Line Spkr StTime Content EnTime 1 DCB_int_01 0.4915 And 1.4839 2 DCB_int_01 1.4839 (pause 0.73) 2.2113 3 DCB_int_01 2.2113 what's your hometown? Where you were born? 3.5297 4 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3.7535 Washington, DC. 4.7188 5 DCB_int_01 5.8895 What neighborhood did you live in 7.2324 6 DCB_int_01 7.2324 (pause 0.27) 7.5017 7 DCB_int_01 7.5017 for the most- 8.1661 8 DCB_int_01 8.1661 (pause 1.72) 9.8853 9 DCB_int_01 9.8853 [like-] 10.2144 10 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 9.9986 [I] moved around to a lot of different [neighborhoods.] 12.2779 11 DCB_int_01 11.7114 [You were in a lot of-] 12.3094 12 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 12.6311 So 12.9774 13 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 12.9774 (pause 0.15) 13.1277 14 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 13.1277 um, w- a kind of a joke that we tell with our mother is like, 15.8162 15 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 15.8162 (pause 0.34) 16.1554 16 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 16.1554 we stay in a place for four years 17.7257 17 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 17.7257 (pause 0.26) 17.9880 18 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 17.9880 that's basically (laughing) what we do. 19.4743 19 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 19.4743 (pause 0.57) 20.0434 20 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 20.0434 So I've lived in uh- s- all- 22.4670 21 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 22.4670 (pause 0.22) 22.6838 22 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 22.6838 all regions of the 23.5301 23 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 23.5301 (pause 0.21) 23.7364 24 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 23.7364 Washington area, [Washington DC.] 25.3093 25 DCB_int_01 24.8617 [You've lived in all] four [quadrants?] 26.1217 26 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 25.9283 [I've] lived now in four quadrants. 27.3656 27 DCB_int_01 27.5720 Oh. 27.8518 28 DCB_int_01 27.8518 (pause 0.12) 27.9742 29 DCB_int_01 27.9742 Good, we gonna talk about [that. And then], um, I know you recently moved to Maryland. Where do you live [now?] 32.8798 30 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 28.7986 [Okay.] 29.2492 31 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 29.2492 (pause 3.32) 32.5686 32 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 32.5686 [Yes.] Suitland, Maryland. 33.8022 33 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 33.9596 /Up at/ District Heights- Forestville. 35.4109 34 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 35.4109 (pause 0.38) 35.7921 35 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 35.7921 36.2677 36 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 36.2677 (pause 0.81) 37.0791 37 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 37.0791 That was a lot. 38.0714 38 DCB_int_01 38.0609 Mm-mm. That's fine. 38.9457 39 DCB_int_01 42.6728 And currently you are a junior- 44.6347 40 DCB_int_01 44.6347 (pause 0.24) 44.8725 41 DCB_int_01 44.8725 [I'm sorry.] 45.4706 42 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 44.9495 [/No/] 45.1663 43 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 45.1663 (pause 0.22) 45.3866 44 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 45.3866 I'm a [senior (laughing).] 47.4876 45 DCB_int_01 45.7014 [My bad. I'm sorry. Class of two] thousand [sixteen.] 48.8618 46 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 48.5472 [Yes], I'm a senior. 50.0475 47 DCB_int_01 51.7078 And you wanna be a social worker? 53.4879 48 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 53.4739 Yes, ma'am. 54.0754 49 DCB_int_01 57.3129 Kay. 57.5892 50 DCB_int_01 57.5892 (pause 1.45) 59.0405 51 DCB_int_01 59.0405 And 60.0014 52 DCB_int_01 60.0014 (pause 0.44) 60.4385 53 DCB_int_01 60.4385 where was your father born? 61.4702 54 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 61.9248 My father was born in DC. 63.1348 55 DCB_int_01 64.1036 What about your mom? 64.6106 56 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 65.0085 DC. 65.4911 57 DCB_int_01 66.3129 Oh! Need to talk to her. 67.2187 58 DCB_int_01 67.2187 (pause 0.41) 67.6313 59 DCB_int_01 67.6313 [Um, what does your] dad do? 68.7819 60 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 67.9566 [] 68.2468 61 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 69.2602 Which- um- 70.0120 62 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 70.0120 (pause 0.31) 70.3233 63 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 70.3233 so- 70.6625 64 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 70.6625 (pause 0.35) 71.0157 65 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 71.0157 [] 71.3899 66 DCB_int_01 71.1172 [Right.] So, okay. And let's talk about that. 72.7643 67 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 71.9600 [Right. ] So, 73.0791 68 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 73.5433 I have- 74.0189 69 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 74.0189 (pause 0.22) 74.2393 70 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 74.2393 well, 74.6240 71 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 74.6240 (pause 0.32) 74.9422 72 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 74.9422 when you say- when people say dad, I usually go to who 77.2538 73 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 77.2538 (pause 0.26) 77.5126 74 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 77.5126 basically is my step father 78.8197 75 DCB_int_01 78.9526 Mm-hm. 79.2394 76 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 79.2184 who's been in my life for- since I was two years old. 81.4566 77 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 81.8518 So I don't really remember him not being in my life. 83.9807 78 DCB_int_01 84.1031 Okay, so [when we talk] about him- When we talk about dad, we'll talk- I'm- we're thinking- I'm thinking [/RD-NAME-2/.] 88.5436 79 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 84.4773 [So-] 84.8375 80 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 84.8375 (pause 3.55) 88.3827 81 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 88.3827 [Yeah.] 88.7465 82 DCB_int_01 88.8374 Okay. 89.1521 83 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 89.1626 S- 89.3025 84 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 89.3025 (pause 0.12) 89.4179 85 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 89.4179 yes, 89.8236 86 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 89.8236 (pause 0.09) 89.9145 87 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 89.9145 cause he- 90.2397 88 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 90.2397 (pause 0.13) 90.3656 89 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 90.3656 but he was born in DC too so, he- 92.2987 90 DCB_int_01 91.5293 [Oh, okay. So it works] out- Er- They all [were] born in [DC.] 93.6381 91 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 92.9107 [I-] 93.0751 92 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 93.0751 (pause 0.13) 93.2045 93 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 93.2045 [ Right], everybody- [] 94.3725 94 DCB_int_01 93.9634 [Everybody was] in DC. 94.7887 95 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 94.7537 Yes, [everybody.] 95.2818 96 DCB_int_01 95.0475 [Um, so] what does /RD-NAME-2/ do? 95.9288 97 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 96.3616 He works at /RD-WORK-2/, 97.8304 98 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 97.8304 (pause 0.30) 98.1311 99 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 98.1311 so he's basically like a um, 99.5405 100 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 99.5405 (pause 0.32) 99.8587 101 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 99.8587 gas technician. 100.9000 102 DCB_int_01 101.3931 [Mm!] 101.5610 103 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 101.5051 [So] he like mixes different gasses so that, like, when you get oxygen for hospitals? 105.0617 104 DCB_int_01 105.2881 [Mm-hm.] 105.5714 105 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 105.4385 [He] fills those tanks, 106.7010 106 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 107.1801 [and like helium and stuff] like that. 108.7294 107 DCB_int_01 107.2151 [/Oh, okay/.] 108.2817 108 DCB_int_01 108.8902 And what does mom do? 109.5757 109 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 109.7811 My mom works at um, /RD-WORK-2/- well, not /RD-WORK-5/. 112.7258 110 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 112.7258 (pause 0.24) 112.9636 111 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 112.9636 She works at /RD-NAME-5/, 114.2365 112 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 114.2365 (pause 0.51) 114.7428 113 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 114.7428 and she's the manager 115.7534 114 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 115.7534 (pause 0.11) 115.8619 115 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 115.8619 there for uh, car services. 117.6638 116 DCB_int_01 118.7741 Perfect. 119.4141 117 DCB_int_01 119.4141 (pause 0.49) 119.9072 118 DCB_int_01 119.9072 Alright. 120.3304 119 DCB_int_01 120.3304 (pause 0.41) 120.7396 120 DCB_int_01 120.7396 So that's all the stuff I'm'a write down. 122.1419 121 DCB_int_01 122.1419 (pause 1.34) 123.4770 122 DCB_int_01 123.4770 Um, 124.1729 123 DCB_int_01 124.1729 (pause 0.52) 124.6975 124 DCB_int_01 124.6975 so let's talk about 125.8516 125 DCB_int_01 125.8516 (pause 0.18) 126.0334 126 DCB_int_01 126.0334 that. 126.2258 127 DCB_int_01 126.2258 (pause 0.33) 126.5580 128 DCB_int_01 126.5580 So tell me a little bit about your family, especially like you- if you remember your biological [father-] 131.5196 129 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 131.3692 [I] know who he [is.] 132.1867 130 DCB_int_01 132.0713 [Oh, okay.] 132.5015 131 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 132.3336 [Yeah, he-] 132.6728 132 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 132.7917 he's kind of in my life. 134.2116 133 DCB_int_01 134.2570 Okay. 134.6452 134 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 134.8096 Kind of. 135.2992 135 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 135.2992 (pause 0.22) 135.5160 136 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 135.5160 It's like, 136.0196 137 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 136.0196 (pause 0.14) 136.1595 138 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 136.1595 uh, so 136.7741 139 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 136.7741 (pause 0.19) 136.9595 140 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 136.9595 when- since I was- 137.9807 141 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 137.9807 (pause 0.70) 138.6766 142 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 138.6766 my mom says since I was two weeks old my grandparents would pick me up 141.4280 143 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 141.4280 (pause 0.12) 141.5434 144 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 141.5434 every two weeks. 142.4842 145 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 142.4842 (pause 0.52) 143.0087 146 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 143.0087 They'd come pick me up. 143.8236 147 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 143.8236 (pause 0.35) 144.1768 148 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 144.1768 And around when I was two 145.6456 149 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 145.6456 (pause 0.23) 145.8756 150 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 145.8756 years old, 146.4911 151 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 146.4911 (pause 0.35) 146.8443 152 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 146.8443 my mom stopped dealing with my blood father 149.0335 153 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 149.0335 (pause 0.36) 149.3972 154 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 149.3972 because he wanted to be in the streets, and he wanted to do- 151.8549 155 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 151.8549 (pause 0.32) 152.1731 156 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 152.1731 not- when I say drugs, I mean like, weed 153.9427 157 DCB_int_01 154.2469 [Mm-hm.] 154.5547 158 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 154.3860 [and] like be around with his friends 155.9702 159 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 156.2814 and stuff. And she wasn't having that around her children 158.6875 160 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 158.6875 (pause 0.40) 159.0923 161 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 159.0923 at all. So, 159.7113 162 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 159.7113 (pause 0.37) 160.0855 163 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 160.0855 she eventually like moved out of his house. She told me all the time about how 162.9986 164 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 162.9986 (pause 0.36) 163.3545 165 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 163.3545 she moved out of his house in one night, 164.9457 166 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 164.9457 (pause 0.27) 165.2115 167 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 165.2115 well, their house in one night, 166.5229 168 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 166.5229 (pause 0.35) 166.8726 169 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 166.8726 and g- went to um, my grandmo- 168.7078 170 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 168.7078 (pause 0.09) 168.8022 171 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 168.8022 where my grandmom lives. 169.8059 172 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 169.8059 (pause 0.56) 170.3620 173 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 170.3620 And then my 171.0509 174 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 171.0509 (pause 0.16) 171.2083 175 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 171.2083 da- /RD-NAME-2/, he came into my life around when I was two, so 174.0961 176 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 174.0961 (pause 0.34) 174.4353 177 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 174.4353 shortly after that 175.2956 178 DCB_int_01 175.6908 [Mm-hm.] 175.9671 179 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 175.8307 [they] started 176.4357 180 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 176.7364 talking to each other 177.6763 181 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 177.6763 (pause 0.60) 178.2778 182 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 178.2778 and um, getting to know each other. And before them, 180.4356 183 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 180.4356 (pause 0.13) 180.5685 184 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 180.5685 I have a big sister, 181.6281 185 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 181.6281 (pause 0.50) 182.1239 186 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 182.1239 /RD-NAME-2/, 182.7359 187 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 182.7359 (pause 0.45) 183.1835 188 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 183.1835 and- she's twenty one. She- who also has a different father 185.8798 189 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 185.8798 (pause 0.40) 186.2776 190 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 186.2776 than I do. 186.8617 191 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 186.8617 (pause 0.60) 187.4597 192 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 187.4597 And then, 187.9703 193 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 187.9703 (pause 0.77) 188.7397 194 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 188.7397 going back 189.4741 195 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 189.4741 (pause 0.16) 189.6349 196 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 189.6349 to my dad, /RD-NAME-2/, 190.8021 197 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 190.8021 (pause 0.37) 191.1693 198 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 191.1693 it's a 191.6974 199 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 191.6974 (pause 0.25) 191.9492 200 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 191.9492 two more, 192.5157 201 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 192.5157 (pause 0.35) 192.8655 202 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 192.8655 but- which my mom and my dad /RD-NAME-2/ have. 194.6315 203 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 194.6315 (pause 0.42) 195.0538 204 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 195.0538 So but he's our father. 196.4387 205 DCB_int_01 196.7010 [Like everybody.] 197.5753 206 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 196.7115 [You know], 197.1696 207 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 197.1696 (pause 0.23) 197.4039 208 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 197.4039 [he's] everybody's father. We don't see him as a step father. 200.2288 209 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 200.5575 Never called him step dad. Never- 202.6278 210 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 202.6278 (pause 0.68) 203.3098 211 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 203.3098 never called him /RD-NAME-2/. 204.5015 212 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 204.5015 (pause 0.37) 204.8757 213 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 204.8757 [Except] for one time 205.7849 214 DCB_int_01 204.9141 [Mm.] 205.1275 215 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 206.1696 when my blood father did tell me- he was like, he's not your father, 208.6343 216 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 208.6343 (pause 0.33) 208.9630 217 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 208.9630 so you call him /RD-NAME-2/. 210.0786 218 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 210.0786 (pause 0.27) 210.3444 219 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 210.3444 So I called him /RD-NAME-2/ one time, and I got in so much trouble 212.8623 220 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 212.8623 (pause 0.33) 213.1902 221 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 213.1902 cause I called him /RD-NAME-2/. He's like- my mom's like, 214.8234 222 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 214.8234 (pause 0.27) 215.0892 223 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 215.0892 he takes care of you every day, 216.7923 224 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 216.7923 (pause 0.39) 217.1840 225 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 217.1840 and 217.4428 226 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 217.4428 (pause 0.25) 217.6972 227 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 217.6972 he's the one who's- 218.5505 228 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 218.5505 (pause 0.12) 218.6729 229 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 218.6729 [you're on] his insurance and all this [other stuff (laughing).] 220.9873 230 DCB_int_01 218.8123 [Mm.] 219.0206 231 DCB_int_01 219.0206 (pause 1.64) 220.6558 232 DCB_int_01 220.6558 [That clears] it up. 221.4322 233 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 221.4291 [Right], 222.0792 234 DCB_int_01 221.5992 [You on they] [insurance.] 222.6833 235 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 222.2357 [and she was] like, you're on his insurance, 223.9668 236 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 224.2291 so that's your father. I was like, I know, Mom. 226.1385 237 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 226.1385 (pause 0.57) 226.7077 238 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 226.7077 So, 227.0364 239 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 227.0364 (pause 0.13) 227.1658 240 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 227.1658 that's my father. I had one slip up, but that is my father. 229.9286 241 DCB_int_01 230.4112 Do you- 231.0232 242 DCB_int_01 231.0232 (pause 0.27) 231.2916 243 DCB_int_01 231.2916 do you [ever feel] like- 232.8689 244 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 231.7882 [] 232.0470 245 DCB_int_01 233.8376 I know you have him in your life, 235.4174 246 DCB_int_01 235.4174 (pause 0.10) 235.5223 247 DCB_int_01 235.5223 and do you ever feel like you wanted a closer relationship with your da- now that [you know] him- 239.9219 248 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 239.1454 [] 239.3483 249 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 239.9288 I f- 240.1666 250 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 240.1666 (pause 0.32) 240.4910 251 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 240.4910 I feel like I should have had a closer relationship with him because 243.5440 252 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 243.5440 (pause 0.16) 243.7049 253 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 243.7049 kind of like, 244.1805 254 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 244.1805 (pause 0.45) 244.6308 255 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 244.6308 so there were t- two streets, so if you think of like, nineteenth street and twenty first street, 248.2363 256 DCB_int_01 248.2993 Mm-hm. 248.5152 257 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 248.5651 a block away. We lived exactly a block away, 251.1486 258 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 251.1486 (pause 0.37) 251.5193 259 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 251.5193 but he would still come see me. He will come pick me up to go to my grandparents' house, every two weeks. 255.5472 260 DCB_int_01 256.0228 So you- [his] parents house? 257.4287 261 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 256.2711 [So we /met/-] 256.7467 262 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 256.7467 (pause 0.65) 257.4007 263 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 257.4007 Mm-hm. 257.6840 264 DCB_int_01 257.6735 Oh, okay. So his si- okay. 258.9036 265 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 258.9876 It was his parents' house. 259.9458 266 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 259.9458 (pause 0.28) 260.2291 267 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 260.2291 So it was never like, 261.3447 268 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 261.3447 (pause 0.19) 261.5335 269 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 261.5335 we- it- it was never like there was a 263.2707 270 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 263.2707 (pause 0.13) 263.4013 271 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 263.4013 position for us not to have a good relationship, 265.6681 272 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 265.6681 (pause 0.40) 266.0646 273 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 266.0646 it's just that he never really worked towards 268.1260 274 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 268.1260 (pause 0.11) 268.2384 275 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 268.2384 having a g- 268.7571 276 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 268.7571 (pause 0.16) 268.9124 277 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 268.9124 good relationship. 269.6030 278 DCB_int_01 270.2936 Gotcha. 270.7133 279 DCB_int_01 270.7133 (pause 0.19) 270.9082 280 DCB_int_01 270.9082 Gotcha, and I remember one time I was, 272.8177 281 DCB_int_01 272.8177 (pause 0.17) 272.9829 282 DCB_int_01 272.9829 you know, cause we been together 274.3872 283 DCB_int_01 274.3872 (pause 0.23) 274.6152 284 DCB_int_01 274.6152 for a lot with the Youth of the Year [competition], 276.3125 285 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 275.9926 [Right.] 276.4387 286 DCB_int_01 276.8617 we were somewhere, was it State 278.7517 287 DCB_int_01 278.7517 (pause 0.39) 279.1449 288 DCB_int_01 279.1449 Competition? And he's like, uh, we need to change the /RD-NAME-1/ on this and put [/RD-NAME-1/.] 283.2583 289 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 282.8519 [Yeah, my-] my step- my step- well, my dad, yeah. 285.3858 290 DCB_int_01 285.3660 Yeah, he- he [was like], naw, we need to change [this- we need] to change [this.] Um, have you [felt-] 289.7475 291 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 286.1128 [Yeah.] 286.3573 292 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 286.3573 (pause 0.90) 287.2561 293 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 287.2561 [Right.] 287.7418 294 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 287.7418 (pause 0.55) 288.2903 295 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 288.2903 [Right.] 288.6373 296 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 288.6373 (pause 0.65) 289.2911 297 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 289.2911 [But he-] 289.6711 298 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 289.8991 Huh? 290.1865 299 DCB_int_01 290.2361 have you ever thought about changing your name? 291.3265 300 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 291.3827 No, because my grandparents are really in my life, 293.9827 301 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 293.9827 (pause 0.09) 294.0752 302 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 294.0752 [and um-] 294.8187 303 DCB_int_01 294.1512 [Oh, so you're really] close to [them.] 295.3077 304 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 295.1822 [I'm] really close to my grandparents so I feel like that would kind of be disrespectful 298.3213 305 DCB_int_01 297.9182 [/Spectful/.] 298.3246 306 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 298.7471 to 299.0907 307 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 299.0907 (pause 0.31) 299.3980 308 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 299.3980 be like, oh, I'm'a change my name, when it's someone who is a /RD-NAME-1/, 302.7948 309 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 302.7948 (pause 0.33) 303.1215 310 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 303.1215 who's gonna- who's in my life and making me a better [person.] 305.6328 311 DCB_int_01 305.4775 [So] tell me about your grandparents. 306.7992 312 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 306.8851 They're the best! 308.0445 313 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 308.0445 (pause 0.39) 308.4311 314 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 308.4311 I love my grandparents. They are very very very nice people, 311.3653 315 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 311.3653 (pause 0.46) 311.8241 316 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 311.8241 and they always looked out- look out for the 313.6547 317 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 313.6547 (pause 0.27) 313.9257 318 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 313.9257 better interest of me and um- 315.5547 319 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 315.5547 (pause 0.70) 316.2519 320 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 316.2519 I remember one time when my granddad was like- 318.5644 321 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 318.5644 (pause 0.15) 318.7098 322 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 318.7098 cause he's- he's never- he's never whooped me before. 320.8477 323 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 320.8477 (pause 0.38) 321.2239 324 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 321.2239 He's never like, really yelled at me before, 323.2330 325 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 323.2330 (pause 0.29) 323.5204 326 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 323.5204 but one time he said he was disappointed in me and that broke me 326.4608 327 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 326.4608 (pause 0.57) 327.0291 328 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 327.0291 down. 327.3662 329 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 327.3662 (pause 0.36) 327.7296 330 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 327.7296 Like I was [in tears], 329.2397 331 DCB_int_01 328.3476 [] 329.3388 332 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 329.6556 everywhere. Sobbing, like, Mom, Granddad is mad at me. 333.1416 333 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 333.1416 (pause 0.34) 333.4820 334 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 333.4820 And it- it made me feel really bad so they hold really high standards 336.3298 335 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 336.3298 (pause 0.42) 336.7495 336 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 336.7495 in my life. And they always make sure I'm doing the best that I could possibly do. 340.0335 337 DCB_int_01 340.6415 And, so they're both still living? 342.3564 338 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 342.4225 They're both still living. 343.0999 339 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 343.0999 (pause 0.28) 343.3770 340 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 343.3770 My grandmom just retired last year. 345.2175 341 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 345.2175 (pause 0.61) 345.8321 342 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 345.8321 So they're f- 346.8333 343 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 346.8333 (pause 0.65) 347.4809 344 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 347.4809 Mm, my granddad's 348.8352 345 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 348.8352 (pause 0.21) 349.0500 346 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 349.0500 sixty something. He's like, 350.4643 347 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 350.4643 (pause 0.13) 350.5898 348 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 350.5898 old sixties- older sixty something, and my grandma's young- younger sixty something. 353.7995 349 DCB_int_01 354.2076 Okay. So [they're still-] 355.1096 350 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 354.5611 [I don't know their] exact [ages, but- ] 356.2265 351 DCB_int_01 355.6615 [No, no, no. But] they're still- where do they live? 357.3759 352 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 357.5511 DC. 358.0368 353 DCB_int_01 358.3044 Like what part? 358.8794 354 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 358.9950 Uh, 359.4246 355 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 359.4246 (pause 0.32) 359.7451 356 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 359.7451 well, 360.2771 357 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 360.2771 (pause 0.23) 360.5051 358 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 360.5051 uh, on MLK? 361.4799 359 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 361.4799 (pause 0.23) 361.7140 360 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 361.7140 On Martin Luther King [Avenue?] 362.7218 361 DCB_int_01 362.3782 [Southeast] [side?] 363.2803 362 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 363.2010 [S-] Southeast side. [Yes.] 364.4243 363 DCB_int_01 364.0039 [Oh, okay.] 364.4863 364 DCB_int_01 365.0349 Um, so- 365.9100 365 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 365.9100 They live on /RD-ADDRESS-2/. 366.6370 366 DCB_int_01 367.1888 [/RD-ADDRESS-2/.] 367.6844 367 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 367.4763 [The-] the highs over th- the high rises over there. 369.3928 368 DCB_int_01 370.3609 Um- 370.6645 369 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 370.8231 You don't know? 371.5467 370 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 371.5467 (pause 0.28) 371.8309 371 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 371.8309 It's okay. [] 373.0138 372 DCB_int_01 372.7164 [No], but I mean now I'm'a- 373.9853 373 DCB_int_01 374.1868 When I drive down, I'm'a look for it and be like, oh, 375.9211 374 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 376.1987 [Yeah. ] 377.2032 375 DCB_int_01 376.2053 [now I know somebody who] live there. I'm [not gonna] go knock on their door. [That'd be weird] to stalk her. 380.0345 376 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 377.6757 [Right.] 377.9037 377 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 377.9037 (pause 0.54) 378.4423 378 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 378.4423 [] 378.9677 379 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 380.0445 Right. 380.4079 380 DCB_int_01 380.4641 Um, 380.9465 381 DCB_int_01 380.9465 (pause 0.29) 381.2340 382 DCB_int_01 381.2340 so who- okay. So that was your parents. Now, tell me- I mean that was your grandparents. So tell me kind of like, your childhood home or what you remember- I know you said you hopped around a lot, [so tell me a little bit about] 389.9267 383 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 388.5521 [Yeah, we hopped around a lot.] 389.7384 384 DCB_int_01 390.2604 the houses, the neigh- the apartments, houses that you remember. 393.1578 385 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 393.3165 Um, we- we- 394.3871 386 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 394.3871 (pause 0.57) 394.9587 387 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 394.9587 we lived in a house one time, 396.8388 388 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 396.8388 (pause 0.63) 397.4695 389 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 397.4695 and that was when we had to move in with my grandmother 399.9147 390 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 399.9147 (pause 0.55) 400.4665 391 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 400.4665 uh, because [she-] 401.5966 392 DCB_int_01 401.2529 [Your mom's] mom [or-] 402.1711 393 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 401.8505 [My-] 402.1479 394 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 402.4651 [My great-] it was actually my great grandmother 404.5700 395 DCB_int_01 402.4651 [or?] 402.8484 396 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 405.0524 who was my mom's 406.0404 397 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 406.0404 (pause 0.31) 406.3510 398 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 406.3510 father's 407.0378 399 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 407.0378 (pause 0.23) 407.2691 400 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 407.2691 mom. 407.5401 401 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 407.5401 (pause 0.10) 407.6425 402 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 407.6425 Okay. 407.9333 403 DCB_int_01 407.9201 Okay. 408.2373 404 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 408.5942 Yeah [because I] don't- I only knew my mom's mom, 411.1281 405 DCB_int_01 408.9808 [/Okay/.] 