study during this time.
B -It depends on, before I leave my son I do not have time to study, but now as you know I leave my son in my country, yes I have enough time to study.
First of all, before I study I plan what I want to do if I have homework I have to make it very early then I done it.
C- Yes, I have enough time to study. Because I don’t have children so my husband is responsible for himself so I feel like I have free time to do my studying, chatting with my friends.
D- Actually, I feel I don’t have enough time to study because I have a poor plan to balance between take care of my family and my study.
E- Yes, marriage does not affect negatively completely, but by managing time you can study and you can have enough time to study.
F-actually, not all time some time I have enough time to study it depends on how many responsibilities I have.
G-NO, because as you know I am married and I have children so that usually make me busy .
Yes, because don’t have children so I can do what I want-H
When I come back to my home, I study around 2 hours and after that I look after my family.

7- What are the problems you face because you are a married student in higher education?
A-Sometimes I have a lot of task to do it so some days I do not have time to finish my work so that’s the problem.
B- Acualy I do not face huge problems in higher education but sometime I ‘m not in a good mood every day that make my husband bad mood I do not want to talk with him every day that huge problem
C-The problems might be faced may be the schedule and a lot of work and maybe I found it difficult to balance sometime between my family and school because I very ambitious I would like to achieve

higher marks not just pass.
D- Less time and I want to study also, I think about my children and I have housework and homework.
If I don’t manage my time I will face less time to study than a student who is not married –E
F-I have many problems like I have to balance between my responsibility at home and my study, for example when I finish my college, I come back to my home and cook the launch for my husband and look

after my daughter I have a lot of problems.
I don’t have enough time to balance between my family and my study.-G
H- The language and still the language, it is difficult because I can’t communicate with native speaker very well
8- Do you think the college takes into account the social circumstances for married students? (If yes.. How?
NO ,I do not think so.-A
B-YES ,I think in some college specially in DIFC if i want to take excuse they give me and help me if I miss the class and they send to me what I should do.
C-Yes, absolutely if I have any problems or any conditions I just email them and they are very cooperative with us with married and non married student.
D-No, I do not think so because I feel we are equal to another student who are not married we have the same timetable and homeworks.
E- No, I don’t think so they don’t differ between student who are married or who are not so they give us the same amount of homework.
F-No, I don’t think so I think all students are the same there is no difference between them if they married or not married.
Yes, DIFC college. They help us too much and they understand our situation very well. -G
H-NO,because they give us a lot of homework and they don’t care if they have children and husband and busy life.

Do you think the marriage has any benefits during your academic life? If (yes). For example-9
If (No).. Why?
A- No, I do not think so, there is a benefit of marriage for academic life. I think there is no relevant it depend on your husband if your husband has a higher certificate than he can help you, but if the certificate

of him under you he does not do anything.
B- No, because study and responsibility at the same time is not benefit it is still has the same disadvantage such as doing housework and the same time doing assignments.
C- Yeah,Maybe because I like to study in very quiet place and that very suitable for me and now sitting alone with my husband so I have very nice atmosphere to study not like my family because I have a big

family with a lot of children so I do not like it.
D- Yes, personality if I wasn’t married I couldn’t go to Ierland because my father, he doesn’t rely on my brother also he can’t come with me to study abroad.
I don’t think so there is no benefit of marriage during academic life. No,-E
F- NO, I don’t think so, but I think in same cases like when my husband gives me support or encourage me to my study and he support me do not stop continuous but not really not benefit in some cases.
G-NO, actually for me if I have another chance I want first finish my study then I think about get married.
Yes, my husband helps me a lot and he supports me in different ways.-H

Does your husband give you a helping hand in your housework? If (No).. Why?
A – Sometimes it depends on his mood if he want yeah, sometimes he do the washing.
Sometimes. -B
Yeah, he is very nice with me.-C
Sometimes.-D
E- No, because we are Saudi the husband just sit and order. I do as I can if I don’t have time I leave it.
F- yes, he does.
G- It depends on, when I was pregnant he was helping me and as you know my husband study PHD so he is busy.
Yes, especially in cooking. -H

