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1DCB_se1_ag3_m_010.7350Let me aks you another question. Now what- how has DC changed since you4.8941
3 5.2423grown up,5.7505 
5 5.9866over the years?6.6960 
6DCB_se1_ag3_f_027.0042Um,7.7237
8 8.9959they tryna revitalize.10.7433 
10 11.1623But11.5497 
12 12.5578I don't see13.5691 
14 14.1582the real change.15.4825 
16 16.2732Um,16.9096 
18 17.7905I see18.5549 
20 19.1030they rebuilding20.2036 
22 20.2957houses, townhomes,22.0365 
24 22.6648and um,23.9569 
26 25.2694new aqua center but27.0042 
28 27.7790the reality is they not29.0361 
30 29.3722um,30.1233 
32 31.3204building more affordable apartment buildings for low income families.35.8400 
34 36.7871Um,37.5804 
36 37.8544<ts>37.9533 
38 40.1308down on Eighth Street41.6093 
40 41.9177it's very different from when I grew up.43.9490 
42 44.3601Now /in this/-45.1824 
44 45.9216buildings after buildings, clubs,47.8587 
46 48.3838um, new buildings that they building up with new condos and52.3964 
48 53.3998um,54.1865 
50 54.5383it's different now.55.5978 
52 56.3727Um, I remember you wouldn't see a white person on them streets, now they are everywhere.60.9735 
54 61.8070Um,62.5700 
56 62.7637<ts>62.8823 
58 63.0799Southeast,64.0773 
60 66.3604mm,67.1313 
62 67.3211only thing change about Southeast is69.8464 
64 70.3367um,70.9613 
66 71.0839they building more schools.72.6138 
68 72.8707Uh, they re- tryna revitalize schools like Ballou.76.1947 
70 77.0605Um,77.7563 
72 78.7130but79.1014 
74 79.2695the crime still-80.2722 
76 82.3018still the same.83.2822 
78 84.6533Um,85.2621 
80 86.0369I think they need to make more87.6538 
82 88.9024uh, Boys and Girl Club, bring back the Boys and Girl Clubs and93.0368 
84 95.8238um, somewhere where the kids could go and play.98.3532 
86 99.0806Um,99.7685 
88 100.3614they need to bring back /edunalcation-/ educational programs.103.2980 
90 103.7289Which I think104.6896 
92 104.8833DC schools has gotten better cause when I went to schools108.0731 
94 108.1931you had to learn on your own.109.5297 
96 110.0092So with these new111.0489 
98 111.1557uh, chartered schools I think they doing a very fine job114.7801 
100 115.0371with the schooling.115.8989 
102 116.5422But as-117.4407 
104 117.7925All in all I think they need to119.3007 
106 119.4848really focus on120.7654 
108 121.3102the inner city people.122.4869 
110 122.7729Low income families.124.1045 
112 124.4761Find a way where they can126.2708 
114 126.7966live affordable and find better jobs.129.5632 
115DCB_se1_ag3_m_01131.3936When you say you had to learn on your own, what do you mean by that?133.6264
116DCB_se1_ag3_f_02136.4365The teachers didn't care. You had to uh,138.6405
118 139.0931basically learn on your own.140.3581 
120 140.7053Like I was a sports player,142.0415 
122 142.4843and it was difference between boys and girls144.8239 
124 145.2074uh, basketball team.146.3262 
126 146.9903Like we had to work for our grades,148.8485 
128 148.9205they boys they didn't.149.9783 
130 150.2866They would get they grade handed to.151.9312 
132 152.5044Um,153.2031 
134 154.3024when we needed help, it was nobody to go to, I had to learn on my own.158.1008 
136 158.7531Um,159.4963 
138 162.4171<ts>162.5040 
140 162.7531only teacher who had a impact on me165.3029 
142 165.6745was /RD-NAME-6/ in /RD-SCHOOL-3/ High School um,169.7180 