409.2815 406 DCB_int_01 411.2372 Mm-hm. 411.5081 407 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 411.5445 and she- I- 412.4135 408 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 412.4135 (pause 0.31) 412.7208 409 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 412.7208 my step grandfather- 414.0656 410 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 414.0656 (pause 0.22) 414.2870 411 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 414.2870 We're not gonna go into that. (whispering) 415.2618 412 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 415.2618 (pause 0.40) 415.6612 413 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 415.6612 But my step grandfather- 416.6128 414 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 416.6128 (pause 0.35) 416.9597 415 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 416.9597 but um, my mom's- u- I only knew my mom's mom because my mom's dad 420.6403 416 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 420.6403 (pause 0.56) 421.1954 417 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 421.1954 um, passed away before I was born. 423.1152 418 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 423.1152 (pause 0.56) 423.6736 419 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 423.6736 [So,] 424.0768 420 DCB_int_01 423.6830 [Okay.] 423.8830 421 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 424.3605 yeah- I didn't- well, I didn't really kn- know that much of my mom's 427.1923 422 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 427.1923 (pause 0.13) 427.3178 423 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 427.3178 family 427.7342 424 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 427.7342 (pause 0.75) 428.4842 425 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 428.4842 because a lot of them, um, passed away. 430.7439 426 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 430.7439 (pause 0.36) 431.1008 427 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 431.1008 And like- like, now she's really excited because she's finally gonna be a aunt. 434.2229 428 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 434.2229 (pause 0.62) 434.8408 429 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 434.8408 And um, cause like, all her siblings- like, two of her siblings were murdered 437.8808 430 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 437.8808 (pause 0.38) 438.2603 431 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 438.2603 when they were young. 438.9641 432 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 438.9641 (pause 0.68) 439.6481 433 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 439.6481 And then she only has a- well she was a brother, 442.0437 434 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 442.0437 (pause 0.38) 442.4237 435 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 442.4237 and then my other uncle, he was in jail. 444.2637 436 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 444.2637 (pause 0.39) 444.6570 437 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 444.6570 And he just got out. He's in the halfway house, so he halfway out of jail. 447.2707 438 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 447.2707 (pause 0.13) 447.4024 439 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 447.4024 Woo woo. 447.6667 440 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 447.6667 (pause 0.27) 447.9377 441 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 447.9377 Let's [go Uncle] D! 448.8203 442 DCB_int_01 448.1194 [Mkay.] 448.4531 443 DCB_int_01 449.0116 That's [something.] 449.5667 444 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 449.4279 [And] [then], 449.8178 445 DCB_int_01 449.7550 [Progress!] 450.3597 446 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 450.0921 [uh, she] has a younger sister. 451.5129 447 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 452.3584 So. 452.6855 448 DCB_int_01 453.1415 It was four of them. 453.9180 449 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 454.3046 It was- 454.7342 450 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 454.7342 (pause 0.57) 455.2992 451 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 455.2992 well it was four- 456.1352 452 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 456.1352 (pause 0.13) 456.2669 453 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 456.2669 it was- 456.6039 454 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 456.6039 (pause 0.54) 457.1425 455 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 457.1425 [Yeah.] 457.6613 456 DCB_int_01 457.1524 [Or five.] 457.8100 457 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 457.9983 It was a lot of 'em. 458.9335 458 DCB_int_01 458.9368 Oh, okay. 459.2837 459 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 459.3630 But like her dad had different- 460.8165 460 DCB_int_01 461.5797 Gotcha. 461.9432 461 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 461.8937 You- [woman.] 462.7825 462 DCB_int_01 462.2571 [Mm, I] unders- Mm-hm. [I understand.] 464.0117 463 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 463.1724 [So yeah.] 463.7342 464 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 464.2728 But yeah, from what- from what we know of the [family members,] 467.2462 465 DCB_int_01 466.6613 [/I kn- mm-hm/.] 467.2230 466 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 467.4742 there's only- she only has 468.8818 467 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 468.8818 (pause 0.37) 469.2519 468 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 469.2519 two siblings- no, three siblings, that are alive /now/- 471.7792 469 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 471.7792 (pause 0.45) 472.2319 470 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 472.2319 And two that passed away. 473.2695 471 DCB_int_01 473.7089 Okay. 474.0427 472 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 474.1281 [So] [five.] 475.1657 473 DCB_int_01 474.1314 [S-] 474.4024 474 DCB_int_01 474.4024 (pause 0.30) 474.6998 475 DCB_int_01 474.6998 [five.] 475.1855 476 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 475.3144 [N- 475.4961 477 DCB_int_01 475.3144 [Plus] her, so [six. Oh, okay. And so], now who's- 477.5382 478 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 475.8100 [/Six, oh/ yeah. Six.] 477.1582 479 DCB_int_01 477.7397 who's having a baby? 478.4997 480 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 478.8660 My aunt- my aunt /RD-NAME-1/ which is my uncle's 481.0171 481 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 481.0171 (pause 0.44) 481.4533 482 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 481.4533 uh, wife. 482.1802 483 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 482.1802 (pause 0.68) 482.8572 484 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 482.8572 [She's having] a baby finally. 484.2317 485 DCB_int_01 482.9827 [/Great/.] 483.3065 486 DCB_int_01 484.4928 And when's the [baby due?] 485.3420 487 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 485.0479 [Um-] 485.3056 488 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 485.7848 February twenty second. 486.8455 489 DCB_int_01 486.8455 Oh, she's new pregnant. 487.8693 490 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 487.9651 Yeah. 488.3022 491 DCB_int_01 488.2923 Yeah, oh- like, [just-] 489.5017 492 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 489.0622 [Yeah.] 489.4851 493 DCB_int_01 489.6107 just got [pregnant-ish.] 490.9622 494 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 490.1889 [Yeah.] 490.6053 495 DCB_int_01 491.0778 Like y'all just found out [probably], not too long ago? 493.1194 496 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 492.0092 [Yeah.] 492.3032 497 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 492.3032 (pause 0.75) 493.0566 498 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 493.0566 Yeah. 493.3474 499 DCB_int_01 493.3573 Mm-hm. 493.7803 500 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 494.0446 And she was really excited. Like, she was jumping around the house. 496.5129 501 DCB_int_01 496.9552 [Tell her don't be jumping. The baby] needs- 498.1944 502 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 496.9751 [Like, ah!] 497.7615 503 DCB_int_01 498.4223 [tell her don't be doing that-] 499.0898 504 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 498.4323 [ No, my] mom [was- my mom.] 500.5107 505 DCB_int_01 499.5227 [Oh, oh. Okay.] 500.5305 506 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 500.7585 Yeah cause she- cause we um- 502.0004 507 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 502.0004 (pause 0.30) 502.3044 508 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 502.3044 Well, so from my family's side, 503.6779 509 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 503.6779 (pause 0.35) 504.0260 510 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 504.0260 I don't have 504.7827 511 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 504.7827 (pause 0.17) 504.9545 512 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 504.9545 c- like first cousins [around] them, 507.0077 513 DCB_int_01 506.3815 [Mm-hm.] 506.7317 514 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 507.2902 so we never got that cousin experience. Like, 509.6164 515 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 509.6164 (pause 0.35) 509.9667 516 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 509.9667 oh, I'm going over my cousin's house to spend the night, 511.9770 517 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 511.9770 (pause 0.27) 512.2462 518 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 512.2462 and my mom was real strict about us be spending the night over people houses. She didn't do it. 516.0126 519 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 516.0126 (pause 0.23) 516.2472 520 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 516.2472 At all. 516.6636 521 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 516.6636 (pause 0.39) 517.0568 522 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 517.0568 I've never the spent the night over anyone's house. I'm seventeen. 519.3125 523 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 519.3125 (pause 0.47) 519.7791 524 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 519.7791 Never had a sl- [never been] to a sleep over. 521.6856 525 DCB_int_01 520.5985 [] 521.0743 526 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 522.1780 But- 522.4456 527 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 522.4456 (pause 0.12) 522.5613 528 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 522.5613 like, that's why I love the Boys and Girls Club (laughing) 524.3088 529 DCB_int_01 524.3617 Cause [you get to-] 524.8011 530 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 524.6062 [because] I get to go places and, 526.1658 531 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 526.5557 oh, we in the room together! Woo! Let's talk about stuff and 529.9785 532 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 529.9785 (pause 0.41) 530.3883 533 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 530.3883 have fun! /And then/, 531.2672 534 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 531.2672 (pause 0.42) 531.6835 535 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 531.6835 but no. 532.2915 536 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 532.2915 (pause 0.14) 532.4265 537 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 532.4265 We- I didn't have any cousins. 533.6293 538 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 533.6293 (pause 0.33) 533.9630 539 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 533.9630 So we would always go out of town. 535.3509 540 DCB_int_01 535.6086 [Mm-hm.] 535.9324 541 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 535.7705 [We'd] go out of town like, 536.5768 542 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 536.7052 almost all the time, so that we can have like, 538.9686 543 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 538.9686 (pause 0.39) 539.3552 544 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 539.3552 that fun experience. So we can have something else about our childhood 542.1733 545 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 542.1733 (pause 0.36) 542.5368 546 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 542.5368 [to] be excited about. Cause my mom had 543.9709 547 DCB_int_01 542.5368 [T-] 542.8052 548 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 544.0270 plenty of cousins. And she was like, 545.2827 549 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 545.2827 (pause 0.31) 545.5966 550 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 545.5966 we walked everywhere, 546.8947 551 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 546.8947 (pause 0.32) 547.2185 552 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 547.2185 so if we weren't in this part of Southeast, 549.2209 553 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 549.2209 (pause 0.24) 549.4622 554 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 549.4622 we would walk to the other part of Southeast. 551.4145 555 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 551.4145 (pause 0.46) 551.8738 556 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 551.8738 Oh like- she like, we walk in groups. I was like, okay, 554.2595 557 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 554.2595 (pause 0.31) 554.5701 558 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 554.5701 I'm not walking anywhere. I catch the bus. 556.4267 559 DCB_int_01 556.6514 Right. 556.8662 560 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 556.9356 So that's a change over time. 558.2606 561 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 558.2606 (pause 0.30) 558.5613 562 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 558.5613 I catch the bus everywhere. I don't walk any- 560.8705 563 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 560.8705 (pause 0.10) 560.9664 564 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 560.9664 where. 561.3067 565 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 561.3067 (pause 0.46) 561.7693 566 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 561.7693 [Jus-] 562.1030 567 DCB_int_01 561.7759 [And you'd-] are you- so, 563.3289 568 DCB_int_01 563.8411 going back real quick. 564.9575 569 DCB_int_01 564.9575 (pause 0.38) 565.3342 570 DCB_int_01 565.3342 So you have- 566.2891 571 DCB_int_01 566.2891 (pause 0.20) 566.4874 572 DCB_int_01 566.4874 your mom had lots of 567.5514 573 DCB_int_01 567.5514 (pause 0.20) 567.7562 574 DCB_int_01 567.7562 cousins and [played] and- so, it was just you. How old is your sis- 570.8883 575 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 568.3142 [Mm.] 568.5852 576 DCB_int_01 571.0964 y'all are what? Four years [apart?] 572.6131 577 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 572.3620 [We're] five years [apart.] 573.3125 578 DCB_int_01 573.1777 [Five] year- and [then, your] younger sister how-? 575.1404 579 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 573.7130 [Me and my-] 574.1227 580 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 575.2065 Three years apart. 575.9698 581 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 575.9698 (pause 0.36) 576.3267 582 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 576.3267 And [then I have] a brother. 577.1660 583 DCB_int_01 576.5249 [Mm.] 576.7232 584 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 577.9123 So, 578.2857 585 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 578.2857 (pause 1.87) 580.1592 586 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 580.1592 [five years] apart again. 581.1505 587 DCB_int_01 580.2649 [/That's what-/] 580.6681 588 DCB_int_01 581.5933 Oh, wow. So- 582.3429 589 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 582.7130 [So, she-] 583.5225 590 DCB_int_01 582.9344 [so when you] played, who did you play with? 584.9103 591 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 584.9467 My big sister. 585.6802 592 DCB_int_01 585.9182 [Y'all were- Y'all were [close enough that-] 588.0886 593 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 586.1561 [Kind of.] 586.5394 594 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 586.5394 (pause 0.45) 586.9850 595 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 586.9850 [We would get- no] we- w- 588.5248 596 DCB_int_01 589.2782 Mm. So, mkay. Yeah. 590.3422 597 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 590.4639 We were kind of close, 591.8187 598 DCB_int_01 591.8286 Mm-hm. 592.1260 599 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 592.5754 but like she cared aft- she took care of me 594.8190 600 DCB_int_01 594.9281 [Right.] 595.1561 601 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 595.1065 [kind] of. So she always made sure I was good 597.3034 602 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 597.6570 and also made sure I was- 598.7143 603 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 598.7143 (pause 0.14) 598.8531 604 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 598.8531 I had someone to play with. 599.9898 605 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 599.9898 (pause 0.45) 600.4387 606 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 600.4387 So she took that big sister role and made it so that I had someone to [play with.] 603.2796 607 DCB_int_01 602.9269 [So there-] were there kids in like the different neighborhoods that you [grew up?] 605.5831 608 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 605.2262 [Mm-hm.] 605.8441 609 DCB_int_01 605.7615 [And] did you play with them? 606.5314 610 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 606.5743 Mm-hm. 606.9543 611 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 606.9543 (pause 0.27) 607.2253 612 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 607.2253 I h- I had fun with everybody cause I was- I just wanted to be everybody's [friend.] 610.7340 613 DCB_int_01 610.3309 [So,] 610.7208 614 DCB_int_01 610.8728 what was some of the things you did as a l- 612.6208 615 DCB_int_01 612.6208 (pause 0.13) 612.7463 616 DCB_int_01 612.7463 like I can only imagine like little /RD-NAME-3/ running around, 615.7131 617 DCB_int_01 615.7131 (pause 0.11) 615.8222 618 DCB_int_01 615.8222 doing a lot. 616.5227 619 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 616.5491 Yeah that's- that's all that I did. I just- I just- 618.5940 620 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 618.5940 (pause 0.66) 619.2549 621 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 619.2549 I- and I- also, my mom always said that I was- I always wanted to be with the older people. 623.0015 622 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 623.0015 (pause 0.38) 623.3782 623 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 623.3782 Like I always wanted to talk to the adults cause I was talking- like, I started talking really early. 627.1517 624 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 627.1517 (pause 0.33) 627.4850 625 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 627.4850 And I started- she said on my first birthday, I just got up and started walking. 630.1978 626 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 630.1978 (pause 0.43) 630.6241 627 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 630.6241 So she was just like, you were very advanced 632.5203 628 DCB_int_01 632.6029 Mm-hm. 632.8937 629 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 632.8243 for no reason. 633.7098 630 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 634.1493 I was just like- I always wanted to talk to people so I just talked to the kids 636.8980 631 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 636.8980 (pause 0.30) 637.2020 632 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 637.2020 when I was younger or talked to my peers. 638.8641 633 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 638.8641 (pause 0.13) 638.9896 634 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 638.9896 /RD-NAME-2/. 639.7133 635 DCB_int_01 639.7100 [ Right.] [Cause y'all-] [both of you together.] 642.6359 636 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 640.1126 [I just-] 640.5885 637 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 640.5885 (pause 0.39) 640.9751 638 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 640.9751 [I didn't-] 641.4311 639 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 641.4311 (pause 0.09) 641.5208 640 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 641.5208 [Right. Uh- I- w- Right. 642.9477 641 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 643.2848 But um, I just know- 644.3950 642 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 644.3950 (pause 0.20) 644.5961 643 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 644.5961 well, I had a real bad like, 645.8253 644 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 645.8253 (pause 0.12) 645.9476 645 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 645.9476 elementary school, 646.9422 646 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 646.9422 (pause 0.89) 647.8277 647 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 647.8277 like, experience because I was bullied a lot in etr- elementary [school.] 650.9664 648 DCB_int_01 650.8408 [What] school did you go to? 651.6437 649 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 651.6272 I went to /RD-SCHOOL-3/. Well I- 653.0910 650 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 653.5536 First, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-3/, 654.6700 651 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 654.6700 (pause 0.30) 654.9740 652 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 654.9740 and then I went to uh, /RD-SCHOOL-5/. 657.0359 653 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 657.0359 (pause 0.36) 657.3994 654 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 657.3994 And then /RD-SCHOOL-5/ got shut down. It got closed down to be turned into a police station 661.1196 655 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 661.1196 (pause 0.59) 661.7110 656 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 661.7110 um, my 662.5066 657 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 662.5066 (pause 0.21) 662.7134 658 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 662.7134 fifth grade year. 663.5874 659 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 663.5874 (pause 0.45) 664.0368 660 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 664.0368 And then sixth grade, that was the year when they was putting um, 666.6241 661 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 666.6241 (pause 0.23) 666.8554 662 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 666.8554 no, my fourth grade year. 667.9916 663 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 667.9916 (pause 0.47) 668.4575 664 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 668.4575 That was the year that they were putting sixth grade in middle school. 670.5722 665 DCB_int_01 670.8102 Mm. [Mm.] 671.4380 666 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 671.1042 [So], my fifth grade year I had to go to /RD-SCHOOL-3/, 673.5225 667 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 674.2429 and then- 674.8443 668 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 674.8443 (pause 0.15) 674.9896 669 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 674.9896 which was in Southwest. 676.1131 670 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 676.1131 (pause 0.40) 676.5125 671 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 676.5125 So, /RD-SCHOOL-3/ was Northeast, 677.9168 672 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 677.9168 (pause 0.39) 678.3067 673 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 678.3067 and then I went to Southwest, 679.4863 674 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 679.4863 (pause 0.52) 680.0051 675 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 680.0051 and then, um, 680.9006 676 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 680.9006 (pause 0.69) 681.5940 677 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 681.5940 and then I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/ 682.9851 678 DCB_int_01 683.5799 [Mm. Mm-hm.] 684.2375 679 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 683.5865 [for middle] school. 684.7001 680 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 685.4794 And then I went to high school and so on. 687.1084 681 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 687.1084 (pause 0.23) 687.3364 682 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 687.3364 [] 687.7792 683 DCB_int_01 687.3430 [So let's go back.] Why- why did you have a bad middle, uh, elementary school- 691.1227 684 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 690.2603 [Elementary-] 690.8352 685 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 690.8352 (pause 0.26) 691.0963 686 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 691.0963 Because when I was younger my mom- well, like, at first it was like, it was cool 695.5500 687 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 695.9664 and then like, 696.5909 688 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 696.5909 (pause 0.28) 696.8717 689 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 696.8717 when my big sister left, 698.2397 690 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 698.2397 (pause 0.12) 698.3587 691 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 698.3587 she went to, um, middle school- when she went to middle school, cause we were always in school together, 701.8443 692 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 701.8443 (pause 0.53) 702.3729 693 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 702.3729 and then when she went to middle school, 703.6649 694 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 703.6649 (pause 0.37) 704.0345 695 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 704.0345 I was in school by myself, 705.5479 696 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 705.5479 (pause 0.40) 705.9477 697 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 705.9477 and people didn't really like my older sister. 708.1517 698 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 708.1517 (pause 0.33) 708.4817 699 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 708.4817 So then they would 709.1557 700 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 709.1557 (pause 0.38) 709.5390 701 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 709.5390 take all of their energy- and my sister was really like, 711.5150 702 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 711.5150 (pause 0.22) 711.7364 703 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 711.7364 bold, 712.3345 704 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 712.3345 (pause 0.35) 712.6876 705 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 712.6876 and like nobody really wanted to mess with her 714.3331 706 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 714.3331 (pause 0.11) 714.4455 707 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 714.4455 at [that point.] 715.1163 708 DCB_int_01 714.7462 [Mm.] 714.9477 709 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 715.4797 So it was like, 716.0580 710 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 716.0580 (pause 0.33) 716.3851 711 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 716.3851 I was like, 716.9369 712 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 716.9369 (pause 0.38) 717.3165 713 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 717.3165 oh, okay. I'm little /RD-NAME-3/. 719.4709 714 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 719.4709 (pause 0.33) 719.8013 715 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 719.8013 And they would mess with m- they would turn their energy towards me. 722.3848 716 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 722.3848 (pause 0.34) 722.7251 717 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 722.7251 So now I was like, probably like fighting all the time 725.1373 718 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 725.1373 (pause 0.14) 725.2761 719 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 725.2761 in middle- in eme- in elementary school. 726.8881 720 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 726.8881 (pause 0.39) 727.2813 721 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 727.2813 And then, 727.8001 722 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 727.8001 (pause 0.22) 728.0248 723 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 728.0248 my mom, she cut my hair 729.2771 724 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 729.2771 (pause 0.34) 729.6208 725 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 729.6208 because like my sides broke off, my edges broke off. 731.8871 726 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 731.8871 (pause 0.28) 732.1712 727 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 732.1712 So she cut all my hair off 733.5326 728 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 733.5326 (pause 0.55) 734.0811 729 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 734.0811 when I was in, um, elementary school, too. 735.9013 730 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 735.9013 (pause 0.40) 736.2978 731 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 736.2978 So then I had to go to school. I was also bald head 738.9676 732 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 738.9676 (pause 0.12) 739.0834 733 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 739.0834 /RD-NAME-3/ did not have a big sister in the building anymore. 741.9081 734 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 741.9081 (pause 0.53) 742.4401 735 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 742.4401 So it was a struggle, 743.5206 736 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 743.5206 (pause 0.37) 743.8869 737 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 743.8869 but then as time went on, I got- I got better into school because 746.5403 738 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 746.5403 (pause 0.33) 746.8674 739 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 746.8674 that's when I took up like, speaking and stuff. 748.5988 740 DCB_int_01 748.8098 [Mm-hm.] 749.1271 741 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 748.9090 [So I was] like I wanna speak at this event. Can I emcee this event? And this, that and the third. So people like, oh, she- she- she talk at everything. 753.8782 742 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 754.2681 So now [people were being nice] to me 755.8178 743 DCB_int_01 754.6778 [] 755.4576 744 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 756.3928 cause I talked at everything. 757.8125 745 DCB_int_01 758.4145 So how did you- 759.5116 746 DCB_int_01 759.5116 (pause 0.86) 760.3707 747 DCB_int_01 760.3707 so you used kind of your 761.9270 748 DCB_int_01 761.9270 (pause 0.10) 762.0290 749 DCB_int_01 762.0290 talking- but that was before you really got into poetry right? [That was just] simply 765.7199 750 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 764.4643 [Mm, yes.] 765.0128 751 DCB_int_01 765.9148 you just wanted to 766.5394 752 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 766.7405 [I just wanted to talk, yeah.] 767.8342 753 DCB_int_01 766.7438 [talk and be the star.] Like, cause if they gonna think I'm- 769.2088 754 DCB_int_01 769.4764 they gonna pick at me for this, I'm- at least I'm'a gonna be smart. [I did the same thing.] 772.5093 755 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 771.3098 [Yes. I was always] smart. 773.1041 756 DCB_int_01 773.3222 [That's the way I'm] gonna do it- that's what- 774.7397 757 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 773.5006 773.9037 758 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 774.8256 Right. 775.0404 759 DCB_int_01 775.0735 And so when you did that, like, what was- do you remember your first speaking [engagement?] 778.6455 760 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 778.4566 [Yeah.] 778.6813 761 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 778.7441 Um, I don't, but my granddad does [cause he] was like, when the um- 782.1950 762 DCB_int_01 780.9476 [Oh.] 781.1789 763 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 782.3354 When I was in kindergarten, 783.3036 764 DCB_int_01 783.3465 783.7067 765 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 783.6736 he said- he said when I was in kindergarten, 785.4178 766 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 785.6888 he was like, you went up there, cause um, 787.3112 767 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 787.3112 (pause 0.14) 787.4500 768 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 787.4500 it was like, not 788.0018 769 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 788.0018 (pause 0.10) 788.0976 770 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 788.0976 kindergarten, but it was the- the pre school graduation. 790.1359 771 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 790.1359 (pause 0.88) 791.0149 772 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 791.0149 And he was like, 791.7484 773 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 791.7484 (pause 0.50) 792.2474 774 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 792.2474 uh, the girl didn't show up. Like, she didn't come to graduation, whoever was supposed to do the em- like emcee. 797.3289 775 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 797.3289 (pause 0.31) 797.6362 776 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 797.6362 The graduation, she didn't come! 799.2879 777 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 799.2879 (pause 0.26) 799.5490 778 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 799.5490 So he was like, I went up there, and I did it anyway. He was like, I- He was like, that- from that day, I knew 804.1844 779 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 804.1844 (pause 0.36) 804.5413 780 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 804.5413 that you was just gonna keep on speaking and that was gonna be your thing 806.9534 781 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 806.9534 (pause 0.30) 807.2537 782 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 807.2537 because you did it so well at such a young age. 809.5634 783 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 809.5634 (pause 0.57) 810.1383 784 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 810.1383 I was like, 810.5547 785 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 810.5547 (pause 0.61) 811.1660 786 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 811.1660 well, 811.4700 787 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 811.4700 (pause 0.18) 811.6479 788 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 811.6479 that's what I do. 812.2493 789 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 812.2493 (pause 0.13) 812.3787 790 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 812.3787 I- 812.7753 791 DCB_int_01 812.7444 That is [what you do. You do.] You talk, and you [talk, but you have-] 816.4263 792 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 813.0748 [I talk. ] 814.4494 793 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 814.4494 (pause 0.95) 815.3967 794 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 815.3967 [I j- I just talk.] 816.6699 795 DCB_int_01 816.7801 but you have 817.3874 796 DCB_int_01 817.3874 (pause 0.13) 817.5196 797 DCB_int_01 817.5196 great words, and I think that that's- 819.2599 798 DCB_int_01 819.2599 (pause 0.17) 819.4273 799 DCB_int_01 819.4273 Like, you ain't just talking to talk. Like, [you saying] something, and that's important [cause a lot of-] 823.2949 800 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 821.0971 [Right.] 821.3967 801 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 821.3967 (pause 1.38) 822.7795 802 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 822.7795 [Right.] 823.3081 803 DCB_int_01 823.9382 Trust me. They talking, and they ain't saying [nothing.] 826.3085 804 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 825.8414 [] Right. 826.5588 805 DCB_int_01 826.5860 Um, 827.0706 806 DCB_int_01 827.0706 (pause 0.14) 827.2072 807 DCB_int_01 827.2072 so okay. So you were in middle school. You went to- I mean you went to all these different ele- you went to three different elementary [schools.] 