What kind of help that your husband gives for you? If (Yes)..
He only washes dishes-A
He only cooks in lunch time. –B
C- He sometimes cooks ,cleans the house so he does everything in the house. We live as western people so everybody has responsibility for himself more than like in my country
Sometimes he takes care take them outside or cooks dinner or do something.-D
E- NO.
F-He sometime helps me doing washing dishes and when I at college, he looks after my daughter and gives her food.
He washes dishes. -G
He just cooks. -H

Is your husband supporting you in your study? If (yes.. Can you explain)? -13
If (No.. Why?)
A –Yeah, sometimes he tries to require me task to give me time to study.
B- Yes , he always encourages me to still study and complete my postgraduate and PHD.Yes, he always encourages me and support me.
C-Yeah, absolutely first of all around eight years ago I would not want to continue my study because the marriage and he supported me very much and I started the university and I chive a good mark and now

he support me to study masters and in the future he want me to study PHD but I think about it.
D- Yes, he always encourages to do the best in my study also, he writes some of my assignments in a computer.
Yes, a little. If I have a lot of homework or I have exam, he doesn’t ordered a lot. -E
F-Yes, he sometimes gives me advices like saying “study and don’t interrupt yourself about housework, don’t always do something can be delay to another time just focus on your study”.
G-Yes, actually he supports me before I came to Ierland and he suggests to me to complete my study and he wants me to complete PHD.
Yes, he encourages me because his language not high, but it is ok. -H

How can you balance between responsibility of marriage and your study in same time?
A -It depends on managing my time if you can manage your time that you can divide your task and your study so you will have a lot of time to study .
B-I can not make a balance between my responsibility and my study at the same time. Because if I have to do my responsibility I done it in the separate way and if I want to study I study I study I can not

balance between them.
C- I found that sometimes difficult for me because when I go out from the school, I have to go to the city center every day to give him special time with him so it’s put me under the pressure because I feel I

have a lot of work and he want me to talk with him so the most important thing I always do bring my laptop and my work with me in my bag everywhere so I can do my work and talk with him in the same

time.
D- Actually, I try but I have poor plan I wait until my children sleep then I want to study but I don’t have a lot of time to study at night.
. As I said I manage my time and always sit hours for study-E
It is a rough question but I study after my daughter is sleep that good time for me to stuy F-
G-Really I don’t know how I can answer this question because I can’t balance between my study children.
H-I took specific time for studying and that allow free time to my family like going out or shopping with my husband.

What are the important issue could face you in your social life?
A-Sometime I do not have time to visit my relevant, especially when I was in Saudi Arabia when I was studying in university, but here for me, I have not faced problems I do not have relatives here so it is

fine. All my friends her busy so Ido’t face problems.
B-I can’t balance between responsibility of marriage and study at the same time that I face in my social life.
C-Maybe I don’t have enough time to meet my friends specially in my country they have special occasions, but feel I really busy I have many things to do so sometime I cancel very important meeting with my

family or my friends.
Because I am very busy with my family I can’t go out with my friend or go to shopping.-D
E-If you are married and studying in the same time you can not go out what ever you want I mean I don’t have time for a social life.
F-Sometime I can’t always go out with my friends and I can’t be late in outside. My time now becomes more for my family, not like before.
Now I study pre masters I can’t meet my friends as before and I don’t have enough time.-G
I sometimes if I face some difficulties in my academic studying
16- Do you have children? (If.. No Ask Quastion.17)
No, I do not have children – A
Yes, I have.-B
C – No.
Yes – D
No—E
Yes, I have.-F
Yes, I have.-G
H- NO, I don’t have.

(if..Yes) following..{
{A,B,C,D,E,F}.
a/ How many children do you have?