144 170.3229he was our ROTC instructor.172.2909 
146 172.3858And172.9985 
148 173.6627um,174.2873 
150 174.9712he was very d- well disciplined, he disciplined all his s- uh,178.2280 
152 179.1530kids and180.2830 
154 180.8878he treated every181.8643 
156 182.0936uh, kid like a cadet like we was his kids, so.185.0162 
158 185.7259He really had a impact on me.187.4930 
160 188.3509So.188.8522 
162 189.3820That's it.189.9750 
163DCB_se1_ag3_m_01192.1295Okay, well that's good.193.3029
165 195.9753What um-196.8313 
167 197.8682what's your occupation?198.8482 
168DCB_se1_ag3_f_02200.0979I'm a mail handler assistant201.6159
170 202.0224at202.2635 
172 202.9830the United States Postal Service.204.9359 
174 205.5487Currently206.3341 
176 206.4902um, getting my207.5879 
178 207.9634degree, bachelor's degree209.7503 
180 210.2642in business administration with a minor in HR, hopefully I could213.5922 
182 213.7543continue to get my master's.215.5444 
183DCB_se1_ag3_m_01216.9794Your master's in what?217.8491
184DCB_se1_ag3_f_02218.0428Business administration with a minor HR.220.5029
185DCB_se1_ag3_m_01221.3747Oh, awesome.222.0863
187 223.9081When you were talking about kids like,225.3984 
189 225.8610and being as though you that you have kids,227.5372 
191 228.4141what do you do with your kids? Like what do your kids do after school?231.7012 
192DCB_se1_ag3_f_02232.1136Keep them active.233.0643
194 233.5408I try to keep 'em in sports.235.1407 
196 235.7585Um,236.5334 
198 237.8570they love to stay in the house and play the game but239.9562 
200 240.3476we have to iterate with them that242.7030 
202 242.9046they need to read.244.0620 
204 245.1817And one thing I don't like about the public schools248.3159 
206 249.4821um, is that they took out phonics.251.9245 
208 252.7626Phonics and254.2128 
210 254.3946handwriting.255.4146 
212 256.1973I think256.8496 
214 257.4426phonics should still be in the school cause that's how I learned how to read.261.1540 
216 261.4426That's why you-262.2016 
218 262.4586we have so many kids who growing up in the inner city that don't know how to read cause they don't know how to break-267.1759 
220 267.5213break they words down.268.6005 
222 269.4742Versus when we had phonics in the school system,272.0708 
224 272.3871they taught the kids how to break the word down before they c- can know the word and learn how to read better.277.3003 
226 278.2648Um,278.8929 
228 279.1108also me and my husband280.4701 
230 280.9800when they was growing up we always read to them.283.5655 
232 283.8027Um,284.4233 
234 285.1579and they have other people in they lives that288.0873 
236 288.8345had a impact on 'em too like my husband father he was real smart.292.4352 
238 292.9768Um,293.5809 
240 294.7867<ts>294.8697 
242 295.1424his brothers,296.2335 
244 296.8977my uh, sisters,298.6048 
246 299.7117um,300.4024 
248 302.1390and302.6799 
250 302.9052you know303.6050 
252 304.4470my kids was just very early at learning how to use the computer and stuff like that cause they had family members who showed 'em how to, so.310.6464 
254 312.2256That's one way you could, you know314.0125 
256 314.2497teach 'em314.8497 
258 315.9805how to be responsible and317.6567 
260 318.0757you know, how to study319.5543 
262 320.6051but they gotta want it for theyself too and you-322.8624 
264 323.0285being a parent you have to want that for your kids, too.325.4907 