832.3349 808 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 831.7665 [I went to three different] elementary schools. 833.3218 809 DCB_int_01 833.8593 Which one was the best? 835.0092 810 DCB_int_01 835.0092 (pause 0.84) 835.8500 811 DCB_int_01 835.8500 I- I know they were [all-] 836.8590 812 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 836.5682 [/RD-SCHOOL-3/.] 837.1541 813 DCB_int_01 837.2555 [/RD-SCHOOL-3/.] 837.9340 814 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 837.3877 [/RD-SCHOOL-3/.] 837.9340 815 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 838.1543 /RD-SCHOOL-3/. 838.5728 816 DCB_int_01 838.5155 So did y'all live in Northeast at that time? 840.0003 817 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 840.0003 Mm-hm. 840.2778 818 DCB_int_01 840.6253 [Where'd y'all live?] 841.1848 819 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 840.6347 [Yeah.] 841.0356 820 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 841.0356 (pause 0.10) 841.1319 821 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 841.1319 [We] li- 841.5681 822 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 841.7840 we lived 842.5770 823 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 842.5770 (pause 0.10) 842.6739 824 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 842.6739 like not too far away from the school. I don't remember the exact [address], 845.6963 825 DCB_int_01 845.2204 [Oh], mm-hm. But- 846.1721 826 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 846.1809 but we lived not too far away from the school [so I /would live there walking/.] Mm-hm. 849.3977 827 DCB_int_01 847.8765 [Did y'all live in /RD-SCHOOL-3/?] 849.0881 828 DCB_int_01 849.5330 Oh y'all [lived in the- oh.] 850.9781 829 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 849.7665 [I lived- I lived- I lived in the] neighborhood, and I went to the school cause that- and that's when we were living 853.3919 830 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 853.7575 with my other grandmother. 854.9559 831 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 854.9559 (pause 0.44) 855.3921 832 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 855.3921 So a lot of the times we had to move in with like 857.2248 833 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 857.2248 (pause 0.15) 857.3702 834 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 857.3702 my grandparents and stuff cause they weren't well, 859.3654 835 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 859.3654 (pause 0.32) 859.6870 836 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 859.6870 [like they were sick.] 860.4096 837 DCB_int_01 859.6958 [Mm.] 860.1761 838 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 860.8325 So, 861.3039 839 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 861.3039 (pause 0.11) 861.4097 840 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 861.4097 we had to move in with them from time to time and like make sure they were okay. 864.9431 841 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 864.9431 (pause 0.72) 865.6650 842 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 865.6650 So. 865.9029 843 DCB_int_01 866.4536 Gotcha. Okay, so now let's go up to middle school [cause] we done with- 870.8153 844 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 869.3658 [Middle school.] 869.9342 845 DCB_int_01 871.4447 you 871.6298 846 DCB_int_01 871.6298 (pause 0.35) 871.9822 847 DCB_int_01 871.9822 were talking in the [f-] 872.9295 848 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 872.5858 [Now], in [middle school], that's when I lived in this area. So I lived in [um], 876.8902 849 DCB_int_01 873.0925 [kindergarten.] 873.6916 850 DCB_int_01 873.6916 (pause 3.06) 876.7492 851 DCB_int_01 876.7492 [Southeast.] [That's when you moved to Southeast.] [Okay.] 878.5638 852 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 877.2685 [I lived in Southeast], 878.0042 853 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 878.0042 (pause 0.27) 878.2730 854 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 878.2730 [and then I] moved. So I lived in Ridgecrest or Parkland. 880.7711 855 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 881.1367 [So] I went to- I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/, 883.5549 856 DCB_int_01 881.1632 [Mm-hm.] 881.4363 857 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 883.8721 and I'd take the bus to school, you know, every day. 885.9296 858 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 885.9296 (pause 0.47) 886.4010 859 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 886.4010 And I went there from 887.4451 860 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 887.4451 (pause 0.16) 887.6037 861 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 887.6037 six, 888.2205 862 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 888.2205 (pause 0.43) 888.6479 863 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 888.6479 of course from sixth to eighth grade. 890.4096 864 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 890.4096 (pause 0.35) 890.7620 865 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 890.7620 And I was actually the first valedictorian of the school. 893.3526 866 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 893.3526 (pause 0.18) 893.5288 867 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 893.5288 Woot woot. 894.0928 868 DCB_int_01 894.1060 Oh, [okay. Congratulations.] 896.2378 869 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 894.4452 [ Yeah.] 895.2500 870 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 895.2500 (pause 0.52) 895.7707 871 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 895.7707 [Thank you], and um, I- I remember uh- I got- I got in my first- I got suspended for the first time 900.7360 872 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 901.4712 when I was in um- when I was at /RD-SCHOOL-4/ because I fought a girl. 904.6741 873 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 904.6741 (pause 0.35) 905.0266 874 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 905.0266 But I fought her all the way down the street, and that's because- but she hit me. 909.3480 875 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 909.3480 (pause 0.42) 909.7710 876 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 909.7710 Like she's like, legit slapped me in my face! 912.6083 877 DCB_int_01 912.6127 Why? 913.0136 878 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 913.4579 Because she didn't like what I was saying. Cause I told her I didn't like her as a human being. 917.0266 879 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 917.0266 (pause 0.65) 917.6742 880 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 917.6742 And like, I just didn't wanna [be around her. I was-] 919.5240 881 DCB_int_01 918.5730 [And you were like twelve?] 919.8280 882 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 919.8633 I was like twelve! 920.7312 883 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 920.7312 (pause 0.30) 921.0308 884 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 921.0308 But I was out, you know, I was always honest with people. [It was just like,] 923.8461 885 DCB_int_01 923.2733 [] 924.2558 886 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 924.2426 if I don't wanna be around you, I'm'a tell you that I don't want you to be in my company 927.5771 887 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 928.2292 or like my surroundings, so. 929.5421 888 DCB_int_01 930.5554 I can just [imagine you walking-] look, 932.0527 889 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 931.0130 [] 931.5945 890 DCB_int_01 932.2642 [you know, I think you're a horrible human being.] 934.3613 891 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 932.2686 [] Right. 934.9120 892 DCB_int_01 935.5156 Thank you. 936.0047 893 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 936.3043 937.1149 894 DCB_int_01 937.3654 Wow, you know, that's bold. 938.9471 895 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 939.0132 It just- it [was just-] 939.9736 896 DCB_int_01 939.6035 [But that's] you. 940.2424 897 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 940.2380 But my- but that's how my mom is. Like, she's very honest and 943.3258 898 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 943.7752 /they/ just 944.3171 899 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 944.3171 (pause 0.14) 944.4580 900 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 944.4580 blunt kind of. 945.4141 901 DCB_int_01 945.6608 [Mm.] 945.9207 902 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 945.7093 [So that's] how I grew up. But I'm- I'm- I think I'm a lot nicer than her 949.0973 903 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 949.5681 in my [bluntness and honesty. ] 951.5815 904 DCB_int_01 949.8985 [I- I need to interview your mom too.] 951.5859 905 DCB_int_01 951.7181 I need to interview your mom too- [cause I bet] she has some [stories.] 954.2079 906 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 952.7490 [S-] 953.0883 907 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 953.0883 (pause 0.82) 953.9077 908 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 953.9077 [Oh], she has plenty stories. 955.5416 909 DCB_int_01 955.5593 Mm-hm. I [can only imagine. Just even] over the last three or four months, 958.9385 910 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 956.2289 [Plenty story.] 957.3480 911 DCB_int_01 959.2469 like, sitting [by her at these little things, and she'll say something,] 961.9249 912 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 959.6875 [] 961.5857 913 DCB_int_01 962.1805 I can [only] [imagine.] 964.1543 914 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 962.4713 [] 963.1497 915 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 963.1497 (pause 0.67) 963.8150 916 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 963.8150 [/Her s-/] yup. 964.6565 917 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 964.8327 That's a interesting [one.] 966.1633 918 DCB_int_01 965.8857 [Mm-hm.] 966.4496 919 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 966.3219 [Yup.] 966.6869 920 DCB_int_01 966.8103 Um, okay. So you beat up the girl. Y'all slap- you got [suspended. For how long?] 970.8460 921 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 969.8987 [Yeah, in the-] 970.7534 922 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 970.9781 I got suspended for a day! But that was because I was really- 973.1716 923 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 973.1716 (pause 0.17) 973.3390 924 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 973.3390 they- they were like, I didn't ever have a problem. Like, I don't get in trouble in school. 976.8019 925 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 976.8019 (pause 0.30) 977.0971 926 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 977.0971 If I got in trouble, it was because I did something at home. I never got in trouble at school. 980.6078 927 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 980.6078 (pause 0.34) 980.9515 928 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 980.9515 I- cause I was always on honor roll, 982.7755 929 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 982.7755 (pause 0.25) 983.0266 930 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 983.0266 and like, all of the teachers knew me, and they're like, 984.6083 931 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 984.6083 (pause 0.33) 984.9425 932 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 984.9425 oh, can you read this? Or something like that. 986.5770 933 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 986.5770 (pause 0.37) 986.9471 934 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 986.9471 I was good! 987.7384 935 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 987.7384 (pause 0.32) 988.0617 936 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 988.0617 So she was like, we cannot suspend her for more than a day because she's such a great student. 992.1260 937 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 992.1260 (pause 0.47) 992.5990 938 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 992.5990 And uh, 993.2379 939 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 993.2379 (pause 0.19) 993.4229 940 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 993.4229 it was just like, overturned. She was just- and then we had a meet and- we had a parent meet, 996.8462 941 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 996.8462 (pause 0.39) 997.2376 942 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 997.2376 and my mom came in the room, and she saw the girl. 998.6783 943 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 998.6783 (pause 0.29) 998.9647 944 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 998.9647 She said, that's the same one that's always messing with my child! So, 1002.2999 945 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1002.2999 (pause 0.55) 1002.8455 946 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1002.8455 If- [I've had] previous [engage- engagements with her.] 1005.4968 947 DCB_int_01 1003.0174 [Mm, s-] 1003.4712 948 DCB_int_01 1003.4712 (pause 0.54) 1004.0131 949 DCB_int_01 1004.0131 [Issues. Yeah.] Gotcha. 1005.9956 950 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1006.0573 And then um, it was so funny because when we graduated, 1008.8323 951 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1008.8323 (pause 0.13) 1008.9645 952 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1008.9645 1009.4976 953 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1009.4976 (pause 0.58) 1010.0791 954 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1010.0791 I was um, vale- I was valedictorian. She was salutatorian, tied up with another person. 1014.5730 955 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1014.5730 (pause 0.81) 1015.3874 956 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1015.3874 So, it was like, her- her mom had all the /??/- she's like, 1018.0309 957 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1018.0309 (pause 0.38) 1018.4098 958 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1018.4098 She didn't deserve that. Da da da da da. And I was like, ooh! You're mad! 1022.5543 959 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1022.5543 (pause 0.10) 1022.6536 960 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1022.6536 1023.2069 961 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1023.2069 (pause 0.10) 1023.3077 962 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1023.3077 Okay. [] 1024.4538 963 DCB_int_01 1024.0617 [Wow.] 1024.6829 964 DCB_int_01 1024.8636 [Wow.] 1025.6346 965 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1024.9737 [And it was like the same] thing. Like, 1026.0443 966 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1026.3175 when we went to our eighth grade dance, 1028.2378 967 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1028.2378 (pause 0.33) 1028.5682 968 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1028.5682 her mom had her in like, the skimpiest outfit. It was- it was like- 1031.6963 969 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1031.6963 (pause 1.12) 1032.8147 970 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1032.8147 That's something that you wear to the club when you're twenty five years old type [outfit.] 1036.4715 971 DCB_int_01 1035.9736 [And she's] fifteen [wearing it to the-] 1037.9342 972 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1037.1852 [She- she's wasn't] even- 1038.2602 973 DCB_int_01 1038.3785 [Wa- wh- no. Thirteen, fourteen.] 1040.3743 974 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1038.3880 [we weren't even fifteen. We like thirteen], fourteen 1040.9074 975 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1041.6256 in there. 1042.0485 976 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1042.0485 (pause 0.37) 1042.4186 977 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1042.4186 And I had on my nice little tutu dress. I was like, cheese! [Happy birthday! Good morning!] 1046.6078 978 DCB_int_01 1045.7796 [] 1046.5902 979 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1047.5330 So it was just- I- I think it- 1048.8812 980 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1048.8812 (pause 0.77) 1049.6522 981 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1049.6522 but she had a lot of animosity towards me, 1051.4491 982 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1051.4491 (pause 0.42) 1051.8721 983 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1051.8721 just s- 1052.2245 984 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1052.2245 (pause 0.41) 1052.6387 985 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1052.6387 just for being who I [am.] 1053.8547 986 DCB_int_01 1053.5815 [Yeah.] 1053.8547 987 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1054.0001 And I think that- that goes on- that been on for like, 1056.3968 988 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1056.3968 (pause 0.13) 1056.5245 989 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1056.5245 a lot of my life. 1057.3742 990 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1057.3742 (pause 0.45) 1057.8280 991 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1057.8280 This goes on for a lot of my life. Just like, 1059.2951 992 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1059.2951 (pause 0.32) 1059.6168 993 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1059.6168 people having feelings towards me because of who I am. 1062.3880 994 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1062.3880 (pause 0.46) 1062.8506 995 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1062.8506 And I mean- And I had to get- I mean I had to become comfortable 1065.3392 996 DCB_int_01 1065.5198 [Mm.] 1066.0529 997 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1065.7313 [with who] I am over [time. ] 1067.8202 998 DCB_int_01 1066.9429 [] 1068.2029 999 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1068.5157 I have become [comfortable in my own skin. ] 1071.4802 1000 DCB_int_01 1069.3742 [Comfortable in my own skin.] 1071.1718 1001 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1072.0221 So um- 1072.4054 1002 DCB_int_01 1072.3834 So today! 1073.1676 1003 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1073.1500 [ Right. ] 1074.2029 1004 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1074.6120 So I think over time I just- I- with m- 1076.5858 1005 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1076.5858 (pause 0.48) 1077.0704 1006 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1077.0704 with me becoming comfortable in who I am, 1079.3130 1007 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1079.3130 (pause 0.45) 1079.7668 1008 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1079.7668 I just had to be 1080.5812 1009 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1080.5812 (pause 0.17) 1080.7486 1010 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1080.7486 comfortable with 1081.4403 1011 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1081.4403 (pause 0.20) 1081.6430 1012 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1081.6430 people being who they are 1082.7092 1013 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1082.7092 (pause 0.33) 1083.0396 1014 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1083.0396 and being comfortable that they gonna have opinions about me. And I can't necessarily change 1086.5378 1015 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1086.5378 (pause 0.47) 1087.0086 1016 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1087.0086 what they're saying. 1087.8060 1017 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1087.8060 (pause 0.35) 1088.1540 1018 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1088.1540 And the- I had to- I had to learn that from my mom cause I remember one day, 1090.8504 1019 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1090.8504 (pause 0.43) 1091.2777 1020 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1091.2777 my sister said something to me, and I like broke out in tears. 1093.7796 1021 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1093.7796 (pause 0.29) 1094.0659 1022 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1094.0659 And my mom was like, you better get some back- back bone because the world not gonna be that nice to you! 1098.2910 1023 DCB_int_01 1098.6259 [Mm.] 1098.9831 1024 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1098.7580 [And I] was like- ever since then, I was like, alright cool. Well, whatchu gotta say is- that's whatchu gotta say. 1102.9032 1025 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1103.3791 But I don't necessarily have to take or receive that into 1106.0175 1026 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1106.0175 (pause 0.41) 1106.4316 1027 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1106.4316 what I have. 1107.1365 1028 DCB_int_01 1107.7665 What do you think was- 1109.0442 1029 DCB_int_01 1109.0442 (pause 0.24) 1109.2865 1030 DCB_int_01 1109.2865 if you- 1109.6522 1031 DCB_int_01 1109.6522 (pause 0.22) 1109.8769 1032 DCB_int_01 1109.8769 I want you to just kind of think back, before we get to high school, [think back] 1113.3348 1033 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1112.7312 [Mm-hm.] 1113.3392 1034 DCB_int_01 1113.9560 as a child 1114.9164 1035 DCB_int_01 1114.9164 (pause 0.41) 1115.3262 1036 DCB_int_01 1115.3262 and in middle school, 1116.7625 1037 DCB_int_01 1116.7625 (pause 0.89) 1117.6518 1038 DCB_int_01 1117.6518 what do you feel like 1118.6783 1039 DCB_int_01 1118.6783 (pause 0.86) 1119.5374 1040 DCB_int_01 1119.5374 helped you learn 1121.1500 1041 DCB_int_01 1121.1500 (pause 0.38) 1121.5333 1042 DCB_int_01 1121.5333 to really be comfortable with who you are? What- was there a specific incident or was it just kind of over [time?] 1127.3526 1043 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1127.0266 [It was] over time because kids are mean. 1129.2500 1044 DCB_int_01 1129.6165 [They are.] 1130.0175 1045 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1129.6430 [Like], 1129.9866 1046 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1130.3787 and l- And like, 1131.3744 1047 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1131.3744 (pause 0.15) 1131.5198 1048 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1131.5198 you know, as you get older, 1132.6257 1049 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1132.6257 (pause 0.34) 1132.9649 1050 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1132.9649 we become a adult, you- like, people sugar coat things, 1135.5461 1051 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1135.5461 (pause 0.30) 1135.8456 1052 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1135.8456 and it-You like- You learn to sugar coat things, 1137.8062 1053 DCB_int_01 1137.7269 Mm-hm. 1138.0265 1054 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1138.0133 but when you're young, 1138.8636 1055 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1139.0442 you're as pure as can be. You're like- you're like, 1140.7757 1056 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1140.7757 (pause 0.25) 1141.0218 1057 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1141.0218 oh I don't like you, or 1142.5197 1058 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1142.5197 (pause 0.31) 1142.8281 1059 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1142.8281 you ugly. Like, kids will tell you that you're ugly 1144.9120 1060 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1144.9120 (pause 0.56) 1145.4716 1061 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1145.4716 real nice, 1147.0400 1062 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1147.0400 (pause 0.16) 1147.1980 1063 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1147.1980 just, with a smile to you're ugly. I'm like, okay. 1150.2952 1064 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1150.2952 (pause 0.44) 1150.7402 1065 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1150.7402 [Mean.] 1151.3086 1066 DCB_int_01 1151.0178 [] 1151.4848 1067 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1151.5200 It's cool. 1152.1809 1068 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1152.1809 (pause 0.62) 1152.7971 1069 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1152.7971 But I think just over time, like bis- people, just al- being mean to me, 1156.2644 1070 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1156.2644 (pause 0.33) 1156.5948 1071 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1156.5948 and I had to understand that like, not everyone's gonna like me for who I am 1159.6738 1072 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1159.6738 (pause 0.41) 1160.0791 1073 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1160.0791 or like what I do. 1160.8986 1074 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1160.8986 (pause 0.30) 1161.1982 1075 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1161.1982 So I might just have to get used to it, 1162.6213 1076 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1162.6213 (pause 0.35) 1162.9737 1077 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1162.9737 and be who I am because 1164.3395 1078 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1164.3395 (pause 0.49) 1164.8323 1079 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1164.8323 I've- and I have to love who I am as a human being too. 1167.5022 1080 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1167.5022 (pause 0.51) 1168.0133 1081 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1168.0133 So I think that's what also came with like, Girls Only Club. 1170.1280 1082 DCB_int_01 1170.2640 Mm-hm. 1170.6253 1083 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1170.6208 When I started Girls Only Club, it was like, 1172.1276 1084 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1172.6475 I understand that you have- like I'm teaching young women that you have to understand that not everyone's gonna like you for what you look like, what you say out your mouth, 1179.1806 1085 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1179.1806 (pause 0.27) 1179.4493 1086 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1179.4493 but you have to be true to who you are 1181.2865 1087 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1181.2865 (pause 0.19) 1181.4716 1088 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1181.4716 because people will say, 1182.5334 1089 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1182.5334 (pause 0.22) 1182.7486 1090 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1182.7486 that's not you to be like that. 1184.1320 1091 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1184.1320 (pause 0.48) 1184.6166 1092 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1184.6166 Even if you are 1185.4802 1093 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1185.4802 (pause 0.31) 1185.7930 1094 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1185.7930 like, the meanest person in the world, once you try to be nice, oh you're being fake because that's not 1189.8633 1095 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1189.8633 (pause 0.17) 1190.0307 1096 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1190.0307 [you.] 1190.3655 1097 DCB_int_01 1190.2528 [You.] Mm-hm. 1191.2775 1098 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1191.7093 Regardless. 1192.3701 1099 DCB_int_01 1192.6962 Yup. 1192.9781 1100 DCB_int_01 1192.9781 (pause 0.35) 1193.3306 1101 DCB_int_01 1193.3306 I think- so I wanna go back cause I know we've skipped- Before we go to high school, cause I know high school was a- 1198.0485 1102 DCB_int_01 1198.0485 (pause 0.24) 1198.2908 1103 DCB_int_01 1198.2908 you did some transitioning. 1199.5641 1104 DCB_int_01 1199.5641 (pause 0.56) 1200.1280 1105 DCB_int_01 1200.1280 Um, 1200.7272 1106 DCB_int_01 1200.7272 (pause 0.38) 1201.1055 1107 DCB_int_01 1201.1055 but go back to- you were- 1202.5594 1108 DCB_int_01 1202.5594 (pause 0.34) 1202.9030 1109 DCB_int_01 1202.9030 are- 1203.1233 1110 DCB_int_01 1203.1233 (pause 0.30) 1203.4229 1111 DCB_int_01 1203.4229 you were twelve, um, [and looking for] a place to /comete/ your- uh, complete your community service requirement. 1207.2421 1112 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1204.5992 1205.0134 1113 DCB_int_01 1207.5945 But go back to um, 1209.6608 1114 DCB_int_01 1209.6608 (pause 0.16) 1209.8194 1115 DCB_int_01 1209.8194 Boys and Girls Club cause you talk about 1211.2293 1116 DCB_int_01 1211.2293 (pause 0.18) 1211.4099 1117 DCB_int_01 1211.4099 you got to- you go on sleep overs sort of [and] 1214.0880 1118 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1213.5637 [Right.] 1213.8985 1119 DCB_int_01 1214.5109 um, Girls Only Club. So tell me how did you come to the- like, I know the story, [but] 1218.9695 1120 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1218.5862 [Right.] 1218.9916 1121 DCB_int_01 1219.3346 um, I don't know the whole story actually. 1221.1938 1122 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1221.2423 1221.7533 1123 DCB_int_01 1221.7886 So tell me how did you actually end up at nineteen oh one? 1224.3351 1124 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1224.5459 Right. So, I came to the Boys and Girls Club because uh, at school, 1228.2556 1125 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1228.2556 (pause 0.33) 1228.5904 1126 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1228.5904 they was telling that you have to go out and find 1230.3836 1127 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1230.3836 (pause 0.09) 1230.4755 1128 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1230.4755 community service. I'm in eighth grade. I'm like, okay. 1232.5638 1129 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1232.5638 (pause 0.32) 1232.8810 1130 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1232.8810 Community service. 1233.6650 1131 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1233.6650 (pause 0.12) 1233.7842 1132 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1233.7842 Whatever. 1234.2115 1133 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1234.2115 (pause 0.64) 1234.8548 1134 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1234.8548 So not even [eighth grade- No] I wasn't even in eighth grade. I was- 1237.6033 1135 DCB_int_01 1235.6963 [Was that for every-] 1236.3792 1136 DCB_int_01 1237.6694 Seventh [grade?] 1238.4334 1137 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1238.1452 [I was in the] seventh grade. [I was in seventh g-] 1239.6696 1138 DCB_int_01 1239.0132 [And everybody in the] school had to do [that?] 1240.5728 1139 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1240.2556 [Everybody] in the school had to do community service. 1242.1589 1140 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1242.4717 So I actually came down here with three of my friends- with three uh, people- well, they were my friends- 1247.1367 1141 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1247.1367 (pause 0.47) 1247.6037 1142 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1247.6037 With three people that I was close with in um, seventh grade at my school. 1250.8237 1143 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1250.8237 (pause 0.45) 1251.2731 1144 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1251.2731 And we were just like coming down here, and we aksed, do y'all have like, community service? Can we come down here and do community service? 1255.8985 1145 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1255.8985 (pause 0.53) 1256.4316 1146 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1256.4316 So over time I was just like, I'll come down here on like, 1258.9032 1147 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1258.9032 (pause 0.14) 1259.0398 1148 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1259.0398 a Tuesday and a Thursday. I'll come down here 1260.7052 1149 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1260.7052 (pause 0.36) 1261.0614 1150 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1261.0614 and help with the ch- with the younger children, 1262.8061 1151 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1262.8061 (pause 0.36) 1263.1630 1152 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1263.1630 and um, help them with their homework and stuff. 1264.7578 1153 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1264.7578 (pause 0.30) 1265.0530 1154 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1265.0530 And then over time, they were like, oh we can invite you into the Teen Center. 1268.1408 1155 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1268.1408 (pause 0.41) 1268.5506 1156 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1268.5506 So then that's when I s- actually started coming to the Boys and Girls Club every day 1271.4760 1157 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1271.4760 (pause 0.28) 1271.7535 1158 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1271.7535 cause I lived about five minutes away. 1273.4183 1159 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1273.4183 (pause 0.25) 1273.6650 1160 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1273.6650 [It was a- it was] walking distance, so it was like, hm, I'll walk down there every day after school. 1277.3967 1161 DCB_int_01 1273.6650 [Mm.] 1274.2950 1162 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1277.7756 So- cause it was also the after ks- after care program, 1280.3523 1163 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1280.3523 (pause 0.48) 1280.8369 1164 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1280.8369 so I just came to the Boys and Girls Club, over time just started coming and coming, 1283.9342 1165 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1283.9342 (pause 0.44) 1284.3747 1166 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1284.3747 just being here every day. 1285.2500 1167 DCB_int_01 1286.0219 What do you think- so, 1287.6828 1168 DCB_int_01 1287.6828 (pause 0.67) 1288.3481 1169 DCB_int_01 1288.3481 what kept you here though? 1289.7315 1170 DCB_int_01 1289.7315 (pause 0.19) 1289.9166 1171 DCB_int_01 1289.9166 Like, 1290.5642 1172 DCB_int_01 1290.5642 (pause 1.03) 1291.5989 1173 DCB_int_01 1291.5989 [it-] 1291.8456 1174 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1291.6033 [I-] 1291.8192 1175 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1292.4580 the- 1292.9206 1176 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1292.9206 (pause 0.40) 1293.3216 1177 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1293.3216 the programs 1294.3040 1178 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1294.3040 (pause 0.70) 1295.0090 1179 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1295.0090 and the people around me. People being- I think people being nice to me. 1298.2730 1180 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1298.2730 (pause 0.58) 1298.8546 1181 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1298.8546 And people um, treating me as family. 