I have only 1. –B
I have 2 children -D
I have 1 daughter-F
2 boys-G
b/ how do you organize your time between looking after your children (child) and your study?
B-As you know my son I leave him in my country, I can organize my time. Before I leave my son I can’t organize my time.
I take care for them during the day hours then at night I do my assignment and my study.-D
E-As I said before when I am in college my husband looks after my daughter and when I come back to my home I try to give her my time as much as I can and at night just I can focus on my study.
Unfortunately no I would be but I try -G
c / Do you have to prepare special food to feed your child(children)?
Actually, when my son with me, I just prepare milk for him.- B
NO ,they eat what I cook. -D
-NO , I just give her milk. E
G-It depend in his age but now my son become 2 years so he eat what we eat but before I prepare some food for him
d/ where do you leave your child (children) when you go to your college?
When my child With me I leave him with his father.-B
With babysitter. -D
I leave her with my husband.-E
With babysitter.-G
How much do you spend to the babysitter or nursery to look after your child(children)?- e
I spend 720 Eur-D
G- 1000 Euro per month.
f/ Do you think that this amount of money that you give to nursery or babysitter affect on your family budget?
Yes, because it take half of my salary so it is the effect on our budget.-D
Maybe yes-G
Are you worried about your ability to succeed in your studies because of the fact that you are married?
No, I do not think so because I think no relevant between married and study.-A
I worry about ability to successfully in my study Yes, of course-B
NO, to be honest I know I can.-C
D- Yes, because as I explain before I should organise my time between my family and children and study so I thinking a lot of my seccess.
Sometimes.-E
. Yes, before I was concerned, but now-F
NO.-G
H- Yes, I told my husband to stay with Irish family to support my language but that is difficult because I am married.
18- Can you balance between your personal obligations and your study in same time? If..yes) How?)
If (No.. Why)?
A- Yeah i can as I said I manage my time between me personal life and my study I do not mix them, I do not give my study more than my personal or my personal more than study so I can do two things in the

same time.
B- Sometimes if I make plan in my mind, I can balance between them.
C- No, as I said I try to make very organised plan like my family my school my friends so I do my work during chatting with every body in the same time or sometime I try to finish everything in very short time

and go with them during the weekend so I try to organize my time.
D-No, I don’t have time to go out to take some rest or for shopping or to get personal obligations.
E -NO, because we cannot . I feel when I study bachelor degree I have enough time to take care of myself, but now I don’t have enough time so I think it is less than before.
F-Yes, I try to organize my time and organize my timetable for example, during the weekends I do the housework and during the weekday I do my homeworks and I do my study if I have any exams.
G-It depend on what I have if I have more assignment I can’t make balance between or if we do not have homework I can look after my self and my children.
H- Yes, by manage me time for example I make timetable in my mind and I do what I want like go out with my friend or go shopping .

19- What would you suggest to address the problems faced by the college married student? For example, regarding to your college)?
A-I think the best way to face this problem manage the time you should manage your time so you can do everything that’s required from you and
I think that is not the excuse for you give it to the college because there is not their responsibility this is your life so it is your life you should manage it.
B -I suggest to my college to give every student married to give them one extra day off to do something they have to do.
C-I think if they put all the classic as optional there no attendance for that because in some classes I can study that from the materials which they give us ,but sometimes I have to go because I worried about

my attendance so I think if they put the class optional is better for us.
D-I think if they give us a different timetable than other student who are not married and if they give us less homework and assignment or give us the day off.
E-They should give us homework less than a student who do not married and they give us day off and help us in our examination.
F-I think they should give us less working hours and try to be gentle with us and to be nice and they should understand our situation.
G-Because we are married women I want they give us more a chance to do the homework or assignment and they should understand our situation.
H-I think married students should manage their time and they should put specific hours to study and specific hour to go with friends because if you manage your time you can do everything you want.

Aim and Objectives
Aim: To explore the impact of being married on Saudi female student studying abroad in Dubin.
Objectives:
1. To identify problems being faced by Saudi higher education students who are married.
2. To determine the benefits of marriage on married student.
3. To find out how married students balance their education and marriage roles.
4. To investigate the effect of the presence of children in the life of a married college student.