265DCB_se1_ag3_m_01327.7756Yep, mm-hm.328.6365
267 331.6531Did you um-332.4951 
269 333.8069What was your first job?334.8427 
270DCB_se1_ag3_f_02337.0090My first job.338.9138
272 339.4989Hm.340.2976 
274 344.3370What was my first job?345.5743 
276 348.5386I think it was a-349.4874 
278 349.8787/I d- uh-/350.3294 
280 351.7717In high school352.9418 
282 353.1237my last year of high school cause I had a half day schedule356.1037 
284 356.5702me and my sister work at this peanut factory all the way out Laurel,360.1472 
286 360.8944and361.7245 
288 362.0922I quit362.5626 
290 363.8902like364.2381 
292 365.0960in two weeks cause I did- I couldn't do that and sports at the ta- same time and try to go to school.369.7641 
294 370.9461Cause it was a night job, so372.6651 
296 373.1869it didn't last long.374.3057 
298 376.2072At all.376.9765 
299DCB_se1_ag3_m_01377.4873<laugh>378.7959
300DCB_se1_ag3_f_02381.5190And then as I got out of383.5509
302 383.8158high school,384.7409 
304 385.4801I went to college for a little while387.3533 
306 388.8041and389.4524 
308 390.6812when I got to college, cause I didn't have the freedom that I didn't have,394.5231 
310 394.7168while I was in school,395.8988 
312 396.8120party was like a-397.9031 
314 398.1047uh,398.5079 
316 398.6621college was like a partying ground for me.400.7725 
318 402.2154So.402.8487 
320 403.3928I left that,404.3574 
322 405.3575then I went to hair school.406.8202 
324 407.6221Had to drop out of hair school cause I had got pregnant with my twins.412.0648 
326 413.2389Then I went back to get my license so I'm currently licensed as a hair stylist417.2853 
328 418.3221as well as a licensed daycare420.6934 
330 420.9543provider.421.5473 
332 421.9861Cause eventually I wanna open my salon424.7541 
334 425.7687slash daycare center.427.5358 
336 428.2553So that's why I went back to school to get my degree in business management432.2948 
338 433.4610and HR.434.3837 
339DCB_se1_ag3_m_01435.8955Awesome.436.4569
341 441.3108Okay.441.9077 
343 442.2951Um,442.7965 
345 442.9965I have another question for you.444.3845 
347 445.9512What did you learn from your neighborhood447.3381 
349 447.6267growing up?448.1208 
350DCB_se1_ag3_f_02449.2712Nothing but to protect myself.451.0752
351DCB_se1_ag3_m_01453.7733To protect yourself? What do you mean?455.0818
352DCB_se1_ag3_f_02455.9231Everywhere I looked around I had to fight.457.7654
354 458.8644So I learned how to protect myself.461.1526 
356 461.6191And I learned that463.4494 
358 463.6392if you wanna succeed and get out the ghetto you gotta work hard for it.467.1490 
360 467.7380So that's what I did.469.1605 
361DCB_se1_ag3_m_01471.2478If you was to go um,472.7184
363 473.7653to like a movie theater475.1253 
365 475.5008in DC, where would you go?477.0584 
366DCB_se1_ag3_f_02477.3549Georgetown.478.1804
367DCB_se1_ag3_m_01479.4850What's the name of the movie theater?480.4140
368DCB_se1_ag3_f_02480.8449Georgetown.481.6514
369DCB_se1_ag3_m_01481.8760Oh Georgetown [movie theater?]483.0395
370DCB_se1_ag3_f_02482.6515[Mm-hm.]483.2399
371 483.4810I think it's Georgetown sixteen, or something like that.485.9953
372DCB_se1_ag3_m_01487.0383How often have you visited National Mall?488.8924
373DCB_se1_ag3_f_02490.9513I ain't even gonna lie.492.0543
375 492.3191I visited National Mall one time and that was when I was in school.495.9950 