1301.0795 1182 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1301.0795 (pause 0.97) 1302.0487 1183 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1302.0487 That's what kept me- That's what kept me around cause it was like- I wasn't- 1304.8590 1184 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1304.8590 (pause 0.59) 1305.4493 1185 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1305.4493 not that I wasn't getting it at home, it was just like, 1307.5244 1186 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1307.5244 (pause 1.62) 1309.1451 1187 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1309.1451 u- people weren't- 1310.1056 1188 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1310.1056 (pause 0.37) 1310.4757 1189 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1310.4757 at home, it wasn't like, 1311.4626 1190 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1311.4626 (pause 0.51) 1311.9736 1191 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1311.9736 people always open and listen to what I was saying 1314.0223 1192 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1314.0223 (pause 0.20) 1314.2250 1193 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1314.2250 all the time. 1314.6655 1194 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1314.6655 (pause 0.24) 1314.9072 1195 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1314.9072 So like, 1315.3610 1196 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1315.3610 (pause 0.70) 1316.0615 1197 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1316.0615 that's when I started with my- with like, my 1317.6564 1198 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1317.6564 (pause 0.30) 1317.9560 1199 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1317.9560 suicide and all that stuff. (whispered) 1319.7095 1200 DCB_int_01 1319.8152 Mm-hm. 1320.1148 1201 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1320.0796 Like my- my- 1320.8499 1202 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1321.2112 my cl- my skeleton in my closet. [That stuff.] 1323.9119 1203 DCB_int_01 1323.4053 [Mm-hm.] 1323.8767 1204 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1324.2732 So um, 1324.9341 1205 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1324.9341 (pause 0.17) 1325.1015 1206 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1325.1015 that's when I started that stuff, 1326.1941 1207 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1326.1941 (pause 0.15) 1326.3433 1208 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1326.3433 and then like, it was like, coming down here, 1328.0439 1209 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1328.0439 (pause 0.33) 1328.3743 1210 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1328.3743 it was showing me that there is other things bigger, 1330.9164 1211 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1330.9164 (pause 0.40) 1331.3130 1212 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1331.3130 that like, the little problems that you have in your bedroom, in the four walls 1334.3887 1213 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1334.3887 (pause 0.47) 1334.8634 1214 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1334.8634 [of your room-] 1335.5286 1215 DCB_int_01 1334.9515 [/Mm-hm/.] 1335.4846 1216 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1335.9252 It was like, there- there's hope. 1337.4099 1217 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1337.4099 (pause 0.10) 1337.5068 1218 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1337.5068 And like, there's- there's reasons to be happy, 1339.8473 1219 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1339.8473 (pause 0.17) 1340.0131 1220 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1340.0131 you [know?] 1340.4096 1221 DCB_int_01 1340.2289 Mm-hm. 1340.6034 1222 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1340.8942 So I- it g- it gave me a 1342.5111 1223 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1342.5111 (pause 0.21) 1342.7182 1224 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1342.7182 place to be and a place to feel like 1344.2999 1225 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1344.2999 (pause 0.38) 1344.6781 1226 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1344.6781 I was comfortable. 1345.5064 1227 DCB_int_01 1346.4140 And so, 1347.0352 1228 DCB_int_01 1347.0352 (pause 0.15) 1347.1806 1229 DCB_int_01 1347.1806 what do you remember- like, what's your earliest- 1349.5288 1230 DCB_int_01 1349.5288 (pause 0.53) 1350.0619 1231 DCB_int_01 1350.0619 I mean it wasn't that long ago, but like- cause the Club has [changed in four or five years, but-] 1353.9428 1232 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1352.2245 [I reme- I remember coming in here for the first] day. 1354.4186 1233 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1354.5287 [I remember the first day.] 1355.3526 1234 DCB_int_01 1354.5464 [What was it like?] 1355.4011 1235 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1355.8020 So I walked in here, 1356.7316 1236 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1356.7316 (pause 0.46) 1357.1936 1237 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1357.1936 and um, I s- I went to the front desk, 1359.6035 1238 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1359.6035 (pause 0.09) 1359.6916 1239 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1359.6916 and I said, uh, do you have someone here that 1362.2205 1240 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1362.2205 (pause 0.21) 1362.4320 1241 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1362.4320 can tell me about community service? 1363.8456 1242 DCB_int_01 1363.8721 Mm-hm. 1364.1673 1243 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1364.4272 And you know, I'm young. I- I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I was like, do y'all have [community service here?] 1368.9078 1244 DCB_int_01 1367.9782 [] 1368.9607 1245 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1369.2597 And (laughing) 1369.6914 1246 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1369.6914 (pause 0.32) 1370.0131 1247 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1370.0131 they sent me into the Teen Center, and Miss /RD-NAME-2/ was still working here, 1373.0927 1248 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1373.0927 (pause 0.56) 1373.6522 1249 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1373.6522 so that was- that was like, 1374.5378 1250 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1374.5378 (pause 0.56) 1375.0967 1251 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1375.0967 five years ago! 1376.8325 1252 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1376.8325 (pause 0.16) 1376.9911 1253 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1376.9911 Five years ago, 1377.9296 1254 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1377.9296 (pause 0.32) 1378.2512 1255 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1378.2512 when Miss /RD-NAME-2/ was still working he- 1379.3923 1256 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1379.3923 (pause 0.27) 1379.6610 1257 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1379.6610 so she came to me with a big old smile, 1381.2905 1258 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1381.2905 (pause 0.28) 1381.5681 1259 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1381.5681 Hi, who are you? Welcome. And then, 1383.7137 1260 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1383.7137 (pause 0.36) 1384.0705 1261 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1384.0705 she started talking to me about what- what they have there, 1386.3527 1262 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1386.3527 (pause 0.28) 1386.6341 1263 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1386.6341 and then they took me on my first trip, like a week later, for Keystone. 1389.9912 1264 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1389.9912 (pause 0.29) 1390.2776 1265 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1390.2776 And I wasn't even old enough to be in Keystone yet, but they still took me on the trip 1393.8941 1266 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1393.8941 (pause 0.25) 1394.1408 1267 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1394.1408 cause she was like, your maturity level 1395.4890 1268 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1395.4890 (pause 0.47) 1395.9604 1269 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1395.9604 is really high, [so I went.] 1397.3086 1270 DCB_int_01 1396.6873 [Where'd y'all go?] 1397.3306 1271 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1397.8064 We went 1398.2690 1272 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1398.2690 (pause 0.19) 1398.4585 1273 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1398.4585 to do a community service project, 1400.5594 1274 DCB_int_01 1400.5814 Mm. 1400.8854 1275 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1400.9823 uh, on the National Mall. 1402.4538 1276 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1402.4538 (pause 0.43) 1402.8812 1277 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1402.8812 Yup, we did. 1403.6434 1278 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1403.6434 (pause 0.69) 1404.3307 1279 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1404.3307 Yeah, I remember that. 1405.1854 1280 DCB_int_01 1405.9029 And so that- that just got you hooked. 1407.4626 1281 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1407.3965 Mm-hm. 1407.7621 1282 DCB_int_01 1408.6697 So it no longer became- at what point did it no longer become community service, but it became- 1413.4714 1283 DCB_int_01 1413.4714 (pause 0.26) 1413.7357 1284 DCB_int_01 1413.7357 it really became, I'm just coming for me. Like, it's- I- I mean, yeah, I'm still giving back, but it's really- 1418.9540 1285 DCB_int_01 1418.9540 (pause 0.30) 1419.2555 1286 DCB_int_01 1419.2555 I'm here because I wanna be here, not because I gotta get my 1421.7227 1287 DCB_int_01 1421.7227 (pause 0.28) 1422.0003 1288 DCB_int_01 1422.0003 hours [logged in.] 1422.9916 1289 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1422.6435 [Yeah], probably a- like a month after. W- Like, when I [started] really knowing people, like when I really starting to get to know people. And then I started seeing people on the bus and the train, 1430.4889 1290 DCB_int_01 1425.4405 [Oh.] 1425.7269 1291 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1430.8237 like on my way to and from school. 1432.3525 1292 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1432.3525 (pause 0.32) 1432.6741 1293 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1432.6741 And then like, when they would speak to me, I was like, oh, 1435.2500 1294 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1435.2500 (pause 0.24) 1435.4932 1295 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1435.4932 hey. I remember you. 1437.0704 1296 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1437.0704 (pause 0.44) 1437.5066 1297 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1437.5066 You coming to the Club today? 1438.5640 1298 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1438.5640 (pause 0.12) 1438.6873 1299 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1438.6873 Yeah I'm coming to the Club [today! Right. Right!] Yup! 1442.6739 1300 DCB_int_01 1439.2659 [ Just cause you asked me. That's exactly why I'm coming.] 1442.2642 1301 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1442.8061 I see you there! Later on. 1444.0882 1302 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1444.0882 (pause 0.51) 1444.5948 1303 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1444.5948 Four o'clock. See ya. [] 1446.1809 1304 DCB_int_01 1445.9077 [Is there] anybody here that was here when you first started? 1448.4360 1305 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1448.9251 Pretty much everybody that's still here. 1450.7314 1306 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1450.7314 (pause 0.44) 1451.1764 1307 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1451.1764 Um, 1451.5288 1308 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1451.5288 (pause 0.33) 1451.8593 1309 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1451.8593 and it- it's funny because I remember um, me and n- girl, /RD-NAME-3/- 1455.3084 1310 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1455.3084 (pause 0.44) 1455.7533 1311 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1455.7533 Well we- we are like the closest. Like, we call each other [sisters] now, 1458.9871 1312 DCB_int_01 1458.2426 [Mm-hm.] 1458.6171 1313 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1459.4535 but when we first- when I first started coming down here, 1461.7754 1314 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1461.7754 (pause 0.31) 1462.0882 1315 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1462.0882 I remember every day, we would get into a argument. 1464.6876 1316 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1464.6876 (pause 0.95) 1465.6386 1317 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1465.6386 Every single day. 1466.2422 1318 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1466.2422 (pause 0.16) 1466.4052 1319 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1466.4052 Like she would walk in the door 1467.4229 1320 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1467.4229 (pause 0.30) 1467.7269 1321 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1467.7269 and something that happen! Like, we don't even know why were arguing, 1470.2558 1322 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1470.2558 (pause 0.31) 1470.5642 1323 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1470.5642 and that's why we would say today- we're like, I don't even know why were [arguing] back then. 1473.8238 1324 DCB_int_01 1473.1441 [Mm-hm.] 1473.4521 1325 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1474.0705 Like why were we arguing? Like she would walk in the door 1476.3968 1326 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1476.3968 (pause 0.47) 1476.8638 1327 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1476.8638 and like, maybe I'll say something smart or she'll say something smart. 1479.6608 1328 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1479.6608 (pause 0.43) 1480.0882 1329 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1480.0882 And we'd just be going [back and forth.] 1481.4495 1330 DCB_int_01 1480.8504 [How'd y'all get close?] 1481.8240 1331 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1482.5686 I think through Keystone, 1483.6650 1332 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1483.6650 (pause 0.63) 1484.2950 1333 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1484.2950 through Keystone. We had to be around each other a lot more, and we had to do like, more um, leadership building things, 1489.2288 1334 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1489.2288 (pause 0.27) 1489.4976 1335 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1489.4976 and more team work things. 1490.6122 1336 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1490.6122 (pause 0.29) 1490.9030 1337 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1490.9030 So I- I think like going through that was like, 1492.9869 1338 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1492.9869 (pause 0.14) 1493.1279 1339 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1493.1279 she's actually a cool person. 1494.8109 1340 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1494.8109 (pause 0.41) 1495.2244 1341 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1495.2244 We'll be nice to each other, 1496.6387 1342 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1496.6387 (pause 0.28) 1496.9162 1343 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1496.9162 type thing. 1497.4802 1344 DCB_int_01 1497.6344 And now, is she- 1498.3789 1345 DCB_int_01 1498.3789 (pause 0.18) 1498.5596 1346 DCB_int_01 1498.5596 wait. 1498.8680 1347 DCB_int_01 1498.8680 (pause 0.35) 1499.2204 1348 DCB_int_01 1499.2204 [No she's not] a gradu- [she didn't grad- did she] graduate [this year?] 1502.1372 1349 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1499.2337 [/RD-NAME-3/-] 1499.7403 1350 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1499.7403 (pause 0.52) 1500.2558 1351 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1500.2558 [She is a graduate.] 1501.2500 1352 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1501.2500 (pause 0.44) 1501.6914 1353 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1501.6914 [She graduate] this year. 1502.8281 1354 DCB_int_01 1502.8854 Okay. 1503.2907 1355 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1503.2863 Every- 1503.5815 1356 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1504.0177 all of my friends (clap) graduated! 1505.8196 1357 DCB_int_01 1505.4628 [Y'all had] like fifty thousand people graduate. 1507.2288 1358 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1506.7574 [] Yes, all of my friends graduated this year. 1509.3832 1359 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1509.6784 And it's gonna- it's gonna be so hard. I think I'm'a still come down here now, 1512.3968 1360 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1512.3968 (pause 0.45) 1512.8455 1361 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1512.8455 of course. Definitely I will, because I'm 1514.5109 1362 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1514.5109 (pause 0.16) 1514.6739 1363 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1514.6739 Youth of the Year. (whispered) 1515.4141 1364 DCB_int_01 1515.5242 [That's right, Y O] [T Y.] 1517.6654 1365 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1515.5991 [It might make sense-] 1516.5860 1366 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1516.5860 (pause 0.24) 1516.8283 1367 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1516.8283 [ It might make] sense for me to [come down here] 1519.1017 1368 DCB_int_01 1518.3219 [] 1519.0885 1369 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1519.4227 all the time. 1520.1320 1370 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1520.1320 (pause 0.31) 1520.4404 1371 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1520.4404 And also, um, I think my- my main focus for next year is for me 1523.6919 1372 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1523.6919 (pause 0.36) 1524.0487 1373 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1524.0487 to help the- 1524.8638 1374 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1524.8638 (pause 0.19) 1525.0570 1375 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1525.0570 the- um, like the ninth graders, 1526.6034 1376 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1526.6034 (pause 0.23) 1526.8325 1377 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1526.8325 to transition, 1527.6961 1378 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1527.6961 (pause 0.08) 1527.7754 1379 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1527.7754 for the younger people to transition into the Boys and Girls Club 1530.4761 1380 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1530.4761 (pause 0.27) 1530.7442 1381 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1530.7442 and into the Teens Center for my senior year. 1532.5462 1382 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1532.5462 (pause 0.40) 1532.9427 1383 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1532.9427 And like, make Keystone the best Keystone there ever was this year. 1535.8240 1384 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1535.8240 (pause 0.28) 1536.1016 1385 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1536.1016 So kind of like going out with a bang type thing 1538.0175 1386 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1538.0175 (pause 0.37) 1538.3920 1387 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1538.3920 cause I- I [have to-] 1539.6608 1388 DCB_int_01 1539.1057 [Are you president] or are you outgoing president or [incoming president?] 1541.6919 1389 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1540.8151 [I'm- I'm- I'm] president. 1542.2294 1390 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1542.4981 I'm presidente [I'm el pr-] 1544.4404 1391 DCB_int_01 1543.6914 [So why are you not] going to Dallas? 1545.2335 1392 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1545.3656 I am going to Dallas. 1546.2732 1393 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1546.2732 (pause 0.68) 1546.9517 1394 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1546.9517 Oh, for [uh-] 1547.9474 1395 DCB_int_01 1547.3967 [I thought /RD-NAME-2/] was [going.] 1548.4276 1396 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1548.2514 [/RD-NAME-2/] is going to Dallas because she's part of the, 1550.7180 1397 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1551.0881 um, 1551.4229 1398 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1551.4229 (pause 0.17) 1551.5903 1399 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1551.5903 steering committee. 1552.2776 1400 DCB_int_01 1552.9429 But how- that's what I'm saying. How does she- 1554.3135 1401 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1554.7486 Because she really wanted it. 1555.7928 1402 DCB_int_01 1556.1717 [Okay.] 1556.6387 1403 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1556.4933 [She] really wanted it. 1557.3084 1404 DCB_int_01 1557.8767 Okay. 1558.1763 1405 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1558.4054 She really [really wanted it.] 1560.2073 1406 DCB_int_01 1559.0839 [Really wanted it. Okay.] 1560.1809 1407 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1560.6120 And I'm like, I have to do anyway, so 1563.1189 1408 DCB_int_01 1563.0484 Right. 1563.3700 1409 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1563.4449 that works too, /RD-NAME-2/. 1564.7314 1410 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1564.7314 (pause 0.16) 1564.8900 1411 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1564.8900 You can go. 1565.4407 1412 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1565.4407 (pause 0.11) 1565.5553 1413 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1565.5553 1565.9121 1414 DCB_int_01 1566.0619 That was good. 1566.7096 1415 DCB_int_01 1566.7096 (pause 0.15) 1566.8588 1416 DCB_int_01 1566.8588 But she's not an office- is she like [a vice] [president or something?] 1570.0309 1417 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1568.5946 [She- she-] 1569.2643 1418 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1569.2643 (pause 0.23) 1569.4934 1419 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1569.4934 [she is] secretary, 1570.6433 1420 DCB_int_01 1570.7446 [Okay.] 1571.0662 1421 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1570.9693 [but] she basically is vice president. 1573.5681 1422 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1574.0703 But sh- she's like my right hand man for 1576.1366 1423 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1576.1366 (pause 0.16) 1576.2952 1424 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1576.2952 everything. When like, we got a problem with keystone. Let me talk to her about it. 1579.6606 1425 DCB_int_01 1579.9249 [Mm-hm.] 1580.2906 1426 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1579.9294 [And she is] the person- she's the go to person 1581.7489 1427 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1582.2203 basically. 1582.7931 1428 DCB_int_01 1582.6301 [How long have you been president? Just this one year? [Is it like] one [year] or [two year?] 1585.4359 1429 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1584.2250 [I've been-] 1584.4937 1430 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1584.4937 (pause 0.20) 1584.6957 1431 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1584.6957 [I-] 1584.8147 1432 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1584.8147 (pause 0.25) 1585.0614 1433 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1585.0614 [It-] it- one year, and then I'm going into my second term. 1587.8106 1434 DCB_int_01 1588.5684 [Okay!] Oh, [re-elected. Look at you.] 1591.2471 1435 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1588.7931 [] 1589.1676 1436 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1589.1676 (pause 0.15) 1589.3174 1437 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1589.3174 [] 1589.8637 1438 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1589.8637 (pause 0.23) 1590.0972 1439 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1590.0972 [My s- my second term.] Right (laughing). 1592.0527 1440 DCB_int_01 1592.2113 Excellent. 1592.5990 1441 DCB_int_01 1592.5990 (pause 0.28) 1592.8810 1442 DCB_int_01 1592.8810 So, tell me about 1594.2203 1443 DCB_int_01 1594.2203 (pause 0.39) 1594.6125 1444 DCB_int_01 1594.6125 um, so one of the people at the Club who is very influential in your life is [Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.] 1599.1365 1445 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1598.1717 [Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.] 1599.3568 1446 DCB_int_01 1599.7357 So tell me about that ex- cause I haven't heard the full story about like, how you- I mean I [know a little] bit about it, 1604.8017 1447 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1603.6209 [] 1604.0659 1448 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1604.0659 (pause 0.73) 1604.7973 1449 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1604.7973 [Right.] 1605.0484 1450 DCB_int_01 1604.9162 [but I] really don't know how like, you had to like, help him get hired [and all that.] 1608.5862 1451 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1608.0928 [Okay.] 1608.5378 1452 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1608.7001 So, uh, 1609.6694 1453 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1609.6694 (pause 0.10) 1609.7663 1454 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1609.7663 that was when our branch director was a man named Mr. /RD-NAME-2/. He stayed for like a month or two. 1614.2690 1455 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1614.2690 (pause 0.40) 1614.6699 1456 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1614.6699 He was not here that long. 1615.8104 1457 DCB_int_01 1615.8792 I don't know him. 1616.3787 1458 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1616.3920 E- [Exactly!] 1617.3965 1459 DCB_int_01 1616.8634 [And I kn-] 1617.3744 1460 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1617.6520 [] 1618.0617 1461 DCB_int_01 1617.6696 [I know a lot] of the- okay. 1619.1544 1462 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1619.1676 [Right.] 1619.7491 1463 DCB_int_01 1619.4231 [Mkay.] Well [Mr. /RD-NAME-1/.] 1620.3659 1464 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1619.9518 [He was our-] he was our branch director, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/, 1621.9646 1465 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1622.4757 and he- 1622.9647 1466 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1622.9647 (pause 0.16) 1623.1277 1467 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1623.1277 he had a panel of um, youth, 1624.7358 1468 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1624.7358 (pause 0.43) 1625.1676 1469 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1625.1676 and he like, y'all gonna interview Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ to be your new team [director.] 1628.9206 1470 DCB_int_01 1628.3920 [How many] people- how many other people y'all had to [interview?] 1630.4715 1471 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1630.3789 [It was-] 1630.7490 1472 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1631.0442 it was- we only interviewed him. 1632.4629 1473 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1632.4629 (pause 0.15) 1632.6083 1474 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1632.6083 [That's the only person that I remember] 1633.9954 1475 DCB_int_01 1632.7486 [Oh, cause, /???/] okay. 1634.4757 1476 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1634.4272 that I remember [inter- interviewing.] 1636.0661 1477 DCB_int_01 1635.1374 [] 1636.5545 1478 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1636.4450 [] 1636.6741 1479 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1637.2425 But um, I r- (clap) I'll never forget (clapping), he came in here with a 1639.7135 1480 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1639.7135 (pause 0.12) 1639.8324 1481 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1639.8324 um- with a orange and green 1641.4229 1482 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1641.4229 (pause 0.34) 1641.7665 1483 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1641.7665 and white 1642.2252 1484 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1642.2252 (pause 0.18) 1642.4098 1485 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1642.4098 like, 1642.6829 1486 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1642.6829 (pause 0.62) 1643.3042 1487 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1643.3042 checkered shirt [type] thing. 1644.8990 1488 DCB_int_01 1644.1853 [Mm-hm.] 1644.5686 1489 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1645.2509 And he had a orange tux, and like, khaki pants. I will never forget his outfit, 1649.6081 1490 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1649.6081 (pause 0.56) 1650.1677 1491 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1650.1677 never in my life. 1650.8279 1492 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1650.8279 (pause 0.41) 1651.2421 1493 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1651.2421 But I remember us talking to him and going back and forth 1653.8547 1494 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1653.8547 (pause 0.26) 1654.1102 1495 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1654.1102 like with the conversation, 1655.1808 1496 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1655.1808 (pause 0.38) 1655.5641 1497 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1655.5641 and he was like, a- and I was asking him questions and 1658.3887 1498 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1658.3887 (pause 0.28) 1658.6695 1499 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1658.6695 he was asking us questions. I'm like, 1659.9648 1500 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1659.9648 (pause 0.24) 1660.2071 1501 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1660.2071 but what can you really do for us? 1661.9738 1502 DCB_int_01 1662.1759 Mm. 1662.4799 1503 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1663.1187 And he was like, I can make it the best experience that you could ever have. 1666.3393 1504 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1666.3393 (pause 0.53) 1666.8724 1505 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1666.8724 And I was like, 1667.5288 1506 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1667.5288 (pause 0.86) 1668.3880 1507 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1668.3880 he got it. 1668.9469 1508 DCB_int_01 1668.9513 [] 1669.5857 1509 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1669.1451 [] 1669.5505 1510 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1670.1012 And I was like, and it- that's- and then I kind of asked him like, what are your best traits? You know, the 1673.7889 1511 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1673.7889 (pause 0.30) 1674.0884 1512 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1674.0884 typical [questions.] 1675.1363 1513 DCB_int_01 1674.8984 [Mm-hm.] 1675.3302 1514 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1675.8280 And he was like- and I think what 1677.5110 1515 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1677.5110 (pause 0.19) 1677.7005 1516 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1677.7005 mainly got me was that he was like, I'm a listener. 1679.8328 1517 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1679.8328 (pause 0.39) 1680.2250 1518 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1680.2250 I'm a person that listens, and I feel like 1681.7972 1519 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1681.7972 (pause 0.44) 1682.2422 1520 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1682.2422 for all of my life, it never been like, that person that was like, I'm'a listen to you. 1685.1632 1521 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1685.1632 (pause 0.65) 1685.8108 1522 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1685.8108 So when Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ said, 1686.8984 1523 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1686.8984 (pause 0.23) 1687.1275 1524 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1687.1275 I will listen to you. Like- 1688.2201 1525 DCB_int_01 1688.1761 That was it? [You were] done. 1689.3877 1526 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1688.6122 [Yeah.] 1689.0793 1527 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1689.0793 (pause 0.19) 1689.2731 1528 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1689.2731 [Yeah, I was done.] 1690.3922 1529 DCB_int_01 1689.5727 [You /were/ the water works], everything. You were just like, let me- [I gotta go to the] bathroom. 1692.5440 1530 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1691.3835 [Yeah! ] 1691.9959 1531 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1692.6561 [Yeah, it was like-] 1693.4712 1532 DCB_int_01 1692.7502 [I need a minute.] 1693.5020 1533 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1693.8280 And that's- that's what we all need. That's what we all need is youth, and as people period. Don't matter how- what age you are, 1698.6920 1534 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1698.6920 (pause 0.39) 1699.0790 1535 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1699.0790 it's like if you have that one person that would listen to what's coming out of your mouth, 1702.1498 1536 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1702.1498 (pause 0.46) 1702.6080 1537 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1702.6080 actually give you a solution to your problem, 1704.4629 1538 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1704.4629 (pause 0.59) 1705.0482 1539 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1705.0482 that's that person. 1706.2378 1540 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1706.2378 (pause 0.34) 1706.5770 1541 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1706.5770 Period. 1706.9557 1542 DCB_int_01 1708.0001 And so do you think he's like a big brother to you? Like a uncle, [/cous- like-/] 1711.4183 1543 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1710.9248 [Yeah.] 1711.4359 1544 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1711.6518 Yeah. 1712.1585 1545 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1712.1585 (pause 0.12) 1712.2818 1546 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1712.2818 Definitely. 1712.9118 1547 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1712.9118 (pause 0.34) 1713.2555 1548 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1713.2555 Definitely. 1714.3173 1549 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1714.3173 (pause 0.15) 1714.4671 1550 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1714.4671 1714.6345 1551 DCB_int_01 1714.9076 And most defi- 1715.6081 1552 DCB_int_01 1715.6081 (pause 0.22) 1715.8284 1553 DCB_int_01 1715.8284 like, I look at you guys, and I look at the trust that your mom has in him, but I also look at 1721.7888 1554 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1722.0663 [Yes.] 1722.6523 1555 DCB_int_01 1722.2999 you. The way you trust him. [Like,] 1724.5726 1556 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1724.1585 [Yeah.] 1724.5902 1557 DCB_int_01 1724.7929 even when you don't wanna do something, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ say something to you and you'll be like, 1727.8152 1558 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1728.1677 [Right.] 1728.6655 1559 DCB_int_01 1728.1809 [Okay.] 1728.6391 1560 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1729.0218 Cause I- that's how I am though. 1730.3171 1561 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1730.3171 (pause 0.38) 1730.7004 1562 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1730.7004 If- I've always been like that. It's like, 1732.3613 1563 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1732.3613 (pause 0.11) 1732.4715 1564 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1732.4715 if somebody aks me to do something, 1733.9694 1565 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1733.9694 (pause 0.12) 1734.0928 1566 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1734.0928 I'll do it. 1734.6699 1567 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1734.6699 (pause 0.29) 1734.9645 1568 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1734.9645 /Pff/. 1735.2817 1569 DCB_int_01 1735.6694 Even [if you don't] wanna [do it.] 1736.7576 1570 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1735.8324 [It's ju-] 1736.2201 1571 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1736.2201 (pause 0.21) 1736.4272 1572 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1736.4272 [Even if] I don't feel like doing it, but I think that's why I also have to- 1739.5685 1573 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1739.9959 that's why I also teach people 1741.2773 1574 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1741.2773 (pause 0.48) 1741.7619 1575 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1741.7619 to um, have that time for yourself 1743.4846 1576 DCB_int_01 1743.7665 Mm-hm. 1744.0617 1577 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1744.1807 cause not a lot of people have that time for themselves. 1746.2514 1578 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1746.2514 (pause 0.86) 1747.1099 1579 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1747.1099 So. 1747.3830 1580 DCB_int_01 1747.9646 How did you- 1748.8193 1581 DCB_int_01 1748.8193 (pause 0.38) 1749.1982 1582 DCB_int_01 1749.1982 how did you- okay, so this was when you 1751.4804 1583 DCB_int_01 1751.4804 (pause 0.59) 1752.0752 1584 DCB_int_01 1752.0752 were ending up middle school actually. So Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ around your eighth grade year, right? 1755.4273 1585 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1755.4758 Mm-hm. 1755.8855 1586 DCB_int_01 1755.9252 So talk about your time from- 1757.8461 1587 DCB_int_01 1757.8461 (pause 0.17) 1758.0135 1588 DCB_int_01 1758.0135 so in eighth grade you were still in DC, 1759.7715 1589 DCB_int_01 1759.7715 (pause 0.39) 1760.1585 1590 DCB_int_01 1760.1585 and then high school you started at W- /[RD-SCHOOL-4/, [so tell me- tell me] about that experience, but then tell me how did y'all end up in Maryland and kind of where you are now? 1768.0485 1591 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1762.9869 [I started at /RD-SCHOOL-4/.] 1764.3043 1592 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1764.3043 (pause 3.73) 1768.0309 1593 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1768.0309 Okay, because my- 1769.1720 1594 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1769.4319 so we moved because my mom was sick and tired of our neighborhood, 1772.2687 1595 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1772.2687 (pause 0.31) 1772.5770 1596 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1772.5770 so- 1773.0484 1597 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1773.0484 (pause 0.17) 1773.2202 1598 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1773.2202 Like, every day we would come home and they'll be people like, smoking 1775.8945 1599 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1775.8945 (pause 0.34) 1776.2338 1600 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1776.2338 and drinking in front of [our apartment building.] Mm-hm. 1778.7312 1601 DCB_int_01 1777.3742 [And this is right here?] 1778.4052 1602 DCB_int_01 1778.8105 Um, when you were in [Parkland.] 1779.9604 1603 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1779.6520 [When I was] in Parkland. 1780.4979 1604 DCB_int_01 1780.4715 Mm. 1780.7094 1605 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1780.7402 So they'll be people smoking and drinking like, 1782.2073 1606 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1782.2073 (pause 0.18) 1782.3880 1607 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1782.3880 in front of our building. Loud, boisterous, cursing and 1784.9339 1608 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1784.9339 (pause 0.42) 1785.3524 1609 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1785.3524 all that stuff, and that's not what she wanted to raise her children in. 1787.8769 1610 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1787.8769 (pause 0.37) 1788.2514 1611 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1788.2514 So we eventually moved to- that's when we moved to Maryland to a more quieter neighborhood, 1792.0882 1612 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1792.0882 (pause 0.49) 1792.5816 1613 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1792.5816 but I still come to the Boys and Girls club every day. [] 1794.9343 1614 DCB_int_01 1794.7448 [Mm-hm.] 1795.2500 1615 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1795.1628 I still catch that bus and that train 1796.8193 1616 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1797.2819 here (laughing) 1797.8987 1617 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1797.8987 (pause 0.47) 1798.3657 1618 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1798.3657 every single day, 1799.2601 1619 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1799.2601 (pause 0.40) 1799.6610 1620 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1799.6610 but uh, I love being at the Boy- 1801.4139 1621 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1801.4139 (pause 0.32) 1801.7311 1622 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1801.7311 Uh-huh. 1802.0131 1623 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1802.0131 (pause 2.79) 1804.8063 1624 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1804.8063 Oh, I don't know what they [doing.] 1806.0047 1625 DCB_int_01 1805.7624 [Oh.] 1806.1016 1626 DCB_int_01 1806.2778 They don't know- okay. 1807.0841 1627 DCB_int_01 1807.0841 (pause 0.32) 1807.4051 1628 DCB_int_01 1807.4051 Go ahead. 1807.7267 1629 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1807.8545 Okay. 1808.4624 1630 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1808.4624 (pause 0.37) 1808.8281 1631 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1808.8281 Um, yeah, so I started at /RD-SCHOOL-4/ 1811.4231 1632 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1811.4231 (pause 0.54) 1811.9606 1633 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1811.9606 my ninth grade and [tenth grade-] 1813.3258 1634 DCB_int_01 1812.7845 [But you were still] living in DC [when you started there, right?] 1815.2907 1635 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1814.1144 [I was still- I was still living] in [DC,] 1815.9692 1636 DCB_int_01 1815.6168 [Okay.] 1815.9560 1637 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1816.2776 um, ninth grade, and then like, 1817.5641 1638 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1817.5641 (pause 0.66) 1818.2250 1639 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1818.2250 probably 1818.5862 1640 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1818.5862 (pause 0.23) 1818.8147 1641 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1818.8147 the last quarter- like, the fourth quarter 1821.1850 1642 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1821.1850 (pause 0.41) 1821.5947 1643 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1821.5947 of tenth grade, I moved- that's [when we] moved. 1823.7579 1644 DCB_int_01 1823.1588 [Okay.] 1823.5024 1645 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1824.2910 So, 1824.6259 1646 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1824.6259 (pause 0.27) 1824.8984 1647 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1824.8984 ninth grade, I was in DC. Tenth grade 1826.8105 1648 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1826.8105 (pause 0.18) 1826.9867 1649 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1826.9867 I was in DC. 1827.7930 1650 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1827.7930 (pause 0.32) 1828.1146 1651 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1828.1146 I love /RD-SCHOOL-4/ 1829.7491 1652 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1829.7491 (pause 0.11) 1829.8549 1653 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1829.8549 to [the death of me.] 1831.0790 1654 DCB_int_01 1830.1450 [So tell me about it] cause I- I know a little bit about it, and I know we talked kind of how 1833.9163 1655 DCB_int_01 1834.0970 it's set up, but [tell] me a little [more about it.] 1836.0267 1656 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1834.8988 [Mm-hm.] 1835.2248 1657 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1835.2248 (pause 0.25) 1835.4760 1658 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1835.4760 [So] /RD-SCHOOL-4/ um, is basically- when they say /RD-SCHOOL-4/ is not a school without walls. It's kind of like a glass building. 1841.5949 1659 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1841.8945 But it's connected to another building, 1843.2905 1660 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1843.2905 (pause 0.44) 1843.7267 1661 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1843.7267 and um, basically when they say /RD-SCHOOL-4/, it's no limits. It's basically no limits to what your child can learn. No limits to what your child can do. 1849.7972 1662 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1849.7972 (pause 0.31) 1850.1056 1663 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1850.1056 Cause they had the college courses there. 1852.0133 1664 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1852.0133 (pause 0.31) 1852.3217 1665 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1852.3217 They- we /left school for less/ we wore regular clothes. 1855.2993 1666 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1855.2993 (pause 0.43) 1855.7311 1667 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1855.7311 They- it was the 1856.3920 1668 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1856.3920 (pause 0.19) 1856.5858 1669 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1856.5858 best experience I could [have had.] 1858.1675 1670 DCB_int_01 1857.7754 [Where was it?] 1858.3305 1671 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1858.5111 It was- it- um- George- like, Georgetown, like Northwest DC Foggy Bottom [area.] 1862.8281 1672 DCB_int_01 1862.2289 [Oh, okay.] 1862.8457 1673 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1863.1894 [Yup.] 1863.5551 1674 DCB_int_01 1863.2995 [So between] Georgetown and George Washington? 1864.8944 1675 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1864.9869 [Yes.] 1865.3438 1676 DCB_int_01 1865.1632 [Right in] that area? [Okay.] 1866.1765 1677 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1866.0003 [Mm-hm.] 1866.3703 1678 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1866.8103 I loved going there and the- especially the education, the way that they challenged me 1871.0046 1679 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1871.0046 (pause 0.38) 1871.3835 1680 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1871.3835 with my education. 1872.2558 1681 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1872.2558 (pause 0.20) 1872.4541 1682 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1872.4541 Even though I didn't do that well my tenth grade year, but I didn't do that well my tenth grade year because I lost that passion for my education 1877.6919 1683 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1877.6919 (pause 0.41) 1878.1065 1684 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1878.1065 basically. 1878.6007 1685 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1878.6007 (pause 0.30) 1878.8992 1686 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1878.8992 I showed that I can do it. My ninth grade year I ended school with a three point two. 1882.1072 1687 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1882.1072 (pause 0.70) 1882.8055 1688 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1882.8055 My tenth grade year I messed up, and I think that was kind of also giving my mother the extra push to say, 1887.2399 1689 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1887.2399 (pause 0.27) 1887.5057 1690 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1887.5057 mm, I'm taking her out of this school. 1888.8999 1691 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1888.8999 (pause 0.68) 1889.5842 1692 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1889.5842 Because I wasn't doing my best 1891.1416 1693 DCB_int_01 1891.2302 Mm. 1891.5147 1694 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1891.6266 there 1891.9157 1695 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1891.9157 (pause 0.34) 1892.2561 1696 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1892.2561 too, so. 1892.8576 1697 DCB_int_01 1893.2026 Was it something that like, set you off that- did you- made you- or you just was like, look, [I just] don't wanna do it. 1897.7944 1698 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1896.7686 [I-] 1896.9691 1699 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1897.8924 Yeah I- 1898.2468 1700 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1898.2468 (pause 0.11) 1898.3587 1701 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1898.3587 I felt that like, that's what it was, and I think that my mom was like, oh it's because you were cheering and 1903.0344 1702 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1903.0344 (pause 0.35) 1903.3841 1703 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1903.3841 you were playing all these sports. It wasn't that. It was just that I- I- I had the ability to do what 1908.9411 1704 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1908.9411 (pause 0.14) 1909.0810 1705 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1909.0810 ever I need to. 1910.1488 1706 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1910.1488 (pause 0.61) 1910.7550 1707 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1910.7550 I know I do. 1911.5011 1708 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1911.5011 (pause 0.58) 1912.0839 1709 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1912.0839 I just didn't feel like doing it. 1913.6961 1710 DCB_int_01 1914.0645 [] 1915.1137 1711 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1914.4049 [] 1914.7593 1712 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1915.3142 And it was just- and like, I kn- li- I know myself 1917.9487 1713 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1917.9487 (pause 0.22) 1918.1679 1714 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1918.1679 for who I am. I just did not 1920.1484 1715 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1920.1484 (pause 0.21) 1920.3583 1716 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1920.3583 feel like 1921.0950 1717 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1921.0950 (pause 0.08) 1921.1743 1718 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1921.1743 doing it. 1921.8299 1719 DCB_int_01 1922.3866 Mm. 1922.6897 1720 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1922.8203 Like I was doing- I feel like I was doing the bare minimum. I was doing enough to pass. 1925.9060 1721 DCB_int_01 1927.3934 Just cause you just didn't care? 1928.4333 1722 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1928.6011 Cause I /didn't/. 1929.2819 1723 DCB_int_01 1929.9860 So, 1930.4943 1724 DCB_int_01 1930.4943 (pause 0.93) 1931.4257 1725 DCB_int_01 1931.4257 what- okay. 1932.2324 1726 DCB_int_01 1932.2324 (pause 0.13) 1932.3629 1727 DCB_int_01 1932.3629 So let's think about ninth grade, tenth grade before we move to Forestville. 1935.8834 1728 DCB_int_01 1935.8834 (pause 0.39) 1936.2751 1729 DCB_int_01 1936.2751 What do you feel like was your favorite subject or what was your favorite class or your favorite experience at that school? Like, what do you vividly remember that says, dang, I love (claps) that. 1943.9899 1730 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1944.4049 My favorite- my favorite experience was when I was cheering. 1946.7597 1731 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1946.7597 (pause 0.66) 1947.4218 1732 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1947.4218 W- well, outside, for c- extra curric- 1949.1739 1733 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1949.1739 (pause 0.41) 1949.5796 1734 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1949.5796 No (claps) it was not! Watch my mouth. 1951.4028 1735 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1951.4028 (pause 0.18) 1951.5846 1736 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1951.5846 Poetry club 1952.6711 1737 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1952.6711 (pause 0.27) 1952.9369 1738 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1952.9369 was the [best thing] 1953.9720 1739 DCB_int_01 1953.3519 [] 1954.0420 1740 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1954.3637 I have ever put myself into. 1956.3769 1741 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1956.3769 (pause 0.65) 1957.0297 1742 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1957.0297 I wa- I'm crazy. Why I say cheering? I think 1959.5897 1743 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1959.5897 (pause 0.31) 1959.8974 1744 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1959.8974 th- it's poetry club and cheering 1961.4630 1745 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1961.4630 (pause 0.47) 1961.9293 1746 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1961.9293 cause cheering, that's when I actually got into doing sports and stuff. And I was like, 1965.5664 1747 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1965.5664 (pause 0.36) 1965.9254 1748 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1965.9254 oh, I can do a split, or I could tumble, I could do this flip. I was [excited.] 1970.0252 1749 DCB_int_01 1969.3048 [It made you realize something] [that you didn't even know.] 1970.8949 1750 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1970.2747 [And I was the-] 1970.8809 1751 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1971.0348 And I was the loudest on the team! 1972.4989 1752 DCB_int_01 1972.7449 I 1972.9920 1753 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1972.9781 So, [I-] 1973.6309 1754 DCB_int_01 1973.3791 [wouldn't] [doubt that.] 1974.2324 1755 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1973.8454 [] Right. 1974.8432 1756 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1975.3888 So [I started um-] 1976.5732 1757 DCB_int_01 1975.6126 [I wouldn't doubt that.] 1976.5592 1758 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1976.7876 I started- 1977.2679 1759 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1977.2679 (pause 0.16) 1977.4265 1760 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1977.4265 I started all the cheers. Like I started majority of the cheers. 1979.9619 1761 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1979.9619 (pause 0.41) 1980.3769 1762 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1980.3769 I was like, leading everybody into the room. I was ready. I was in it. 1984.0326 1763 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1984.0326 (pause 0.39) 1984.4243 1764 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1984.4243 But um, poetry club, 1985.5096 1765 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1985.5096 (pause 0.32) 1985.8314 1766 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1985.8314 that's when I got to perform in front of the school, 1988.3587 1767 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1988.3587 (pause 0.38) 1988.7364 1768 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1988.7364 and that's when people would come to me be like, 1990.0560 1769 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1990.0560 (pause 0.14) 1990.1958 1770 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1990.1958 dang, you- you nice. You- you got words. You, 1992.6474 1771 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1992.6474 (pause 0.42) 1993.0670 1772 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1993.0670 you know, you good. And I was like, 1994.1768 1773 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1994.1768 (pause 0.17) 1994.3493 1774 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1994.3493 Ah! /Really!/ That's me! 1996.5502 1775 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1996.5502 (pause 0.46) 1997.0107 1776 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 1997.0107 So, uh- and I think that's when I really really dove into like, 2000.0089 1777 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2000.0089 (pause 0.13) 2000.1395 1778 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2000.1395 my creative 2001.0255 1779 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2001.0255 (pause 0.32) 2001.3472 1780 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2001.3472 expression with my words, 2002.6994 1781 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2002.6994 (pause 0.32) 2003.0154 1782 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2003.0154 and like, when I knew I could tr- I could change someone. 2005.2116 1783 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2005.2116 (pause 0.32) 2005.5333 1784 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2005.5333 So, when we did open mics, 2006.6711 1785 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2006.6711 (pause 0.37) 2007.0394 1786 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2007.0394 and I know I be up there reciting my poem, 2008.9186 1787 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2008.9186 (pause 0.32) 2009.2345 1788 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2009.2345 and I'll be crying and 2010.4562 1789 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2010.4562 (pause 0.34) 2010.7919 1790 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2010.7919 /empty/ all emotional, and then I look- and then I open my eyes, and I look in into the audience, 2014.7228 1791 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2014.7228 (pause 0.35) 2015.0760 1792 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2015.0760 and with like my clo- my friends out there like, 2017.3655 1793 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2017.3655 (pause 0.13) 2017.4914 1794 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2017.4914 Boo hoo, crying (claps). And it's kind of like, dang. 2020.6761 1795 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2020.6761 (pause 0.34) 2021.0200 1796 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2021.0200 I can transform people with my words. 2022.9831 1797 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2022.9831 (pause 0.34) 2023.3188 1798 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2023.3188 So I think that was definitely my best experience, 2025.5897 1799 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2025.5897 (pause 0.26) 2025.8461 1800 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2025.8461 but then also the hype from cheerleading. Also, the family aspect and people pushing you 2029.7571 1801 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2029.7571 (pause 0.32) 2030.0742 1802 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2030.0742 to do your best 2030.9182 1803 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2030.9182 (pause 0.39) 2031.3099 1804 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2031.3099 was the best. 2032.1259 1805 DCB_int_01 2032.5724 [Mm.] 2033.2811 1806 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2032.8568 [Yeah.] 2033.2765 1807 DCB_int_01 2033.7987 So it was more so everything you did outside of the [classroom.] 2036.8902 1808 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2036.5965 [Mm-hm.] 2037.0255 1809 DCB_int_01 2037.1933 Alright, so I'm'a come back to poetry, cause I know that's a big a part of your- [so we gonna come back to] that [in a minute.] We gonna come back. 2041.8924 1810 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2039.9433 [/?/ Yes.] 2040.7313 1811 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2040.7313 (pause 0.30) 2041.0344 1812 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2041.0344 [] 2041.3468 1813 DCB_int_01 2042.4193 But tell me- okay, so 2043.4871 1814 DCB_int_01 2043.4871 (pause 0.24) 2043.7249 1815 DCB_int_01 2043.7249 then, tenth grade year, you like, 2045.1646 1816 DCB_int_01 2045.1646 (pause 0.28) 2045.4397 1817 DCB_int_01 2045.4397 I gotta- your mom's like, no, we gotta go. 2047.5007 1818 DCB_int_01 2047.5007 (pause 0.30) 2047.7991 1819 DCB_int_01 2047.7991 [So how'd y'all] end up 2048.7177 1820 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2047.8131 [Yeah.] 2048.1955 1821 DCB_int_01 2049.1933 where we all are now? 2050.0979 1822 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2050.1166 We um- we just- 2051.2019 1823 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2051.2019 (pause 0.34) 2051.5376 1824 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2051.5376 actually 2052.1298 1825 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2052.1298 (pause 0.44) 2052.5681 1826 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2052.5681 we found our apartment 2054.0556 1827 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2054.0556 (pause 0.37) 2054.4286 1828 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2054.4286 when 2054.7690 1829 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2054.7690 (pause 0.17) 2054.9415 1830 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2054.9415 I was getting d- after I got my hair done. 2057.2532 1831 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2057.2532 (pause 0.14) 2057.3884 1832 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2057.3884 I went to go get my hair [done], 2058.7686 1833 DCB_int_01 2058.5541 [] 2059.1836 1834 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2059.2209 and we drove around the corner, and my mom saw these apartments, and she's like, oh, 2062.6342 1835 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2062.6342 (pause 0.46) 2063.0900 1836 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2063.0900 these are nice. So she goes in there, 2064.4842 1837 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2064.4842 (pause 0.39) 2064.8759 1838 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2064.8759 and she like, figures everything out. 2066.7876 1839 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2066.7876 (pause 0.38) 2067.1700 1840 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2067.1700 And she's like, mm, 2067.9674 1841 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2067.9674 (pause 0.37) 2068.3392 1842 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2068.3392 I'm moving here. 2069.0445 1843 DCB_int_01 2069.9899 Okay. [That was it.] 2071.0111 1844 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2070.3956 [And then like], 2071.0950 1845 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2071.4914 a couple weeks later, we were moving out. 2073.4871 1846 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2073.4871 (pause 0.38) 2073.8694 1847 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2073.8694 And mom (laughing) was [like], oh wow. 2075.4350 1848 DCB_int_01 2074.3999 [Yup.] 2074.6936 1849 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2075.9573 If I woulda never got my hair done, we probably [woulda never moved over there.] 2079.1933 1850 DCB_int_01 2077.7525 [Did- mm.] 2079.1420 1851 DCB_int_01 2080.2098 [So, okay.] So tell me about- so your current house, who lives- uh, is it just you and your bro- no, it's you, your brother, and your [sister?] 2085.9440 1852 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2080.2285 [/Ooh/.] 2080.7321 1853 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2080.7321 (pause 4.97) 2085.7062 1854 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2085.7062 [It's all] of us. 2086.5083 1855 DCB_int_01 2086.5409 Oh, and your older [sister too?] 2087.6542 1856 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2087.2951 [And my older] sister, too. 2088.2930 1857 DCB_int_01 2088.3256 [Okay.] 2088.7546 1858 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2088.6194 [Uh-huh.] Cause my mom said she not putting my sister out. 2090.8716 1859 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2091.0115 2091.4265 1860 DCB_int_01 2091.3985 Okay, [so it's all] six of y'all? 2092.8953 1861 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2091.8321 [She said she-] 2092.3824 1862 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2092.9547 [Mm-hm.] 2093.5563 1863 DCB_int_01 2093.2625 [How many] bedrooms? 2094.2044 1864 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2094.3070 It's three bedrooms. 2096.1348 1865 DCB_int_01 2096.1768 Oh. 2096.5685 1866 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2096.8389 I've never had my own room, 2098.2844 1867 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2098.2844 (pause 0.32) 2098.6004 1868 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2098.6004 [never in my life.] 2099.2532 1869 DCB_int_01 2098.6610 [I talked to a lady-] she had- it was seventeen of them- and s- she had fifteen sibl- and they had- it was- the parents had a room, and they all like, 2104.6108 1870 DCB_int_01 2104.7927 well, 2105.0585 1871 DCB_int_01 2105.0585 (pause 0.23) 2105.2905 1872 DCB_int_01 2105.2905 you know. It was probably like, ten at a time. They all just slept on the floor. 2107.6219 1873 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2107.7665 [Oh.] 2108.1209 1874 DCB_int_01 2107.7898 [So at least] you got like, 2108.6524 1875 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2108.6664 Right! [] 2109.3425 1876 DCB_int_01 2108.9555 [half a room.] [You ain't on the] floor in [the living room.] [Okay? So it's- it could be worse.] 2112.4935 1877 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2109.5664 [Right!] 2110.0466 1878 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2110.0466 (pause 0.26) 2110.3066 1879 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2110.3066 [Right!] 2110.6796 1880 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2110.6796 (pause 0.20) 2110.8755 1881 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2110.8755 [ See? Be humble.] 2112.4049 1882 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2112.6287 Be humble. [ Right.] 2114.6757 1883 DCB_int_01 2112.9178 [Right. It could be worse. It could be worse.] 2114.6944 1884 DCB_int_01 2115.2260 [Um, okay. So you've never] had your [own room.] 2117.1364 1885 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2115.2353 [Yup, but u-] 2116.2798 1886 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2116.2798 (pause 0.23) 2116.5118 1887 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2116.5118 [I never had my] own room. 2117.7428 1888 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2118.1018 I always- well, when we were younger, I used to- my s- big sister had her own room, 2121.7669 1889 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2121.7669 (pause 0.43) 2122.1958 1890 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2122.1958 cause that's when she was in her teenage stage. 2123.9106 1891 DCB_int_01 2123.8500 Mm. 2124.2930 1892 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2124.3723 My big sister had her own room, and then I shared a room with my little sister, my little brother and me. 2127.7669 1893 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2127.7669 (pause 0.53) 2128.2938 1894 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2128.2938 And I. And I. 2129.6169 1895 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2129.6169 (pause 0.41) 2130.0319 1896 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2130.0319 And then, we- when we moved to 2132.0369 1897 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2132.0369 (pause 0.23) 2132.2701 1898 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2132.2701 Ridgecrest now- 2133.5151 1899 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2133.5151 (pause 1.00) 2134.5176 1900 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2134.5176 yeah, when we woul- we always- in the- 2136.3629 1901 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2136.3629 (pause 0.55) 2136.9132 1902 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2136.9132 Well, what am I saying? 2137.7478 1903 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2137.7478 (pause 0.45) 2138.2001 1904 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2138.2001 So when I moved to Ridgecrest, it was always two and two. 2140.5362 1905 DCB_int_01 2140.8708 [Mm.] 2141.0760 1906 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2140.8755 [My little] brother and my little sister, 2142.0459 1907 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2142.4002 then me and my older sister. 2143.6686 1908 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2143.6686 (pause 0.30) 2143.9670 1909 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2143.9670 And then when we moved again, it still me and my older sister. 2146.3311 1910 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2146.3311 (pause 0.49) 2146.8195 1911 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2146.8195 My little brother and my little sister, 2147.9666 1912 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2147.9666 (pause 0.37) 2148.3350 1913 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2148.3350 and then my mom and dad. And they're f- currently trying to get a house 2151.1560 1914 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2151.1560 (pause 0.54) 2151.7004 1915 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2151.7004 by the time I go into my um, 2153.2858 1916 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2153.2858 (pause 0.39) 2153.6728 1917 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2153.6728 my freshman year of college. 2155.0904 1918 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2155.0904 (pause 0.52) 2155.6126 1919 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2155.6126 So, [gonna be moving-] 2156.7364 1920 DCB_int_01 2156.1488 [But you'll be gone], so it doesn't e- 2157.3845 1921 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2157.3798 Right, [and I'll be driving] 2158.6901 1922 DCB_int_01 2157.7482 [] 2158.6015 1923 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2158.8801 like, 2159.1366 1924 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2159.1366 (pause 0.15) 2159.2905 1925 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2159.2905 with a full license 2160.7873 1926 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2160.7873 (pause 0.22) 2161.0064 1927 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2161.0064 by then, so 2161.8318 1928 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2161.8318 (pause 0.52) 2162.3540 1929 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2162.3540 I'll be good. 2163.0907 1930 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2163.0907 (pause 0.37) 2163.4638 1931 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2163.4638 I'll still be able to come to the Boys and Girls Club. 2165.6169 1932 DCB_int_01 2165.7148 And you'll be able to drive [here. So you] just- okay, tell- tell- you just got your [license.] 