376DCB_se1_ag3_m_01497.5960<laugh> You said it.498.8176
378 499.4613Where do you go to see the fireworks?501.0347 
380 503.2327Fourth of July. On July fourth.505.1770 
381DCB_se1_ag3_f_02507.6991My brother backyard.509.0525
382DCB_se1_ag3_m_01510.3234[<laugh>]510.9006
383DCB_se1_ag3_f_02510.7069[<laugh>]511.4699
384DCB_se1_ag3_m_01511.9363You can see everything512.7930
386 513.1085[from there?]513.5671 
387DCB_se1_ag3_f_02513.2007[Yup.]513.6553
388 514.3550Well sometimes we can look out our window and516.6716
390 516.8140see it.517.3865 
392 519.4185Or sometime we go to Cosca Park.521.1816 
394 522.9796Or sometimes you could sit on two ninety-five525.2211 
396 525.8253and look at it.526.5408 
397DCB_se1_ag3_m_01527.9956Mm-hm.528.6440
399 530.2957<ts>530.3590 
401 530.5250The people um- is there a group of people that you hang around with?533.4741 
402DCB_se1_ag3_f_02534.8175My husband, my family, that's it.536.7981
403DCB_se1_ag3_m_01539.7782You don't have any like, real close friends?541.3832
404DCB_se1_ag3_f_02541.8141Yes, but all us work.543.1622
406 544.0233I have a544.6242 
408 544.7693uh, friend she's a police officer that's my best friend, we went to hair school together, w- basically we did everything together550.7510 
410 551.1740until she went into the police force.553.0114 
412 553.8932Um,554.5336 
414 554.7273back in high school I still talk to557.0748 
416 557.5650um, some of my friends from the basketball team.559.9212 
418 560.7388<ts>560.8218 
420 560.9127Uh, /RD-NAME-3/562.0434 
422 562.7391uh, me and her close564.1386 
424 564.7039but uh, we have our families, she live out Clinton.567.7252 
426 568.5418So we see each other when we go to church sometimes.571.9418 
428 572.5370And we talk on the phone but when we get together it's always575.6594 
430 576.2176the same, so we know that577.7161 
432 577.8545you know we are true friends cause it alway the s-579.8425 
434 579.9839always the same when we see each other.581.7759 
436 584.4646But all in all I stays in the house.586.6052 
438 587.1680Trying to get them book works done.588.7496 
440 589.0587That's it.589.5754 
441DCB_se1_ag3_m_01591.1947Do they ever like, come around and visit?592.8601
442DCB_se1_ag3_f_02593.8050Yeah they'll come around and visit595.2323
444 595.3918as well as I visit them but597.3527 
446 597.8647like I said598.7043 
448 598.8160we be too busy599.8707 
450 600.2675with our family.601.4162 
451DCB_se1_ag3_m_01602.9386Mm-hm.603.6851
453 607.8588Okay.608.5099 
455 610.6643Well let me see if have anything else, you've been awesome so far and I appreciate your time.615.4723 
457 616.5963Um,617.2329 
459 619.6956let's see and make sure I covered everything.621.5594 
461 626.5733Yep.627.1822 
463 628.0865Oh.628.4509 
465 628.7185One more thing.629.2482 
467 630.3923Any special words631.6979 
469 632.1085give me some s- DC words that are /pecifically/ Southeast DC636.7263 
470DCB_se1_ag3_f_02636.8502I [can't remember.]638.2142
471DCB_se1_ag3_m_01637.0744[words-]637.6114
472DCB_se1_ag3_f_02640.0095You gonna have to come back with me with that.642.1270
474 643.0820I been out [of DC for so long um-]645.7016 
475DCB_se1_ag3_m_01643.4318[Give me word- just give me- no just give me words] that- that-646.6381
476 646.8964that-647.2516
478 647.5192that just from DC just g- in- even now,649.9589 