2168.9788 1933 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2166.4282 [ Right.] 2167.1277 1934 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2167.1277 (pause 1.64) 2168.7643 1935 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2168.7643 [I just] got my- I got my learner's- 2170.4243 1936 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2170.8522 got my learner's- and my mom and dad, they let me drive- they- 2172.8152 1937 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2172.8152 (pause 0.22) 2173.0344 1938 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2173.0344 This is the only destination. The Boys and Girls Club is the only destination I've driven to 2177.3371 1939 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2177.3371 (pause 0.74) 2178.0785 1940 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2178.0785 since I've had my learners permit. (laughing) 2179.9670 1941 DCB_int_01 2180.2048 And that's a long way. 2181.3285 1942 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2181.3047 2181.5057 1943 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2181.9021 It's like fifteen minutes, yeah. 2183.2672 1944 DCB_int_01 2183.3697 That's like- I mean, [but in DC] like, [everything is fifteen minutes.] 2185.8224 1945 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2184.1065 [Yeah.] 2184.5401 1946 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2184.5401 (pause 0.49) 2185.0297 1947 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2185.0297 [And then /it's like-/] it's like, the Parkway, and then they- they put me on the Parkway, so. 2188.7554 1948 DCB_int_01 2190.4189 Already? 2190.9924 1949 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2190.9924 Yup! That was the first thing that they did. 2193.2073 1950 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2193.6223 They were like, okay, 2194.2192 1951 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2194.2192 (pause 0.20) 2194.4197 1952 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2194.4197 get in the car. 2195.0200 1953 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2195.0200 (pause 0.29) 2195.3138 1954 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2195.3138 Seatbelt on. 2196.0179 1955 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2196.0179 (pause 0.35) 2196.3629 1956 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2196.3629 Let's go. 2196.9411 1957 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2196.9411 (pause 0.57) 2197.5100 1958 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2197.5100 So- 2197.7571 1959 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2197.7571 (pause 0.26) 2198.0136 1960 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2198.0136 And that's another thing. I got my license in DC because in Maryland you have to go through like, driving [school.] 2202.7696 1961 DCB_int_01 2202.3303 [They- mm-hm.] 2203.1510 1962 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2203.7385 No. 2204.0509 1963 DCB_int_01 2204.3353 So do you have to have a DC- 2205.3938 1964 DCB_int_01 2205.3938 (pause 0.33) 2205.7249 1965 DCB_int_01 2205.7249 So who /?/ you? 2206.8428 1966 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2206.0408 You have to have a D- DC address. Mm-hm. 2207.8920 1967 DCB_int_01 2208.0645 [Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.] 2208.7360 1968 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2208.0878 [I used-] 2208.5308 1969 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2208.5308 (pause 0.20) 2208.7266 1970 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2208.7266 No. 2208.9971 1971 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2209.1183 [I used] my grandparent's ad- well, [not my grandparents.] 2211.5337 1972 DCB_int_01 2209.1230 [Oh.] 2209.4121 1973 DCB_int_01 2209.4121 (pause 1.16) 2210.5685 1974 DCB_int_01 2210.5685 [Oh, cause they still live in-] 2211.4684 1975 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2211.7902 My s- 2212.3031 1976 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2212.3031 (pause 0.44) 2212.7402 1977 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2212.7402 My father's 2213.6215 1978 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2213.6215 (pause 0.39) 2214.0086 1979 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2214.0086 parents. 2214.5448 1980 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2214.5448 (pause 0.14) 2214.6893 1981 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2214.6893 My other father- my step dad. Okay, I'll say that. 2216.9275 1982 DCB_int_01 2216.6058 [You-] /RD-NAME-2/'s 2217.6503 1983 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2217.6410 Yes. 2218.0560 1984 DCB_int_01 2218.8755 [parents.] 2219.4910 1985 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2218.8801 [I use his-] his [granddad-] his grandfather's address. 2221.5582 1986 DCB_int_01 2219.6915 [Okay.] 2220.0272 1987 DCB_int_01 2220.0272 (pause 1.45) 2221.4774 1988 DCB_int_01 2221.4774 Oh, okay. 2222.0089 1989 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2222.1582 One one four /RD-ADDRESS-2/. [] 2224.3357 1990 DCB_int_01 2223.7669 [Okay- amen.] 2224.5083 1991 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2224.6656 It's up the street. 2225.4443 1992 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2225.4443 (pause 0.40) 2225.8407 1993 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2225.8407 Yup. 2226.0692 1994 DCB_int_01 2226.4375 Okay. So you- oh, Lord. Let me watch out. 2229.0488 1995 DCB_int_01 2229.0488 (pause 0.86) 2229.9114 1996 DCB_int_01 2229.9114 Oh God. 2230.5083 1997 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2230.7402 [What?] 2231.2858 1998 DCB_int_01 2230.7496 [And so when do] you get your full lic- it's a year right? 2233.0437 1999 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2233.1650 And you said, [let me w- no, it's six months!] 2235.2353 2000 DCB_int_01 2233.8271 [ Let me watch out.] 2234.9418 2001 DCB_int_01 2235.4824 [It's only six] [months?] 2236.6202 2002 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2235.4964 [/inaudible/] 2235.9627 2003 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2235.9627 (pause 0.38) 2236.3451 2004 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2236.3451 [It's only] six months. You have to do- you have to t- well, your parents have to train you like, driving and stuff 2240.2607 2005 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2240.7364 for six months. 2241.5430 2006 DCB_int_01 2241.7669 Oh God. 2242.2658 2007 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2242.6563 And then, you can 2243.7708 2008 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2243.7708 (pause 0.17) 2243.9433 2009 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2243.9433 go get your provisionals. 2245.1603 2010 DCB_int_01 2245.9763 We had a full year. 2247.7156 2011 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2248.0326 Uh-uh! 2248.6108 2012 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2248.6108 (pause 0.70) 2249.3138 2013 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2249.3138 [/I'm-/] 2249.5889 2014 DCB_int_01 2249.4164 [Do you] g- get to take- if you take classes do you get stuff off your drivers- like, 2252.5079 2015 DCB_int_01 2252.6804 is your insurance cheaper? Like we- if we took a drivers ed at our school, 2256.1111 2016 DCB_int_01 2256.1111 (pause 0.40) 2256.5075 2017 DCB_int_01 2256.5075 your insurance would be [cheaper.] 2258.2514 2018 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2257.6779 [Oh, I don't-] I don't know. 2259.1374 2019 DCB_int_01 2259.1653 So one of my classes I took- it was a A- it was a easy A, 2261.8827 2020 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2262.0319 Mm-hm. 2262.3536 2021 DCB_int_01 2262.3816 and 2263.0950 2022 DCB_int_01 2263.0950 (pause 0.53) 2263.6219 2023 DCB_int_01 2263.6219 my mom was like, yes, and we got insurance, all that. 2266.3870 2024 DCB_int_01 2266.3870 (pause 0.29) 2266.6796 2025 DCB_int_01 2266.6796 Yup. [Wow.] 2267.6961 2026 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2267.1179 [I don't think it's] the same now. That's why we trying to put me on my grandparent's insurance. 2270.5452 2027 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2270.7830 Cause insurance [is expensive for a] seventeen [year old driver.] 2273.8717 2028 DCB_int_01 2271.4125 [Is expensive.] 2272.2611 2029 DCB_int_01 2272.2611 (pause 0.62) 2272.8848 2030 DCB_int_01 2272.8848 [It i- but it's] better for girls. It's more expensive for boys. 2275.8084 2031 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2275.8131 Oh, for real? 2276.3820 2032 DCB_int_01 2276.3913 Mm-hm. 2276.7643 2033 DCB_int_01 2276.7643 (pause 0.88) 2277.6410 2034 DCB_int_01 2277.6410 [So-] 2277.9767 2035 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2277.6503 [/That-/] 2277.9534 2036 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2278.9174 [] 2279.5936 2037 DCB_int_01 2278.9361 [Yes, because] I think 2280.3116 2038 DCB_int_01 2280.4748 they say because boys have more accidents, but generally like, if we think about chivalry, right? Chivalry is not dead. 2285.1319 2039 DCB_int_01 2285.1319 (pause 0.37) 2285.5003 2040 DCB_int_01 2285.5003 But guys usually are the ones who drive on dates and all this and- 2289.4031 2041 DCB_int_01 2289.4031 (pause 0.29) 2289.6969 2042 DCB_int_01 2289.6969 but they're also usually the ones who gonna get in trouble with the racing and doing all these like, [reckless things, so] 2295.3752 2043 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2294.5079 [Oh, yeah. That makes] sense. 2295.7296 2044 DCB_int_01 2295.6736 their insurance rates are a lot [higher.] 2297.7288 2045 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2297.2392 [Oh, wow.] 2297.8827 2046 DCB_int_01 2298.2277 But, we don't have to worry about that, so. 2299.9483 2047 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2299.5053 [Alright.] Right. [] 2300.8110 2048 DCB_int_01 2300.4892 [But you tryna] get on your grandparent- okay. Well, [be safe.] 2303.1238 2049 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2302.4197 [Yeah.] 2302.7507 2050 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2302.7507 (pause 0.30) 2303.0527 2051 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2303.0527 Mm. 2303.3418 2052 DCB_int_01 2303.6122 And you want a car? 2304.7033 2053 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2304.7033 Uh-huh. 2305.2069 2054 DCB_int_01 2305.7338 Do you have a particular car you want? 2306.9135 2055 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2307.3892 I want a Volkswagen Beetle. 2308.9372 2056 DCB_int_01 2309.6961 And your momma works for Toyota so I'm not sure if that's gonna [happen.] 2312.6617 2057 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2311.8131 [] No, but she- she works for um- 2314.4803 2058 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2315.1179 it's like different Toyotas, 2316.4562 2059 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2316.4562 (pause 0.46) 2316.9178 2060 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2316.9178 different 2317.3375 2061 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2317.3375 (pause 0.19) 2317.5240 2062 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2317.5240 dealerships. They c- they have multiple different types of cars. 2320.4616 2063 DCB_int_01 2320.6668 Oh, okay. 2320.9559 2064 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2320.9221 So they might sell a Kia or something like that 2323.2256 2065 DCB_int_01 2323.2582 You know I [roll with a Kia.] 2324.4985 2066 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2323.5939 [or a Jeep.] 2324.2701 2067 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2324.9742 I- 2325.2073 2068 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2325.2073 (pause 0.64) 2325.8508 2069 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2325.8508 I wouldn't mind having one of those. 2327.6775 2070 DCB_int_01 2327.6775 [Okay.] 2328.1065 2071 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2327.9992 [] 2328.2883 2072 DCB_int_01 2328.4282 You [know-] 2328.9085 2073 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2328.6754 [I just] want a small car. I don't want anything big. 2331.2959 2074 DCB_int_01 2331.3612 I used to drive a pickup truck, and it's- 2332.8440 2075 DCB_int_01 2332.8440 (pause 0.19) 2333.0293 2076 DCB_int_01 2333.0293 in DC, it is hell. 2334.2697 2077 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2334.4748 [Right.] 2334.8945 2078 DCB_int_01 2334.6567 [Parallel] parking? 2335.5100 2079 DCB_int_01 2335.8318 The [worst.] 2336.5452 2080 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2336.2701 [I will] not. [I shall not.] 2337.9720 2081 DCB_int_01 2337.3892 [The narrow streets?] 2338.4896 2082 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2338.5491 [I shall-] 2339.1086 2083 DCB_int_01 2338.7729 [The worst.] 2339.6682 2084 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2339.3324 [Right.] 2339.6169 2085 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2339.8827 I will not. 2340.4562 2086 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2340.4562 (pause 0.41) 2340.8665 2087 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2340.8665 And it- and it- 2341.5193 2088 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2341.5193 (pause 0.40) 2341.9157 2089 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2341.9157 But also with me living in DC for so long, 2344.0641 2090 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2344.0641 (pause 0.83) 2344.8895 2091 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2344.8895 when I- like, when I went to Maryland- when I got into Maryland, it's m- and like- busses in DC come like, 2349.0301 2092 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2349.0301 (pause 0.18) 2349.2073 2093 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2349.2073 every fifteen minutes. 2350.1819 2094 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2350.1819 (pause 0.21) 2350.3870 2095 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2350.3870 We're good. 2350.8766 2096 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2350.8766 (pause 0.30) 2351.1786 2097 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2351.1786 Busses in Maryland come once an hour! 2353.3328 2098 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2353.3328 (pause 0.44) 2353.7758 2099 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2353.7758 So like, when I come to work and stuff- when I come to the Boys and Girls Club, 2356.6062 2100 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2356.6062 (pause 0.64) 2357.2485 2101 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2357.2485 um, I have to be there- I have to catch the 2359.1789 2102 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2359.1789 (pause 0.31) 2359.4914 2103 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2359.4914 hour earlier bus because if I miss that bus, 2362.1446 2104 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2362.1446 (pause 0.45) 2362.5969 2105 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2362.5969 then I would be okay 2363.9479 2106 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2363.9479 (pause 0.54) 2364.4842 2107 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2364.4842 because the bus don't come for a hour. 2365.9110 2108 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2365.9110 (pause 0.38) 2366.2934 2109 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2366.2934 It's crazy. 2366.9369 2110 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2366.9369 (pause 0.63) 2367.5710 2111 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2367.5710 Like, for me, Maryland is like the country. 2369.4210 2112 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2369.4210 (pause 0.53) 2369.9526 2113 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2369.9526 It's- it's no- it's not city like. 2371.6546 2114 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2371.6546 (pause 0.36) 2372.0136 2115 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2372.0136 I like seeing all these people, hey! How you doing? 2374.1352 2116 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2374.1352 (pause 0.43) 2374.5642 2117 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2374.5642 You know? 2374.9221 2118 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2374.9221 (pause 0.20) 2375.1226 2119 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2375.1226 Let's get to the train station. Let's walk here. Let's do- 2377.4121 2120 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2377.4121 (pause 1.35) 2378.7643 2121 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2378.7643 Maryland is not my thing. That's why I'm always in DC, I sleep in Maryland. 2382.0972 2122 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2382.0972 (pause 0.50) 2382.6007 2123 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2382.6007 [That's- that's h- that's how I f-] that's what I feel like. I sleep in Maryland, 2385.5850 2124 DCB_int_01 2382.8572 [That's pretty much all you do?] 2384.0789 2125 DCB_int_01 2386.2518 So- 2386.5083 2126 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2386.5362 but I live in [DC.] 2387.5329 2127 DCB_int_01 2387.2905 [Let me] ask you this because people say 2389.1323 2128 DCB_int_01 2389.6126 um, that- 2390.5405 2129 DCB_int_01 2390.5405 (pause 0.51) 2391.0488 2130 DCB_int_01 2391.0488 if you're in DC, do you consider people like, in the DMV part of DC or- 2395.5147 2131 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2395.5100 No. 2395.9390 2132 DCB_int_01 2395.9810 No? You- [You not from] DC. 2397.6783 2133 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2396.7643 [No.] 2397.3006 2134 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2397.7995 You're not from DC 2398.8999 2135 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2398.8999 (pause 0.56) 2399.4630 2136 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2399.4630 because you- you don't have the full DC experience. 2402.9621 2137 DCB_int_01 2402.9229 What's [the full DC] [experience?] 2404.9979 2138 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2403.1700 [Like if you-] 2403.7109 2139 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2403.7109 (pause 0.63) 2404.3451 2140 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2404.3451 [If your parents] drive you everywhere that you go, you do not have the full DC experience. 2409.4451 2141 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2409.6456 You need to catch the train everywhere you go. 2412.1904 2142 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2412.1904 (pause 0.29) 2412.4795 2143 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2412.4795 If you haven't been to the Smithsonian museums every single year 2416.1632 2144 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2416.1632 (pause 0.28) 2416.4383 2145 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2416.4383 of your [schooling, then you do] not have the full DC experience. 2420.2468 2146 DCB_int_01 2417.0573 [] 2418.0738 2147 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2420.5219 If you have not heard No Child Left Behind 2422.9046 2148 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2422.9046 (pause 0.27) 2423.1739 2149 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2423.1739 and put it all over the school board, 2424.7173 2150 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2424.7173 (pause 0.41) 2425.1323 2151 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2425.1323 you have not 2426.0369 2152 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2426.0369 (pause 0.40) 2426.4379 2153 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2426.4379 had the DC experience. 2428.0280 2154 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2428.0280 (pause 0.28) 2428.3078 2155 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2428.3078 At all. 2428.8626 2156 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2428.8626 (pause 0.59) 2429.4490 2157 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2429.4490 [Like- (laughing)] 2429.8873 2158 DCB_int_01 2429.4490 [What do you] think some other things that are unique to DC? 2431.8830 2159 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2432.3260 Uh, let's- let's- 2433.5430 2160 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2433.5430 (pause 0.11) 2433.6549 2161 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2433.6549 let's see. 2434.1026 2162 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2434.1026 (pause 0.49) 2434.5922 2163 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2434.5922 When you get to carry out your carry out, you ha- But- [but Maryland- Maryland, M-] 2439.1747 2164 DCB_int_01 2437.2862 [What's- Well tell me about the carry out cause somebody] else said this the other day, and I was t- What do you say when you get your carry out? [What's carry] out for you? 2443.3421 2165 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2442.3863 [Mm. 2442.8339 2166 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2443.4447 It's chicken wings, Mumbo sauce, you know. Fried rice or rice. I like fried rice. I get fried rice. 2447.8099 2167 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2447.8099 (pause 0.52) 2448.3303 2168 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2448.3303 But yeah, Mumbo sauce, 2449.2815 2169 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2449.2815 (pause 0.33) 2449.6079 2170 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2449.6079 and th- that's what- that's what's so funny when people outside of DC say, I don't know what- What's the Mumbo sauce? [I'm like, it's] [Mumbo] sauce. 2455.4587 2171 DCB_int_01 2454.0738 [Me, I- 2454.4515 2172 DCB_int_01 2454.4515 (pause 0.17) 2454.6241 2173 DCB_int_01 2454.6241 [Me.] 2454.8805 2174 DCB_int_01 2456.2141 Right! What [is it?] 2457.1700 2175 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2456.7317 [It- But you] don't know how to explain it. It's kind of like- 2458.9466 2176 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2459.8267 I don't know! 2461.3515 2177 DCB_int_01 2460.8525 It's like hot sauce and ketchup-ish, [sort of, but it's not.] 2463.6700 2178 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2462.7597 [No, it's n-] 2463.4731 2179 DCB_int_01 2463.9301 [It's sweet.] 2464.7181 2180 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2463.9347 [It's n-] 2464.3870 2181 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2464.8160 It's good. 2465.6822 2182 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2465.6822 (pause 0.26) 2465.9433 2183 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2465.9433 That's all I can say is good. 2467.6732 2184 DCB_int_01 2467.6779 Where you get- Where is the best Mumbo sauce? 2469.2605 2185 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2470.2798 I don't know. 2470.9885 2186 DCB_int_01 2471.1040 Where do you go? 2471.8733 2187 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2472.5215 [The carry] out! [ Any] carry out. It's just- it's- it- 2475.8461 2188 DCB_int_01 2472.5308 [/Everywhere/.] 2473.0997 2189 DCB_int_01 2473.0997 (pause 0.44) 2473.5380 2190 DCB_int_01 2473.5380 [Any carry out.] 2474.3353 2191 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2476.2751 2476.4383 2192 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2476.4383 (pause 0.21) 2476.6517 2193 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2476.6517 Majority of the carry outs, it taste the same. 2478.4842 2194 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2478.4842 (pause 0.77) 2479.2582 2195 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2479.2582 So 2479.6452 2196 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2479.6452 (pause 0.90) 2480.5498 2197 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2480.5498 it's- 2480.8296 2198 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2480.8296 (pause 0.26) 2481.0907 2199 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2481.0907 the- the Oriental food. It's them. They know how to make it. 2484.2231 2200 DCB_int_01 2484.2697 [] 2485.2023 2201 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2484.5961 [/Ev-/] 2484.8759 2202 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2485.3048 r- t- 2485.8224 2203 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2485.8224 (pause 0.62) 2486.4379 2204 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2486.4379 [We don't know] how to make it, but they know how to make it. [So we eat it.] 2489.1364 2205 DCB_int_01 2486.6058 [/You-/] 2486.8669 2206 DCB_int_01 2486.8669 (pause 1.61) 2488.4803 2207 DCB_int_01 2488.4803 [So you don't-] When you get your Mumbo sauce, you don't go to like, a black restaurant you have to go like a Chinese 2493.2353 2208 DCB_int_01 2493.5664 carry out [place.] 2494.3264 2209 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2494.0326 [Mm-hm.] 2494.3544 2210 DCB_int_01 2494.7029 That's where you get Mumbo sauce cause [if I go like a] little black place and be like, /this [ain't real]/. 2498.5732 2211 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2496.0972 [Yes.] 2496.5868 2212 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2496.5868 (pause 1.41) 2497.9996 2213 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2497.9996 [You're gonna get barbecue] sauce. [ You're not gonna get Mumbo sauce.] 2500.9046 2214 DCB_int_01 2499.3472 [Ah. And it's- Ah.] Okay. 2501.8034 2215 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2501.9526 [Mm.] 2502.4655 2216 DCB_int_01 2501.9619 [Alright], I'm'a have to- 2502.9878 2217 DCB_int_01 2503.7059 I never- 2504.5219 2218 DCB_int_01 2504.5219 (pause 0.48) 2504.9975 2219 DCB_int_01 2504.9975 When I was at Clubhouse Two, you know, in New York? 2507.1364 2220 DCB_int_01 2507.1364 (pause 0.15) 2507.2905 2221 DCB_int_01 2507.2905 [The one] 2507.9806 2222 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2507.2998 [Mm-hm.] 2507.7708 2223 DCB_int_01 2508.3909 um, 2508.9458 2224 DCB_int_01 2508.9458 (pause 0.19) 2509.1370 2225 DCB_int_01 2509.1370 right by three ninety five, where you get on the highway, 2510.9182 2226 DCB_int_01 2510.9182 (pause 0.44) 2511.3612 2227 DCB_int_01 2511.3612 and some kids- Every day w- some kids would come in, and I was like, what are you eating? Like, I thought it was like, sweet and sour sauce, or [like], 2516.4612 2228 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2516.0696 [Oh.] 2516.3680 2229 DCB_int_01 2516.8250 you know, barbecue sauce that just looked weird? 2518.5875 2230 DCB_int_01 2518.5875 (pause 0.36) 2518.9454 2231 DCB_int_01 2518.9454 They're like, nah, that's Mumbo sauce. I'm'a put it on my fries, and I [was like, oh. Okay. I don't know what you're talking about.] 2523.4498 2232 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2521.1183 [Do you- y- d- just- If you gonna try it], y- go ahead and first start it with your fries 2525.5749 2233 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2525.9386 and then you gonna wanna put it on everything. 2527.4867 2234 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2527.4867 (pause 0.35) 2527.8318 2235 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2527.8318 [] 2528.4426 2236 DCB_int_01 2528.0229 [So try it] on my fries first? [Cause I've never had it.] 2530.4430 2237 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2529.3472 [Try it on your fries. /Yeah/.] 2530.3777 2238 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2530.5829 Mm. 2530.8440 2239 DCB_int_01 2531.2065 [Okay.] 2531.6075 2240 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2531.3791 [It's] good. 2532.0272 2241 DCB_int_01 2532.2883 Mkay. 2532.7080 2242 DCB_int_01 2532.7080 (pause 0.76) 2533.4634 2243 DCB_int_01 2533.4634 Alright. I'm'a- I'm'a report back. Let you know. 2535.6223 2244 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2535.6503 Mm-hm. [Mm-hm.] 2536.2938 2245 DCB_int_01 2535.9627 [Alright], so then you moved to Fort- How was your situation- So you didn't have this 2539.9203 2246 DCB_int_01 2540.4752 /RD-SCHOOL-4/ experience. You went to- 2542.9512 2247 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2543.0806 [] 2544.6381 2248 DCB_int_01 2543.7055 [So you've been at /RD-SCHOOL-3/] since you moved there? [/RD-SCHOOL-6/.] 2548.0326 2249 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2545.6639 [Yes, uh, for eleven- for eleventh] grade. 2548.5922 2250 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2548.8382 [I-] 2549.2112 2251 DCB_int_01 2548.8615 [How was] that transition? 2549.9666 2252 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2550.0599 It was horrible 2551.1743 2253 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2551.1743 (pause 0.48) 2551.6499 2254 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2551.6499 [/actually/.] Because it was kind of like, 2553.7762 2255 DCB_int_01 2551.6779 [Oh, okay.] 2552.2421 2256 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2554.3031 I was going from a very lenient environment where I could be an individual to a school where it's all ROTC- JROTC based, 2560.9606 2257 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2560.9606 (pause 0.54) 2561.5003 2258 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2561.5003 where I have to wear this green uniform 2563.3328 2259 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2563.3328 (pause 0.13) 2563.4634 2260 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2563.4634 every day and these /base/ that hurt my feet. Those shoes 2566.1725 2261 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2566.1725 (pause 0.28) 2566.4523 2262 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2566.4523 hurt. 2566.8195 2263 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2566.8195 (pause 0.75) 2567.5656 2264 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2567.5656 And then now- with my- and then my hair is like extra long so now my hair has to be above my collar, 2572.2425 2265 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2572.2425 (pause 0.23) 2572.4710 2266 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2572.4710 got to wear a ponytail every single day. 2574.5122 2267 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2574.5122 (pause 0.75) 2575.2595 2268 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2575.2595 And then the kids like at the school, they didn't really care about their education. Like, at /RD-SCHOOL-1/, everyone cared about their education. 2580.1964 2269 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2580.1964 (pause 0.25) 2580.4482 2270 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2580.4482 I went to study groups. 2581.6512 2271 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2581.6512 (pause 0.24) 2581.8937 2272 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2581.8937 They don't do that at /RD-SCHOOL-3/. They don't go to study groups. 2583.9733 2273 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2583.9733 (pause 0.37) 2584.3464 2274 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2584.3464 The- the 2584.9432 2275 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2584.9432 (pause 0.41) 2585.3582 2276 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2585.3582 education is kind of like mediocre 2587.0404 2277 DCB_int_01 2587.2735 Mm. 2587.5859 2278 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2587.9263 there. 2588.2994 2279 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2588.2994 (pause 0.34) 2588.6398 2280 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2588.6398 So, it's kind of- 2589.5397 2281 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2589.5397 (pause 0.14) 2589.6749 2282 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2589.6749 it w- It was just a real bad transition. And also, 2592.0903 2283 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2592.0903 (pause 0.35) 2592.4389 2284 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2592.4389 like, 2592.6534 2285 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2592.6534 (pause 0.18) 2592.8306 2286 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2592.8306 now with me going into my senior year, 2594.6631 2287 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2594.6631 (pause 0.27) 2594.9289 2288 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2594.9289 I don't have those programs like- 2596.4490 2289 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2596.4490 (pause 0.24) 2596.6914 2290 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2596.6914 In DC, they have a lot of programs set up for children can have scholarships. 2600.0336 2291 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2600.0336 (pause 0.41) 2600.4393 2292 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2600.4393 In Maryland, they don't really have that. 2602.1645 2293 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2602.1645 (pause 0.41) 2602.5749 2294 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2602.5749 D- So, that's why I stay in the Boys and Girls Club because I can get so many scholarships 2606.4859 2295 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2606.4859 (pause 0.36) 2606.8496 2296 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2606.8496 from the Boys and Girls Club. 2607.7728 2297 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2607.7728 (pause 0.35) 2608.1226 2298 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2608.1226 At school, 2608.5329 2299 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2608.5329 (pause 0.16) 2608.6914 2300 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2608.6914 I can- 2609.1391 2301 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2609.1391 (pause 0.39) 2609.5261 2302 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2609.5261 I have not heard about one 2611.1010 2303 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2611.1010 (pause 0.23) 2611.3295 2304 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2611.3295 scholarship in my junior year. 2612.8169 2305 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2612.8169 (pause 0.59) 2613.4091 2306 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2613.4091 And that's the same thing 2614.2112 2307 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2614.2112 (pause 0.19) 2614.4023 2308 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2614.4023 with um, college visits. When- when I was at /RD-SCHOOL-4/, 2617.7631 2309 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2617.7631 (pause 0.42) 2618.1875 2310 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2618.1875 any college that came to visit, you would just had to sign up. It didn't matter what grade you were in. 2622.3701 2311 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2622.3701 (pause 0.80) 2623.1663 2312 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2623.1663 At /RD-SCHOOL-3/, you ha- you were in the twelfth grade, 2625.2972 2313 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2625.2972 (pause 0.56) 2625.8614 2314 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2625.8614 shouldn't you already know 2626.8873 2315 DCB_int_01 2626.9805 Mm. 2627.2976 2316 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2627.2510 what colleges you have in mind by the twelfth grade. 2629.5067 2317 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2630.6957 It did- did not make sense to me 2632.2671 2318 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2632.2671 (pause 0.37) 2632.6355 2319 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2632.6355 at 2632.9852 2320 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2632.9852 (pause 0.37) 2633.3582 2321 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2633.3582 all. 2633.7173 2322 DCB_int_01 2633.6986 So have you done your ACTs or [SATs?] 2635.7445 2323 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2635.1243 [My SAT], [yes I have.] 2636.5512 2324 DCB_int_01 2635.9916 [Oh, okay.] 2636.5698 2325 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2636.9848 I have to take it again. 2637.9034 2326 DCB_int_01 2638.3790 Mkay. 2638.6914 2327 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2638.6914 And that's because- And then 2639.6800 2328 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2639.9458 that's also where I was /at fault at/ 2641.5953 2329 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2641.5953 (pause 0.34) 2641.9310 2330 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2641.9310 because um, 2642.9475 2331 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2642.9475 (pause 0.20) 2643.1434 2332 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2643.1434 my- 2643.5957 2333 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2643.5957 (pause 0.35) 2643.9454 2334 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2643.9454 They set me up 2644.9246 2335 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2644.9246 (pause 0.55) 2645.4701 2336 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2645.4701 to have my SAT prep class after I took my SAT. 2649.6190 2337 DCB_int_01 2650.7381 Mm. 2651.1484 2338 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2651.1391 I took my SAT in the first semester 2653.0590 2339 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2653.3854 of school, 2653.8844 2340 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2653.8844 (pause 0.68) 2654.5605 2341 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2654.5605 and then I took my SAT prep class in the second semester of school. 2657.6240 2342 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2657.6240 (pause 1.30) 2658.9238 2343 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2658.9238 That doesn't [make- That doesn't make] sense at all. 2660.9522 2344 DCB_int_01 2659.4134 [Make sense. Yeah.] 2660.3646 2345 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2661.3812 I- And then, I would have known 2662.6961 2346 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2662.6961 (pause 0.36) 2663.0598 2347 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2663.0598 maybe 2663.5121 2348 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2663.5121 (pause 0.40) 2663.9120 2349 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2663.9120 if- /RD-NAME-3/ coulda got a higher score on her SAT if I didn't know I 2666.8916 2350 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2666.8916 (pause 0.17) 2667.0641 2351 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2667.0641 shouldn't answer all of the questions 2668.7894 2352 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2668.7894 (pause 0.55) 2669.3349 2353 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2669.3349 on the SAT. 2670.0577 2354 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2670.0577 (pause 0.38) 2670.4342 2355 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2670.4342 I answered all of the questions. 2671.5160 2356 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2671.5160 (pause 0.28) 2671.7911 2357 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2671.7911 I still got a good score. 2672.9195 2358 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2672.9195 (pause 0.36) 2673.2832 2359 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2673.2832 I got a uh- I got a fourteen fifty. 2675.1577 2360 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2675.1577 (pause 0.43) 2675.5914 2361 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2675.5914 And that's basically what a average score, with people not checking all the bubbles. 2679.3159 2362 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2679.3159 (pause 0.33) 2679.6469 2363 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2679.6469 So I probably coulda got way higher, 2681.4655 2364 DCB_int_01 2682.0285 Mm-hm. 2682.4016 2365 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2682.4715 if I would have known 2683.2735 2366 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2683.2735 (pause 0.49) 2683.7678 2367 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2683.7678 not [to check a- Right.] 2685.1480 2368 DCB_int_01 2684.0196 [The strategies and the tips] now. And so when you taking it again? You [taking it again?] 2687.4095 2369 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2686.7847 [I'm- I'm taking it] in Oc- in October. 2688.5879 2370 DCB_int_01 2688.8352 Okay. 2689.1430 2371 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2689.1476 Yeah. 2689.3994 2372 DCB_int_01 2689.7538 [And then] that's the- But that's the score you can report [to /Temple/.] 2692.4163 2373 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2689.7771 [R-] 2690.0009 2374 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2690.0009 (pause 1.68) 2691.6842 2375 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2691.6842 [That's- I can-] I can res- report either score. 2694.3841 2376 DCB_int_01 2694.8166 [Okay.] 2695.1010 2377 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2694.9331 [I feel] like- 2695.3668 2378 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2695.6139 And that's also where I'm kind of nervous /at/. I feel like- Cause a lot of people tell me, you're okay. You're gonna be okay cause you're- 2700.1836 2379 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2700.1836 (pause 0.26) 2700.4389 2380 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2700.4389 You have like, Youth of the Year status. You have like a lot of community service and this, that and the third. 2703.8335 2381 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2703.8335 (pause 0.35) 2704.1785 2382 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2704.1785 I'm like, but y'all, you has- you have to also factor in my grades. 2706.9285 2383 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2706.9285 (pause 0.34) 2707.2689 2384 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2707.2689 My grades are okay. I have like- 2708.6351 2385 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2708.6351 (pause 0.29) 2708.9289 2386 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2708.9289 I have a three point- I'm three point oh student 2710.9059 2387 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2710.9059 (pause 0.28) 2711.1810 2388 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2711.1810 now because I messed up my tenth grade year. 2713.1336 2389 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2713.1336 (pause 0.39) 2713.5253 2390 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2713.5253 And now I have to make up for that my [eleventh and twelfth] grade year- 2716.4070 2391 DCB_int_01 2715.5397 [Mm.] 2715.8474 2392 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2716.8779 Well, the beginning of my twelfth grade year 2718.2255 2393 DCB_int_01 2718.4948 [/Right/.] 2718.8072 2394 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2718.5415 [to make sure] that I can get into a school. 2720.2807 2395 DCB_int_01 2720.7237 [No, get into] [the school.] 2722.3790 2396 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2720.7936 [/Unintelligible/] 2721.3812 2397 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2721.3812 (pause 0.48) 2721.8614 2398 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2721.8614 [The school.] 2722.4023 2399 DCB_int_01 2722.5665 [It's only really one school-] [Exactly.] 2724.3757 2400 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2722.6499 [Temple University.] 2723.7351 2401 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2723.7351 (pause 0.27) 2724.0026 2402 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2724.0026 [Temple] [University. Ah! ] 2726.0450 2403 DCB_int_01 2724.6928 [It's only one school that you really] [trying to] like- 2726.8232 2404 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2726.2583 [] 2726.5801 2405 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2726.9484 Right. 2727.4380 2406 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2727.4380 (pause 0.33) 2727.7697 2407 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2727.7697 Yup. 2728.2593 2408 DCB_int_01 2728.6883 [So], do you have a back up? 2729.9555 2409 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2728.7618 [So-] 2729.1395 2410 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2730.3192 Yes, um, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. 2732.8511 2411 DCB_int_01 2733.4340 Oh! I love [that- I love that campus.] 2735.7989 2412 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2734.2407 [That's my- that's my s- that's] my second- that's my second choice. 2737.4616 2413 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2737.9186 And then like, my way way back up schools is like, Morgan, 2741.5871 2414 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2741.5871 (pause 0.63) 2742.2213 2415 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2742.2213 and then like, [University of Del- and like, Del- Delaware.] 2744.8371 2416 DCB_int_01 2743.1212 [No, we- we won't pass number two.] Let's-[we good. One or two, one or] two. 2746.8702 2417 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2745.1729 [] 2746.6184 2418 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2746.6184 (pause 0.25) 2746.8655 2419 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2746.8655 Right. 2747.1919 2420 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2747.6850 /Cause it's-/ 2748.0441 2421 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2748.0441 (pause 0.14) 2748.1840 2422 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2748.1840 it's something- it got- Something's 2749.9652 2423 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2749.9652 (pause 0.55) 2750.5201 2424 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2750.5201 gotta give. 2751.1915 2425 DCB_int_01 2751.4153 Some- You're gonna be [fine. You gonna be fine.] 2753.1301 2426 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2752.1381 [Yeah, I- I feel like- And] that's- and that- When everyone says that to me, I feel like I'm gonna be fine, 2756.1284 2427 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2756.5154 [/but like-/] 2756.9957 2428 DCB_int_01 2756.6506 [Because it's] not just about the grades. You know what I mean? It'd be different if you were going into like, 2761.2704 2429 DCB_int_01 2761.6201 not even just Harvard. Cause Harvard doesn't just look [at] [grades. They look at] the whole [thing.] 2765.9182 2430 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2763.6438 [Yeah.] 2763.9562 2431 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2763.9562 (pause 0.18) 2764.1381 2432 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2764.1381 [ Somebody-] 2765.2327 2433 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2765.2327 (pause 0.44) 2765.6757 2434 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2765.6757 [Somebody] said that to me. My grandma was like- My- 2768.1750 2435 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2768.2962 Well my- 2768.7625 2436 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2768.7625 (pause 0.10) 2768.8605 2437 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2768.8605 uh, 2769.1356 2438 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2769.1356 (pause 0.25) 2769.3827 2439 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2769.3827 /RD-NAME-2/'s- his- his mom. 2770.5065 2440 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2770.5065 (pause 0.33) 2770.8317 2441 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2770.8317 She was like, /didn't/ I hear you talking about you going to Yale. 2772.9393 2442 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2772.9393 (pause 0.11) 2773.0513 2443 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2773.0513 And I was like, Grandma, I'm black. And the- I [said that! And] she was like (laughing)- 2778.2399 2444 DCB_int_01 2775.1869 [] 2776.4085 2445 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2778.9020 And I- I had to f- I had to think about when I sa- I was like, ooh. She was like, at least you know who you are. 2783.4565 2446 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2783.4565 (pause 0.58) 2784.0347 2447 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2784.0347 I was [like, mm.] 2784.7342 2448 DCB_int_01 2784.2819 [You could go to Yale.] 2785.2991 2449 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2784.9720 [] 2786.7252 2450 DCB_int_01 2786.4734 [But] no, Temple is- 2787.5039 2451 DCB_int_01 2787.6158 Temple is a good school, [but they-] 2788.9017 2452 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2788.6638 [Yeah.] 2789.0089 2453 DCB_int_01 2789.2047 You do have a well rounded- you know what I mean- like, experience. 2792.5667 2454 DCB_int_01 2792.5667 (pause 0.47) 2793.0376 2455 DCB_int_01 2793.0376 The community service, 2794.1847 2456 DCB_int_01 2794.1847 (pause 0.35) 2794.5379 2457 DCB_int_01 2794.5379 you- the arts, like, with the poetry and the photography, which we gonna talk about. Don't think I forgot, 2798.3088 2458 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2798.2869 [] 2798.7066 2459 DCB_int_01 2798.5480 [and] um, 2799.9935 2460 DCB_int_01 2800.1847 so like, I think that is- it's not- they not just gonna look at, oh, 2803.3030 2461 DCB_int_01 2803.3030 (pause 0.26) 2803.5595 2462 DCB_int_01 2803.5595 well you have a three point oh. First of all, a three point oh is a good 2806.1055 2463 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2806.4412 [Right.] 2806.9401 2464 DCB_int_01 2806.4458 [GPA.] 2806.9156 2465 DCB_int_01 2807.0788 So 2807.5591 2466 DCB_int_01 2807.5591 (pause 0.15) 2807.7130 2467 DCB_int_01 2807.7130 they not gonna say, oh well, 2809.0233 2468 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2809.0139 Yeah. 2809.2657 2469 DCB_int_01 2809.2657 it's not good enough. [Goodbye.] 2810.5107 2470 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2810.1424 [Yeah.] 2810.5294 2471 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2810.7812 It's just- And I also think because like, 2812.5344 2472 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2812.5344 (pause 0.19) 2812.7198 2473 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2812.7198 with my scholarships, 2813.5498 2474 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2813.5498 (pause 0.34) 2813.8902 2475 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2813.8902 like, no one is my family- 2815.3637 2476 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2815.3637 (pause 0.16) 2815.5269 2477 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2815.5269 in my immediate family, like my dad, 2817.5739 2478 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2817.5739 (pause 0.30) 2817.8770 2479 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2817.8770 my um, 2818.4179 2480 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2818.4179 (pause 0.51) 2818.9261 2481 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2818.9261 /RD-NAME-2/, he did- he didn't graduate 2820.9440 2482 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2820.9440 (pause 0.30) 2821.2424 2483 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2821.2424 from high school. 2821.9605 2484 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2821.9605 (pause 0.72) 2822.6786 2485 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2822.6786 But that was because he was doing other things 2824.6743 2486 DCB_int_01 2824.7664 Mm-hm. 2825.0042 2487 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2825.1441 that weren't really- But he's smart. He's a smart man, 2827.5082 2488 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2827.5082 (pause 0.33) 2827.8393 2489 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2827.8393 but he was like, he was bored in school, 2829.5599 2490 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2829.5599 (pause 0.35) 2829.9096 2491 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2829.9096 and they were just doing the same thing over and over every year. 2832.5523 2492 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2832.5523 (pause 0.41) 2832.9627 2493 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2832.9627 And it wasn't really progressing. 2834.5154 2494 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2834.5154 (pause 0.35) 2834.8698 2495 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2834.8698 So, and then my mom 2835.9329 2496 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2835.9329 (pause 0.29) 2836.2267 2497 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2836.2267 who had a child at fifteen, 2838.0720 2498 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2838.0720 (pause 0.44) 2838.5104 2499 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2838.5104 she didn't finish school. But then she went back- She went back to school 2841.6065 2500 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2841.6065 (pause 0.37) 2841.9796 2501 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2841.9796 and got her GED- Well she went- 2843.6431 2502 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2843.6431 (pause 0.13) 2843.7736 2503 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2843.7736 I- 2843.9834 2504 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2843.9834 (pause 0.11) 2844.0954 2505 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2844.0954 Yeah, she got her GED, 2845.2051 2506 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2845.2051 (pause 0.52) 2845.7274 2507 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2845.7274 and then she went on to try to- She got her Associate's degree 2848.7583 2508 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2848.7583 (pause 0.32) 2849.0742 2509 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2849.0742 I think in Communications. 2850.2865 2510 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2850.2865 (pause 0.33) 2850.6129 2511 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2850.6129 But no one has got like a Master's degree. My older sister, 2853.1029 2512 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2853.1029 (pause 0.37) 2853.4713 2513 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2853.4713 she um, went to /Medtech/, 2854.8608 2514 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2854.8608 (pause 0.50) 2855.3586 2515 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2855.3586 and she d- Like she doesn't have- Like she didn't go to a university, 2858.2869 2516 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2858.2869 (pause 0.39) 2858.6739 2517 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2858.6739 a college. So I want to be that one, and I think that- ever since- everyone before me 2862.5104 2518 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2862.5104 (pause 0.39) 2862.8974 2519 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2862.8974 hasn't really had that experience. Like, my grandparents, great grandparents, 2865.9236 2520 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2865.9236 (pause 0.28) 2866.2034 2521 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2866.2034 nobody. 2866.7303 2522 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2866.7303 (pause 0.71) 2867.4426 2523 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2867.4426 So it's like, I wanna be that one to show my younger siblings that you can do it. 2871.0889 2524 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2871.0889 (pause 0.29) 2871.3827 2525 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2871.3827 Or even my big sister, if [she wanted to go back to school.] 2873.6943 2526 DCB_int_01 2872.2547 [That's right. She can go back.] 2873.7214 2527 DCB_int_01 2873.9741 [Yup.] 2874.5337 2528 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2873.9788 [And the- my] dad, and I try to kind of encourage my dad. Like, you need to go back to school 2877.6998 2529 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2878.0961 and get your um, 2878.9075 2530 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2878.9075 (pause 0.60) 2879.5078 2531 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2879.5078 get- and get your d- d- get your GED at least. 2881.7600 2532 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2881.7600 (pause 0.36) 2882.1237 2533 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2882.1237 But I mean he does- 2882.8978 2534 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2882.8978 (pause 0.16) 2883.0610 2535 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2883.0610 He kind of does really well at his job, 2884.8655 2536 DCB_int_01 2885.0602 Mm-hm. 2885.3679 2537 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2885.3493 and he has a good position at his job, so he doesn't really 2888.0118 2538 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2888.3009 feel like he needs to go back, 2889.8676 2539 DCB_int_01 2889.9329 Mm-hm. 2890.2780 2540 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2890.2873 you know? 2890.5951 2541 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2890.5951 (pause 0.29) 2890.8888 2542 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2890.8888 But also, sometimes, w- we kind of teach him still 2893.2471 2543 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2893.2471 (pause 0.42) 2893.6714 2544 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2893.6714 when we try to get him to help my brother and sister with their homework, 2896.7629 2545 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2896.7629 (pause 0.35) 2897.1115 2546 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2897.1115 and he's like, I can't really help them because I don't really know- I'm like, kind of, that's because you're kind of older now. 2901.6905 2547 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2901.6905 (pause 0.33) 2902.0215 2548 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2902.0215 You don't really remember everything, so we not gonna say that it's because you didn't graduate. 2905.1632 2549 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2905.1632 (pause 0.38) 2905.5409 2550 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2905.5409 It's because you don't [remember.] 2906.8651 2551 DCB_int_01 2906.3475 [Mm-hm.] 2906.8465 2552 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2907.4946 So I can help them 2908.5811 2553 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2908.5811 (pause 0.11) 2908.6930 2554 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2908.6930 in that aspect too, 2909.8296 2555 DCB_int_01 2910.0021 Mm-hm. 2910.3472 2556 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2910.4637 [so.] 2910.7482 2557 DCB_int_01 2910.6223 [So], 2910.9813 2558 DCB_int_01 2911.0839 talk about um- 2912.3335 2559 DCB_int_01 2912.3335 (pause 0.58) 2912.9164 2560 DCB_int_01 2912.9164 Because I think- Well two things. One, I'm- This is not even a question. This is like- The Boys and Girls Club, I do think 2917.4429 2561 DCB_int_01 2917.4429 (pause 0.21) 2917.6481 2562 DCB_int_01 2917.6481 is really for people, especially in your situation where nobody in their co- family has gone to like, a four year university 2922.8647 2563 DCB_int_01 2922.8647 (pause 0.34) 2923.2005 2564 DCB_int_01 2923.2005 or had that exper- Cause there's a [lot that] goes into that. 2925.6158 2565 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2924.5061 [Right.] 2924.9444 2566 DCB_int_01 2925.8117 So I think that this has like- d2D and stuff like that, [Keystone and being] able to [s- do all these-] Youth of the Year even 2931.2102 2567 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2928.6502 [Yeah.] 2929.1212 2568 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2929.1212 (pause 0.37) 2929.4942 2569 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2929.4942 [Definitely.] 2930.1983 2570 DCB_int_01 2931.5133 [helped you kind] of realize, 2932.9168 2571 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2931.5552 [Yeah.] 2931.9702 2572 DCB_int_01 2933.3353 you know- This is what college is- This- [I need] to do these things to get prepared, 2937.0563 2573 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2934.8134 [Right.] 2935.1771 2574 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2937.4806 [Right.] 2937.7417 2575 DCB_int_01 2937.4899 [um], 2938.0915 2576 DCB_int_01 2938.3246 and so I'm glad [you had the opportunity.] 2940.0720 2577 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2938.8644 [Yeah, and that- and that's the same] thing like, cause my older sister, 2941.7087 2578 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2942.1051 she- she was gonna go- she was gonna go to Clark Atlanta, 2944.6790 2579 DCB_int_01 2944.8737 Mm-hm. 2945.1208 2580 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2945.1721 but it was some things that were like, messed up with her room and board, 2947.8486 2581 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2947.8486 (pause 0.31) 2948.1610 2582 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2948.1610 and she never went- She never went to school. She had plenty scholarships. 2951.0613 2583 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2951.0613 (pause 0.57) 2951.6291 2584 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2951.6291 She had plenty /thing-/ 2952.1979 2585 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2952.1979 (pause 0.23) 2952.4311 2586 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2952.4311 And I think that's where kind of I'm at fault because I'm not in those programs, 2955.6065 2587 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2955.6065 (pause 0.29) 2955.9003 2588 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2955.9003 like the achievements programs 2957.0089 2589 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2957.0089 (pause 0.32) 2957.3260 2590 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2957.3260 where people basically get their 2958.9720 2591 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2958.9720 (pause 0.09) 2959.0652 2592 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2959.0652 t- tuition paid off. 2961.0470 2593 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2961.0470 (pause 0.30) 2961.3454 2594 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2961.3454 And it's kind of like, 2962.1801 2595 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2962.1801 (pause 0.66) 2962.8364 2596 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2962.8364 people like me are at fault because 2964.2865 2597 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2964.2865 (pause 0.24) 2964.5243 2598 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2964.5243 we wanna go to school. 2965.5875 2599 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2965.5875 (pause 0.21) 2965.7927 2600 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2965.7927 I wanna do these things. I wanna work hard in order 2968.2313 2601 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2968.2313 (pause 0.33) 2968.5578 2602 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2968.5578 to get to a university. I wanna work for what I- 2971.0652 2603 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2971.0652 (pause 0.14) 2971.2051 2604 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2971.2051 what I want to earn. 2972.2356 2605 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2972.2356 (pause 0.56) 2972.7952 2606 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2972.7952 But it's some people who are just getting stuff handed to them, 2975.1499 2607 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2975.1499 (pause 0.29) 2975.4426 2608 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2975.4426 and they're not really going to use it. 2976.8368 2609 DCB_int_01 2977.3637 What do you- What do you mean it's- you're at fault? 2978.9770 2610 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2979.2894 N- 2979.5646 2611 DCB_int_01 2979.5412 Why are you feel like you're at fault? 2980.7349 2612 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2980.8842 Because I don't- Like, I'm not in DC anymore. I feel like that's [my-] 2984.1330 2613 DCB_int_01 2983.9745 [But] that's not your fault. 2984.9257 2614 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2984.9211 Huh? 2985.0889 2615 DCB_int_01 2985.2195 That's- Mommy made that decision. 2986.5344 2616 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2985.3407 [It's not- it's not- Yeah, you're] right. 2986.8781 2617 DCB_int_01 2987.0555 But you did go get your hair done, so. 2988.4497 2618 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2988.4404 [] 2989.4243 2619 DCB_int_01 2988.7248 [It's kind of your fault] cause that one day. No, [I'm just] kidding. 2990.7672 2620 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2990.2123 [Right.] 2990.5527 2621 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2990.9817 Yeah, but um, 2991.9422 2622 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2991.9422 (pause 0.18) 2992.1194 2623 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2992.1194 I feel like because they have- DC has so many programs 2995.3124 2624 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2995.3124 (pause 0.44) 2995.7553 2625 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 2995.7553 and so many different things for their students. It's so much set up for their students, so that they can be successful, 3000.8601 2626 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3000.8601 (pause 0.41) 3001.2704 2627 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3001.2704 and now that I'm in Maryland, it's kind of like, 3002.8558 2628 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3002.8558 (pause 0.41) 3003.2708 2629 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3003.2708 3003.4014 2630 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3003.4014 (pause 0.69) 3004.0915 2631 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3004.0915 I got the short end of the stick, and I have to work like, 3006.2073 2632 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3006.2073 (pause 0.20) 3006.4078 2633 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3006.4078 extra extra tra- 3007.4103 2634 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3007.4103 (pause 0.23) 3007.6388 2635 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3007.6388 extra hard. 3008.2683 2636 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3008.2683 (pause 0.20) 3008.4688 2637 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3008.4688 Because I want it, 3009.2615 2638 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3009.2615 (pause 0.17) 3009.4340 2639 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3009.4340 so I'm gonna work for whatever I need to do- /I mean/ do whatever I need to do, [so I can] 3013.2518 2640 DCB_int_01 3012.8216 [Right] 3013.2518 2641 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3013.5222 progress in life. 3014.4268 2642 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3014.4268 (pause 0.26) 3014.6879 2643 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3014.6879 But it's kind of like, it could have been easier for me 3016.6743 2644 DCB_int_01 3016.8877 Right. 3017.1954 2645 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3017.1441 type [thing.] 3017.7596 2646 DCB_int_01 3017.4146 Do you feel like your family's financial status will help you get some financial [aid though?] 3020.8558 2647 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3020.3196 [No.] 3020.6693 2648 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3021.1915 My [mom] makes too much money. 3022.2453 2649 DCB_int_01 3021.3594 [Do Y-] 3021.5226 2650 DCB_int_01 3022.5799 Oh. 3023.8622 2651 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3024.2725 And then my dad also makes too much money. 3025.9186 2652 DCB_int_01 3025.9745 Because now you have a two- 3027.0237 2653 DCB_int_01 3027.0237 (pause 0.12) 3027.1449 2654 DCB_int_01 3027.1449 you have two [income] [household.] 3028.6716 2655 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3027.6718 [I have-] 3028.0308 2656 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3028.0308 (pause 0.21) 3028.2360 2657 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3028.2360 [U- Yeah.] I have a tw- 3029.1733 2658 DCB_int_01 3029.1581 Even though there are four kids? 3030.5430 2659 DCB_int_01 3031.4243 No? 3031.7227 2660 DCB_int_01 3031.7227 (pause 0.09) 3031.8160 2661 DCB_int_01 3031.8160 You're over [the-] 3032.4921 2662 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3032.1564 [I'm-] FAFSA is not gonna give me 3033.6578 2663 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3033.8956 anything (clap). Like I- 3035.0893 2664 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3035.0893 (pause 0.40) 3035.4938 2665 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3035.4938 I promise [you.] 3037.0932 2666 DCB_int_01 3036.6083 [Mm.] 3037.5688 2667 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3037.9932 Like- 3038.3662 2668 DCB_int_01 3038.8232 Yeah. 3039.3641 2669 DCB_int_01 3039.3641 (pause 0.59) 3039.9516 2670 DCB_int_01 3039.9516 That's what I was think- I was- I was, like, hm, maybe, but- 3042.4124 2671 DCB_int_01 3042.4124 (pause 0.16) 3042.5756 2672 DCB_int_01 3042.5756 Cause I was thinking the four kids, but I 3043.8719 2673 DCB_int_01 3043.8719 (pause 0.12) 3043.9885 2674 DCB_int_01 3043.9885 didn't even put two and two together that y'all have a 3045.7977 2675 DCB_int_01 3045.7977 (pause 0.27) 3046.0681 2676 DCB_int_01 3046.0681 two house- two income household. 3047.9368 2677 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3048.0487 Right. 3048.3751 2678 DCB_int_01 3048.4684 So, 3048.7855 2679 DCB_int_01 3048.7855 (pause 0.19) 3048.9720 2680 DCB_int_01 3048.9720 mm. 3049.2704 2681 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3049.2984 I'm not getting- I'm not gonna get any money. [] 3051.4293 2682 DCB_int_01 3051.1822 [And then] you're going out of state. 3052.4039 2683 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3052.4831 Mm-hm. 3052.9588 2684 DCB_int_01 3053.2514 But you- 3053.5964 2685 DCB_int_01 3053.5964 (pause 0.17) 3053.7690 2686 DCB_int_01 3053.7690 you know- 3054.1047 2687 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3054.0720 But then, I'm probably gonna use that DC address, 3056.6553 2688 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3056.9677 so that [I can get in state] tuition. 3058.7536 2689 DCB_int_01 3057.1822 [Hey.] 3057.9283 2690 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3059.2933 [So-] 3059.7410 2691 DCB_int_01 3059.4519 [I'm not] mad cause there's no- Yeah. You can be wherever you are. 3062.3988 2692 DCB_int_01 3063.0237 Hm. 3063.1915 2693 DCB_int_01 3063.1915 (pause 0.36) 3063.5552 2694 DCB_int_01 3063.5552 Hey Grandpa! 3064.3199 2695 DCB_int_01 3064.3199 (pause 0.13) 3064.4505 2696 DCB_int_01 3064.4505 Thanks. Sign this for [me.] 3066.0114 2697 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3065.8949 [Right.] 