480 650.3464even- about, you know,651.5043 
482 651.7304no matter how far back you go with the [words.]653.6101 
483DCB_se1_ag3_f_02653.4324[Mm-mm.]654.0463
484DCB_se1_ag3_m_01654.8528With they used to say compared to what they say now, how people talk now.657.8745
485DCB_se1_ag3_f_02658.8526That's the bomb right there.660.3179
487 660.8632That's the bomb dot com.662.3625 
489 662.8700That's it, that's all I know right now. But it was a lot of words we used to say.666.7075 
491 667.5009But once you leave,669.0879 
493 669.6185and you got a670.4158 
495 670.6234you know671.0478 
497 671.6798order for you to get a job you gotta leave them slang words behind, so675.8910 
499 677.0351I really don't even know anymore.678.7928 
501 679.3694To be honest. Maybe when you leave they'll come back.682.0028 
503 682.1274<laugh>682.9071 
505 684.4156You know how I talk with y'all around so I don't know.687.3812 
507 688.4423Mm-mm. (I don't know intonation)689.0789 
508DCB_se1_ag3_m_01691.6108Do you think DC like has they own language like do you think-694.5536
510 695.3653like,695.6928 
512 695.9604could you recogni- could you know if you talking to someone if they're from DC or not? If they say they're from DC [you could tell that?]701.3099 
513DCB_se1_ag3_f_02700.6513[<sigh> Well some] people tell me when I talk that I sound like I'm from South Carolina, so.705.4215
514 706.1173I don't know. I don't know what they saying when they say I sound like I'm from the South.709.7307
515DCB_se1_ag3_m_01711.7679You think you sound like you from the [South?]713.4056
516DCB_se1_ag3_f_02713.0365[No.]713.4287
517DCB_se1_ag3_m_01713.5209[<laugh>]715.0710
518DCB_se1_ag3_f_02713.9546[<laugh>]714.7839
519DCB_se1_ag3_m_01717.0862Okay.718.0181
521 720.4347How- how many kids do you have?721.9663 
522DCB_se1_ag3_f_02722.7552Three.723.2258
523DCB_se1_ag3_m_01723.7056What are their names?724.5498
524DCB_se1_ag3_f_02724.8128/RD-NAME-2/, /RD-NAME-2/ and /RD-NAME-4/.726.6527
525DCB_se1_ag3_m_01729.3192How long did you live in DC?730.4494
526DCB_se1_ag3_f_02732.1279Uh, from733.5995
528 735.2834nineteen seventy-seven until737.5016 
530 738.8026ninety740.1597 
532 740.3429six.741.0732 
534 742.0004After I graduated from high school ninety-five, we moved to Maryland ninety-six.746.0851 
535DCB_se1_ag3_m_01747.3864Ninety-six?748.2167
536DCB_se1_ag3_f_02748.2906[Mm-hm.]748.8027
537DCB_se1_ag3_m_01748.6653[And] you stay in DC currently now?750.6388
538DCB_se1_ag3_f_02751.3769Yeah we just moved back, me and my husband just moved back in DC, it's been a year and a half now.756.4329
539DCB_se1_ag3_m_01758.0739Mm okay.758.9032
541 759.3517You like it759.9053 
543 760.5097better760.9470 
544DCB_se1_ag3_f_02761.1048[Uh no.]761.9152
545DCB_se1_ag3_m_01761.1048[than Maryland?]761.8128
546DCB_se1_ag3_f_02762.4465I'm go- I'm moving back to Maryland.764.0196
547DCB_se1_ag3_m_01764.0612<laugh>764.9792
549 766.1049Ah, [okay.]766.9417 
550DCB_se1_ag3_f_02766.5239[Only thing] I like now n- is the school system.768.7265
551 769.8835[And that's it.]770.5098
552DCB_se1_ag3_m_01769.9008[School systems] in DC?771.1095
553DCB_se1_ag3_f_02771.1926Yes.771.7739
554DCB_se1_ag3_m_01774.1443Wow.774.5336
556 775.9250Okay well,776.8154 
558 777.9356you have been awesome,779.0982 
560 779.3473and I appreciate you, and thank you.781.2434 
561DCB_se1_ag3_f_02781.4925You're welcome.782.1015