3066.3332 2698 DCB_int_01 3066.3238 Um, 3066.8694 2699 DCB_int_01 3067.2518 so, 3067.6201 2700 DCB_int_01 3067.6201 (pause 0.31) 3067.9325 2701 DCB_int_01 3067.9325 how did you- Okay. Let's go back, cause one of the things that I absolutely 3071.0800 2702 DCB_int_01 3071.0800 (pause 0.61) 3071.6897 2703 DCB_int_01 3071.6897 adore about you- I admire about you, is that 3075.1169 2704 DCB_int_01 3075.1169 (pause 0.37) 3075.4853 2705 DCB_int_01 3075.4853 you're a poet. You- Because I study 3077.2327 2706 DCB_int_01 3077.2327 (pause 0.16) 3077.3913 2707 DCB_int_01 3077.3913 words. I study- So, 3078.9860 2708 DCB_int_01 3078.9860 (pause 0.49) 3079.4802 2709 DCB_int_01 3079.4802 it fascinates me- 3080.8185 2710 DCB_int_01 3080.8185 (pause 0.20) 3081.0190 2711 DCB_int_01 3081.0190 fascinates me. So talk about how you got into poetry, 3083.7550 2712 DCB_int_01 3083.7550 (pause 0.28) 3084.0347 2713 DCB_int_01 3084.0347 and kind of where you- 3084.8834 2714 DCB_int_01 3084.8834 (pause 0.20) 3085.0839 2715 DCB_int_01 3085.0839 give me the like, 3085.7134 2716 DCB_int_01 3085.7134 (pause 0.32) 3086.0305 2717 DCB_int_01 3086.0305 /RD-NAME-3/'s poetry life. 3087.3174 2718 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3087.9096 Um, 3088.4039 2719 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3088.4039 (pause 0.72) 3089.1255 2720 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3089.1255 it started when I was in like, 3090.4404 2721 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3090.4404 (pause 1.66) 3092.0957 2722 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3092.0957 sixth or seventh grade. I don't- 3093.6019 2723 DCB_int_01 3094.3106 After you [emceed] the kindergarten [program. Right.] 3096.4684 2724 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3094.8282 [My-] 3095.0334 2725 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3095.0334 (pause 0.69) 3095.7223 2726 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3095.7223 [] 3096.4171 2727 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3096.8041 My- Actually my first poem b- goes back to two thousand eleven. 3099.7790 2728 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3099.7790 (pause 0.84) 3100.6184 2729 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3100.6184 So, I was- 3101.8482 2730 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3101.8482 (pause 0.15) 3102.0021 2731 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3102.0021 I'm seventeen. Math! 3105.0470 2732 DCB_int_01 3105.3034 I know- Whoo. 3106.0075 2733 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3106.0215 Right. 3106.2640 2734 DCB_int_01 3106.2640 So five years, [four year- six years.] Where we at? Five years? Four years? Okay. 3110.0071 2735 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3107.0695 [So four-] 3107.7177 2736 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3110.1284 [Some years ago- Yeah, so]- So it was like two thousand eleven. Or may- it might have been- it might have been further back. 3114.7575 2737 DCB_int_01 3110.1377 [We'll go with that. Mm-hm. We'll go with that. 3111.5150 2738 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3115.3310 I don't really remember. 3116.2496 2739 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3116.2496 (pause 0.35) 3116.5993 2740 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3116.5993 But I still have my first poem book from when I first started writing, 3119.2980 2741 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3119.2980 (pause 0.39) 3119.6897 2742 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3119.6897 and it was because I was 3120.7062 2743 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3120.7062 (pause 0.21) 3120.9207 2744 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3120.9207 in a dark place, 3122.0957 2745 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3122.0957 (pause 0.25) 3122.3475 2746 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3122.3475 and like, 3122.8045 2747 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3122.8045 (pause 1.48) 3124.2826 2748 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3124.2826 I remember we were doing like, journaling- We were like, journaling in school. 3127.7523 2749 DCB_int_01 3127.6807 Mm. 3127.9512 2750 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3128.2263 Like kind of doing like, journals of- like how our day was going. 3130.4412 2751 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3130.4412 (pause 0.27) 3130.7116 2752 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3130.7116 Kind of like the freedom writers type [thing.] 3132.3250 2753 DCB_int_01 3132.1700 [Mm-hm.] 3132.6736 2754 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3132.7342 So, we were kind of like doing this- 3134.5341 2755 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3134.5341 (pause 0.11) 3134.6413 2756 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3134.6413 that type stuff, 3135.3874 2757 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3135.3874 (pause 0.75) 3136.1381 2758 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3136.1381 and um, 3136.7583 2759 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3136.7583 (pause 0.43) 3137.1861 2760 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3137.1861 over time, I was just like, mm, I- I write well. It's cool for me. 3140.5014 2761 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3140.5014 (pause 0.33) 3140.8278 2762 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3140.8278 So then I started going to my room like, when I was going through something- Like when I was feeling bad or down, 3144.9533 2763 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3144.9533 (pause 0.35) 3145.3030 2764 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3145.3030 I'd just write it out. 3146.1703 2765 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3146.1703 (pause 0.53) 3146.6973 2766 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3146.6973 And it might- it might- it might be deep. It might not. It might just be 3149.6104 2767 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3149.6104 (pause 0.13) 3149.7363 2768 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3149.7363 a journaling 3150.3845 2769 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3150.3845 (pause 0.15) 3150.5337 2770 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3150.5337 entry, 3150.9207 2771 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3150.9207 (pause 0.32) 3151.2378 2772 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3151.2378 how I'm feeling a certain day. 3152.6273 2773 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3152.6273 (pause 0.41) 3153.0423 2774 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3153.0423 But that's how I started writing. 3154.1987 2775 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3154.1987 (pause 0.47) 3154.6732 2776 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3154.6732 And then over time, like I started letting my teacher- Like my d- um, 3157.6155 2777 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3157.6155 (pause 0.21) 3157.8253 2778 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3157.8253 my 3158.1051 2779 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3158.1051 (pause 0.16) 3158.2683 2780 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3158.2683 English teacher, I started letting her read 3159.7744 2781 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3159.7744 (pause 0.44) 3160.2127 2782 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3160.2127 what I was writing. 3160.8131 2783 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3160.8131 (pause 0.15) 3160.9623 2784 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3160.9623 And she was like, you're really good with words. 3162.4684 2785 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3162.4684 (pause 0.34) 3162.8041 2786 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3162.8041 Keep writing. 3163.5036 2787 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3163.5036 (pause 0.45) 3163.9559 2788 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3163.9559 And that's what she said- keep writing. So I'm'a keep 3165.8070 2789 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3165.8070 (pause 0.16) 3165.9702 2790 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3165.9702 writing, 3166.4878 2791 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3166.4878 (pause 0.44) 3166.9296 2792 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3166.9296 and I just started writing poetry, and it just 3168.7761 2793 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3168.7761 (pause 0.34) 3169.1165 2794 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3169.1165 kept going and going and going. And I think it just- 3171.2661 2795 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3171.2661 (pause 0.21) 3171.4806 2796 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3171.4806 it just came kind of naturally. 3173.1255 2797 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3173.1255 (pause 0.66) 3173.7876 2798 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3173.7876 It was just like a thing that I did. 3175.1678 2799 DCB_int_01 3177.1123 And so, how did you get into poetry club- Because 3179.4659 2800 DCB_int_01 3179.4659 (pause 0.17) 3179.6384 2801 DCB_int_01 3179.6384 you [just wanted to write.] 3180.5943 2802 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3179.8762 [It- Because-] because I wanted to write, 3181.5129 2803 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3181.8020 and I was like, I wanna be on the stage and say everything, [say my-] like, [speak my] words in front of [people.] 3186.0907 2804 DCB_int_01 3184.4074 [So-] 3184.6685 2805 DCB_int_01 3184.6685 (pause 0.21) 3184.8737 2806 DCB_int_01 3184.8737 [So you-] 3185.3027 2807 DCB_int_01 3185.3027 (pause 0.49) 3185.7923 2808 DCB_int_01 3185.7923 [Perform.] In the poetry club, you all perform. [Y'all have like], 3188.3802 2809 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3187.7041 [We perform at every um]- At every 3190.2174 2810 DCB_int_01 3188.6040 [shows or-] 3189.5366 2811 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3190.8364 s- assembly, 3191.6570 2812 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3191.6570 (pause 0.36) 3192.0192 2813 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3192.0192 we would do a piece. 3193.3202 2814 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3193.3202 (pause 0.23) 3193.5522 2815 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3193.5522 We would do a big piece 3194.5500 2816 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3194.5500 (pause 0.15) 3194.6992 2817 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3194.6992 with all of us. 3195.4453 2818 DCB_int_01 3195.5992 What's- what's one of your favorite pieces that you've written? 3197.9306 2819 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3198.1638 Uh, 3198.4622 2820 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3198.4622 (pause 0.28) 3198.7466 2821 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3198.7466 our- 3199.6093 2822 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3199.6093 (pause 0.53) 3200.1350 2823 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3200.1350 That I've written or for school? 3201.6318 2824 DCB_int_01 3201.7717 Mm-mm. Just- 3202.4105 2825 DCB_int_01 3202.4105 (pause 0.24) 3202.6483 2826 DCB_int_01 3202.6483 the- d- [whatever has ever] come in from your mind to your- 3205.4181 2827 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3203.4177 [] 3203.9819 2828 DCB_int_01 3205.6326 your book or your phone or 3206.7785 2829 DCB_int_01 3206.7785 (pause 0.30) 3207.0816 2830 DCB_int_01 3207.0816 wherever you write it. 3207.7903 2831 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3208.2287 Uh, 3208.8955 2832 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3208.8955 (pause 0.55) 3209.4457 2833 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3209.4457 w- woo. 3210.4622 2834 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3210.4622 (pause 0.20) 3210.6627 2835 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3210.6627 Actually, 3211.1698 2836 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3211.1698 (pause 0.59) 3211.7620 2837 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3211.7620 um, the- my appreciate 3213.7857 2838 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3213.7857 (pause 0.44) 3214.2287 2839 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3214.2287 [poem.] 3214.6343 2840 DCB_int_01 3214.3406 [Mm.] 3214.9328 2841 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3215.3431 I feel like that's one of m- 3216.8306 2842 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3216.8306 (pause 0.14) 3216.9751 2843 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3216.9751 my- 3217.4787 2844 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3217.4787 (pause 1.64) 3219.1189 2845 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3219.1189 Cause it's not sad, 3220.2053 2846 DCB_int_01 3220.8348 Mm-hm. 3221.2312 2847 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3221.3944 and it's from a 3222.0332 2848 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3222.0332 (pause 0.29) 3222.3270 2849 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3222.3270 place where like, 3223.2036 2850 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3223.2036 (pause 0.14) 3223.3481 2851 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3223.3481 it was heartfelt. It's not sad, 3225.0769 2852 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3225.0769 (pause 0.37) 3225.4500 2853 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3225.4500 and it's not about strife or 3227.1286 2854 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3227.1286 (pause 0.41) 3227.5389 2855 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3227.5389 hardship. It's about me appreciating everything that I've been through and everything that 3231.8370 2856 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3231.8370 (pause 0.38) 3232.2193 2857 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3232.2193 everyone around me has shown me, 3233.8560 2858 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3233.8560 (pause 0.30) 3234.1544 2859 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3234.1544 so I could become the person that I am today. 3236.3915 2860 DCB_int_01 3236.9510 That's the one you did 3238.0188 2861 DCB_int_01 3238.0188 (pause 0.90) 3238.9234 2862 DCB_int_01 3238.9234 at [Youth of the Year.] 3239.8793 2863 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3239.2172 [Youth of the Year.] [Mm-hm.] 3240.3363 2864 DCB_int_01 3240.1218 [Mm-hm.] 3240.5042 2865 DCB_int_01 3240.7793 Do you know a few lines of it? 3241.8377 2866 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3242.0231 Yeah. 3242.5827 2867 DCB_int_01 3242.6200 Say it for me. 3243.0920 2868 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3243.1189 Um- 3243.4919 2869 DCB_int_01 3243.5059 Just- even- You don't have to do the whole thing, but. 3245.2358 2870 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3245.9166 Uh, 3246.2104 2871 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3246.2104 (pause 0.18) 3246.3922 2872 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3246.3922 so it starts off, 3247.4554 2873 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3247.4554 (pause 0.77) 3248.2236 2874 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3248.2236 appreciate the calmness. 3250.0142 2875 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3250.0142 (pause 0.28) 3250.2893 2876 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3250.2893 Appreciate 3251.2452 2877 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3251.2452 (pause 0.45) 3251.6975 2878 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3251.6975 the breath before the mic before they reveal themselves to the world. 3256.6530 2879 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3256.6530 (pause 0.51) 3257.1612 2880 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3257.1612 Open like wounds, 3258.6301 2881 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3258.6301 (pause 0.28) 3258.9145 2882 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3258.9145 spread open like caskets. Appreciate 3262.0375 2883 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3262.0375 (pause 0.83) 3262.8628 2884 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3262.8628 the words. 3264.0379 2885 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3264.0379 (pause 0.88) 3264.9145 2886 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3264.9145 Um, 3265.3248 2887 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3265.3248 (pause 0.28) 3265.6034 2888 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3265.6034 I don't- Dang, I'm forgetting it. 3267.0350 2889 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3267.0350 (pause 0.64) 3267.6738 2890 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3267.6738 And I remember I go into, 3269.0260 2891 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3269.0260 (pause 0.42) 3269.4503 2892 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3269.4503 appreciate the eyes, 3271.0206 2893 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3271.0206 (pause 0.26) 3271.2817 2894 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3271.2817 the way that my mother looks at my father 3273.7204 2895 DCB_int_01 3273.8277 [Mm-hm.] 3274.5784 2896 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3273.8323 [to tells him] that she is okay. 3276.0985 2897 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3276.3876 They know each other's stories. 3278.0511 2898 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3278.0511 (pause 0.33) 3278.3775 2899 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3278.3775 Appreciate the love. 3279.7764 2900 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3279.7764 (pause 0.46) 3280.2380 2901 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3280.2380 And um, then it goes on to, appreciate the people 3283.2409 2902 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3283.2409 (pause 0.28) 3283.5160 2903 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3283.5160 that 3283.9159 2904 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3283.9159 (pause 0.19) 3284.1070 2905 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3284.1070 say that they're okay to hide their tears in the ducts of their eyes. 3288.3410 2906 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3288.3410 (pause 0.28) 3288.6161 2907 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3288.6161 Have you ever seen a t- catastrophe happening in someone, 3291.6644 2908 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3291.6644 (pause 0.37) 3292.0375 2909 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3292.0375 but blink to see if they see the same in you? 3294.6720 2910 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3294.6720 (pause 0.32) 3294.9891 2911 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3294.9891 Like, I'm just skipping [around, but] I remember 3297.0909 2912 DCB_int_01 3295.7713 [Mm-hm.] 3296.4008 2913 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3297.5525 um, and like, p- appreciate our lives, and appreciate 3300.7653 2914 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3300.7653 (pause 0.40) 3301.1663 2915 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3301.1663 the people that tell you that you wouldn't get this- that you wouldn't get this far. 3305.3431 2916 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3305.3431 (pause 0.40) 3305.7394 2917 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3305.7394 Um, appreciate the fight because it only makes your story 3308.6992 2918 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3308.6992 (pause 0.29) 3308.9883 2919 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3308.9883 way more worth telling, 3310.3312 2920 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3310.3312 (pause 0.47) 3310.7975 2921 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3310.7975 so. 3311.0633 2922 DCB_int_01 3311.0960 Yes I remember it, and then you also did that one for um- Or you did a piece of that one for when we did- went out to um, 3316.7369 2923 DCB_int_01 3316.7369 (pause 0.89) 3317.6275 2924 DCB_int_01 3317.6275 the Country [Club], 3318.5181 2925 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3318.2850 [Yeah], I did [it.] 3319.0777 2926 DCB_int_01 3318.8632 [I] remember. 3319.5335 2927 DCB_int_01 3319.7806 And you use a lot of metaphors with eyes. [Why?] 3322.2677 2928 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3321.7530 [Mm-hm.] 3322.2660 2929 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3323.0447 Um, 3323.3897 2930 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3323.3897 (pause 0.66) 3324.0472 2931 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3324.0472 they're the window to the soul! [] 3326.0884 2932 DCB_int_01 3325.4076 [They are.] They [are.] 3326.7738 2933 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3326.4568 [They're a] window to the soul. 3327.5246 2934 DCB_int_01 3327.7391 Um, 3328.4432 2935 DCB_int_01 3328.4432 (pause 0.26) 3328.7043 2936 DCB_int_01 3328.7043 I'm- I love 3329.8001 2937 DCB_int_01 3329.8001 (pause 0.32) 3330.1218 2938 DCB_int_01 3330.1218 the picture you sent with the eyes? I love, 3332.2096 2939 DCB_int_01 3332.2096 (pause 0.25) 3332.4614 2940 DCB_int_01 3332.4614 love that picture. 3333.5525 2941 DCB_int_01 3333.5525 (pause 0.19) 3333.7437 2942 DCB_int_01 3333.7437 Lo- Like, 3334.6064 2943 DCB_int_01 3334.6064 (pause 0.89) 3335.4970 2944 DCB_int_01 3335.4970 I- I- I do feel like it's very telling, right? 3337.8133 2945 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3338.1070 [Yeah.] 3338.4941 2946 DCB_int_01 3338.1070 [There's so] much 3339.2261 2947 DCB_int_01 3339.5339 when you look into a person's eyes [/that you/-] 3341.1706 2948 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3340.7882 [So that's] like the same- Like when I um- 3342.6860 2949 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3343.2316 I had pain filled [eyes with] a nothing wrong smile, a young girl who did not love herself. 3348.3316 2950 DCB_int_01 3344.2796 [Eyes.] 3344.7738 2951 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3348.7606 So I think like, 3349.4041 2952 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3349.4041 (pause 0.46) 3349.8599 2953 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3349.8599 um, people in general- 3351.0723 2954 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3351.0723 (pause 0.27) 3351.3427 2955 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3351.3427 And l- 3351.6458 2956 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3351.6458 (pause 0.16) 3351.8090 2957 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3351.8090 It's crazy how I'm seventeen and like, all this is coming out of my mouth. 3355.5440 2958 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3355.5440 (pause 0.33) 3355.8786 2959 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3355.8786 But um, 3356.3355 2960 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3356.3355 (pause 0.35) 3356.6899 2961 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3356.6899 I feel like just people in general, they always like- 3359.1286 2962 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3359.1286 (pause 0.14) 3359.2731 2963 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3359.2731 People always smiling. People are always 3361.2502 2964 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3361.2502 (pause 0.33) 3361.5848 2965 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3361.5848 like, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. 3363.6458 2966 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3363.6458 (pause 0.21) 3363.8603 2967 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3363.8603 When you look at somebody's eyes, you can see them tired. 3366.4202 2968 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3366.4202 (pause 0.48) 3366.9005 2969 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3366.9005 You can see them sad. 3367.8517 2970 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3367.8517 (pause 0.40) 3368.2516 2971 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3368.2516 And you can see like, 3368.9883 2972 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3368.9883 (pause 0.28) 3369.2681 2973 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3369.2681 maybe I was talking right now, 3370.6437 2974 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3370.6437 (pause 0.31) 3370.9561 2975 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3370.9561 but you will never know in like a few more seconds I might break down. 3373.3715 2976 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3373.3715 (pause 0.36) 3373.7293 2977 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3373.7293 [But you could see that] in my eyes 3375.2168 2978 DCB_int_01 3373.7806 [Mm.] 3374.3029 2979 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3375.3847 first. 3375.9815 2980 DCB_int_01 3375.3987 [Mm.] Mm-hm. 3376.4571 2981 DCB_int_01 3377.4457 I could, like when you were talking about Mr. /RD-NAME-2/. 3379.1849 2982 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3379.3143 Yup. 3379.6268 2983 DCB_int_01 3380.2656 Like, 3380.6153 2984 DCB_int_01 3380.6153 (pause 0.47) 3381.0816 2985 DCB_int_01 3381.0816 you know your words were saying one thing, 3383.1286 2986 DCB_int_01 3383.1286 (pause 0.48) 3383.6042 2987 DCB_int_01 3383.6042 but your eyes were [telling a very-] 3385.0777 2988 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3384.2430 [ Right.] 3385.0724 2989 DCB_int_01 3385.2549 I mean they were telling the same story but in a very different kind of- a deeper way. 3389.1892 2990 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3389.1799 Right. 3389.4970 2991 DCB_int_01 3389.6415 Um, 3390.1498 2992 DCB_int_01 3390.1498 (pause 0.81) 3390.9553 2993 DCB_int_01 3390.9553 can you- 3391.4134 2994 DCB_int_01 3391.4134 (pause 0.26) 3391.6781 2995 DCB_int_01 3391.6781 I- I just love 3392.5827 2996 DCB_int_01 3392.5827 (pause 0.14) 3392.7225 2997 DCB_int_01 3392.7225 this poem. The um, 3393.7764 2998 DCB_int_01 3393.7764 (pause 0.28) 3394.0515 2999 DCB_int_01 3394.0515 brother. Can you just tell- Like, do the first part of that? 3396.1871 3000 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3396.2710 Oh, um, 3396.9658 3001 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3396.9658 (pause 0.90) 3397.8646 3002 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3397.8646 My brother was aksed in a prompt the other day what he wanted to be when he grew up. 3402.1964 3003 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3402.1964 (pause 0.65) 3402.8492 3004 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3402.8492 I saw the gears working in his mind to have the greatest answer that ever was. 3407.2265 3005 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3407.2265 (pause 0.29) 3407.5203 3006 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3407.5203 My brother looked at me, and said, You know what /RD-NAME-2/? 3410.0651 3007 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3410.0651 (pause 0.32) 3410.3868 3008 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3410.3868 I want to be alive. 3411.3940 3009 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3411.3940 (pause 0.56) 3411.9535 3010 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3411.9535 It's sad that already my brother believes that his life will come to a end 3415.6967 3011 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3415.6967 (pause 0.32) 3416.0138 3012 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3416.0138 well before it even started. 3417.5992 3013 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3417.5992 (pause 0.39) 3417.9862 3014 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3417.9862 No doctor, no football player, no firefighter. Just alive. 3421.1150 3015 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3421.1150 (pause 0.44) 3421.5580 3016 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3421.5580 He just wants to be able to breathe the air that peo- 3423.9675 3017 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3423.9675 (pause 0.12) 3424.0841 3018 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3424.0841 that people play with so effortlessly. 3425.8420 3019 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3425.8420 (pause 0.28) 3426.1218 3020 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3426.1218 He definitely doesn't wanna be the next 3427.8459 3021 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3427.8459 (pause 0.32) 3428.1630 3022 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3428.1630 'I just saw him about a week ago' type boy. 3430.3079 3023 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3430.3079 (pause 0.48) 3430.7929 3024 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3430.7929 I looked at him, and I said, 'Man, 3432.6394 3025 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3432.6394 (pause 0.25) 3432.8865 3026 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3432.8865 you will be.' 3433.7014 3027 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3433.7014 (pause 0.67) 3434.3682 3028 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3434.3682 But I wonder if he could decode the Morse code in my voice saying, 'Dang, 3437.9446 3029 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3437.9446 (pause 0.29) 3438.2384 3030 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3438.2384 I wonder if you'll be alive, too.' 3439.6745 3031 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3439.6745 (pause 0.55) 3440.2283 3032 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3440.2283 But we all know that these questions come along too often in young African American young men lives. 3444.8585 3033 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3444.8585 (pause 0.46) 3445.3155 3034 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3445.3155 We all know 3445.9765 3035 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3445.9765 (pause 0.19) 3446.1677 3036 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3446.1677 that they're all put on the pedestal 3447.5152 3037 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3447.5152 (pause 0.22) 3447.7344 3038 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3447.7344 of disappointment well before they're put on the pedestal of success. 3451.1943 3039 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3451.1943 (pause 0.71) 3451.9019 3040 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3451.9019 Yeah. 3452.0931 3041 DCB_int_01 3452.5593 I love [/it/.] 3453.0629 3042 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3452.9464 [] 3453.5292 3043 DCB_int_01 3453.5852 I- 3453.8416 3044 DCB_int_01 3453.8416 (pause 0.20) 3454.0421 3045 DCB_int_01 3454.0421 Did you write that for um, 3455.3478 3046 DCB_int_01 3455.3478 (pause 0.53) 3455.8793 3047 DCB_int_01 3455.8793 /when y'all went/ for Our Lives Matter, or had you already written- [You- No you wrote that before cause I saw] it. 3459.9535 3048 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3457.8599 [I already- I wr- I wrote it-] 3459.4406 3049 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3460.0468 Yeah. 3460.3499 3050 DCB_int_01 3460.3965 That's [the one] [that you] t- um, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ sent me the link. 3463.2316 3051 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3460.6297 [I-] 3460.9001 3052 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3460.9001 (pause 0.10) 3461.0027 3053 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3461.0027 [I-] 3461.2545 3054 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3463.2456 Yeah. 3463.6466 3055 DCB_int_01 3463.8366 But then I remember w- at the [thing-] 3465.9629 3056 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3465.1609 [I wrote it- Yeah], cause it- [it was real- it was real] life. It was real life. 3468.6953 3057 DCB_int_01 3466.5178 [It was so perfect.] 3467.5483 3058 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3469.0544 Cause I was just helping him with his homework, 3470.8624 3059 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3470.8624 (pause 0.48) 3471.3474 3060 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3471.3474 and my man's like, I wanna be alive. And I'm like, what? 3474.1183 3061 DCB_int_01 3474.1917 Cause [that was right after um]- 3475.9159 3062 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3474.4062 [What do you mean?] 3475.6512 3063 DCB_int_01 3477.1935 Was that right after Ferguson? 3478.3639 3064 DCB_int_01 3478.3639 (pause 0.45) 3478.8162 3065 DCB_int_01 3478.8162 Or it was before that. 3479.6369 3066 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3479.6462 It was before that. It was before that. 3481.0404 3067 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3481.0404 (pause 0.50) 3481.5440 3068 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3481.5440 It was before that. 3482.1024 3069 DCB_int_01 3483.4453 It wasn't Trayvon Martin though. It wasn't [that long] [ago.] 3485.7628 3070 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3485.0027 [Mm-mm.] 3485.3711 3071 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3485.3711 (pause 0.15) 3485.5249 3072 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3485.5249 [It was] like- It was like, in the middle. [It was like, in the middle. Yeah], but it was just- it was just crazy. Like, before all of that- the stuff did happen- It's just sad 3491.3244 3073 DCB_int_01 3486.6813 [Oh in between /that/. Okay.] 3487.7072 3074 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3491.7394 that my brother- He's eleven years 3493.4927 3075 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3493.4927 (pause 0.32) 3493.8086 3076 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3493.8086 old, 3494.2329 3077 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3494.2329 (pause 0.40) 3494.6339 3078 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3494.6339 and he's not even really into the streets. Like, he- he's not even into the streets, but he's just like, 3498.9238 3079 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3498.9238 (pause 1.64) 3500.5593 3080 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3500.5593 It's a possibility 3501.6225 3081 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3501.6225 (pause 0.69) 3502.3079 3082 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3502.3079 that something will happen to me, 3503.7628 3083 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3503.7628 (pause 0.26) 3504.0239 3084 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3504.0239 of me just being a young African American young man. 3506.8578 3085 DCB_int_01 3507.7950 That's crazy. 3508.4571 3086 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3508.5644 And it's cra- You're eleven years old, man! 3510.6767 3087 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3510.6767 (pause 0.14) 3510.8166 3088 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3510.8166 Play some video games or something. 3512.5547 3089 DCB_int_01 3512.5547 Right. 3512.9464 3090 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3512.9743 Get on your computer. Y- 3513.9909 3091 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3513.9909 (pause 0.19) 3514.1820 3092 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3514.1820 /Go on/ Youtube or something like, 3515.4690 3093 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3515.4690 (pause 0.58) 3516.0472 3094 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3516.0472 that should not be what you're worrying about. 3517.7865 3095 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3517.7865 (pause 0.42) 3518.2096 3096 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3518.2096 Your life- You should be enjoying your life at this point in your life. 3521.1379 3097 DCB_int_01 3521.3384 That's real. 3521.8980 3098 DCB_se2_ag1_f_01 3522.1638 Right. 3522.4389 3099 DCB_int_01 3522.5636 That's real. 3523.0590