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Episode #11: Noah Tenner, Auburn Riverside student · The Recess-An Inside Look at the Auburn School District

• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to the Recess Podcast.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Dr.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: Alan Spicciotti, and I am thrilled to be back with you for another podcast episode.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, this one is a first, and I'll get into that in a minute, but I just wanted to introduce myself.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: I am the proud superintendent of the Auburn School District, and the Recess Podcast exists so that I can take people behind the scenes and meet people and learn about programs that maybe the public doesn't have the opportunity to uh know about, but are stories that are really worth telling and really interesting for uh I I don't know, I think they're interesting and I like to share them, and we've had really good feedback on the podcast so far.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're liking this podcast, uh do all those podcasty things, uh spread the word so that others learn about our wonderful district and some of the amazing uh people.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: So far, I have mostly featured staff.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: Um today I'm going to interview our first active student, uh, first of many to be on the recess podcast.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: And I got to know our guest because he has been a member of my student advisory for two and a half years.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: He started in middle school and now he's in high school.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: And so let's go ahead and introduce him now.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: My guest is Noah Tenner, who is a freshman at Auburn Riverside High School.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: Hello, thank you for having me.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Well, we're glad to have you, and I'm I'm really excited for you to share a little bit about uh your school experience and and being on the superintendent student advisory and uh just doing some of the fun things that we do on the recess podcast.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: How are you doing?
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_01: I'm doing good.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_01: How are you?
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: Good.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm doing great.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I think you're gonna be a great guest, and let's just uh let's hit it, let's get into it.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: So uh I like to ask a question of my guests, and so far it's been tell us about who was your favorite teacher, but you're you're a student, so uh tell us about a favorite teacher or two so far.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um so so far, uh my favorite teacher would have to be Mr.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_01: Munson from uh Auburn Riverside.
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_01: He is my AP human geography teacher, and he he makes learning fun.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_01: He even though I don't understand a lot about the subject, uh he makes it fun to learn about and very interesting.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: And for our audience, like what is AP human geography?
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um it's basically it's like geography, but it's um about how humans have shaped the world around us, like by cultures and by agriculture and a bunch of other stuff, and um how we as humans have affected the environment around us.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: That's a great answer.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: Uh if you ever want to know something, ask a kid, tell us a little bit more about Mr.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: Munson.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: What what makes him uh such a great teacher for you?
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_01: He adds a sense of humor to his learning.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_01: And I I like that teaching style a lot.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um it makes learning a whole lot more fun and makes the subject, even though the subject sounds boring, it he makes it fun.
• 3:44
  unknown: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think sometimes people think, oh, teachers like that, they don't have substance, it's all fun and games.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: But I happen to know Mr.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: Munson is a very successful AP teacher.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: Um, do you plan to take the AP test this year in that subject?
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, I do.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I'm kind of nervous for it, but I I have confidence that I'll prepare enough for it.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: Very good.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: Well, uh we'll wish you luck with that, and I'm pretty confident based on the students that uh Mr.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: Muxson's had before that you'll be well prepared.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I always love those stories and and I've enjoyed them when they're, you know, it's Mr.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: Jones from Idaho from 30 years ago or whatever, but to have uh people in the in the recent past or current teachers is really exciting and and fun to hear.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: And actually, I'm looking forward to talking to more students so we hear more of those stories.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um let's shift gears and talk about students to the superintendent's advisory council.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_00: You'd think I'd be able to say that as my group.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I love this group because um it just gives us such insight into what's on the minds of students and helps us to uh address our blind spots as adults.
• 5:00
  SPEAKER_00: Like there are things that we could care a lot about and we could be competent professionals, but uh not being in school as a student and being a young person today, we just miss things and sometimes we don't even know what we don't know.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: So I want to thank you for taking the time to be a part of that and thank uh all of your uh advisory colleagues for helping all of us who who participate in that, you know, hopefully make the schools better and be better informed in our you know decision making and as we design programs for the district.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: So um you've been on the on the advisory for two and a half years basically, yes, right?
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, so a couple years at Mount Baker.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: Um we made a decision to allow middle school students to roll up if they chose, and you chose to do that, so thank you.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: And it's been a really added benefit because I think the continuity helps, right?
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: You get you you get involved in something for longer, you do better, and uh we're seeing some really strong student leadership emerging, and you you're certainly one of them, Noah.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_00: So thank you.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_00: Um talk about being on this group.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, how's it how's it beneficial and what do you like about it?
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um it benefits me because it allows me to express my ideas, um, to help others.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um I love helping others, I love caring for others.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_01: So uh the fact that I get to do this counsel and make a difference, it warms my heart because I I I would want to make a change in the Auburn School District.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_01: And um I I just think it's really beneficial.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_00: I think I think you nailed it.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: You know, one of the things that we really try to impress on new council members at the beginning is uh yes, you're here for your great ideas and your perspective, but you're also helping to either represent or solve problems of all the students and make this a great district for all students and families, you know, which is a a big goal of mine.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um so it really it makes me feel good to hear you talk about others.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_00: How how do you uh think about being somewhat of a representative of fellow students?
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_01: Um I feel like some uh sometimes a lot of people that have good ideas and have um just want to share their perspectives don't because they may be too shy or they may not feel confident enough.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_01: So s since I come to the council and represent the students of Riverside, I want to express those ideas of my peers.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_01: I want to um share their perspectives um because it's important to get their perspectives and ideas out as well.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: And you mentioned that you're interested in working for change and making things better.
• 8:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um do you have any ideas or or anything you want to share with the listeners that's on your mind right now about how we can make schools better?
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_01: More student voice, I'd say.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_01: Um more student voice in all schools, elementary, middle school, high school.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_01: And um I would say um better relationships with uh teachers, families, and students.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_00: So why is that so important?
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_00: Just just I'm gonna help draw it out of you a little bit.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_00: Why is why is student voice important?
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_01: Student voice is important because um you can't just have uh adult voices in in the room.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_01: You also have to have student perspective.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_01: You you need to have everybody's perspective on a problem that the school district might have.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_01: Because others might see it differently.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_00: That's very good.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: And and I love that you're even thinking about the middle school level, which which I've tried to do, and and I think we're increasingly doing through some of our avid work, um having more student voice involved at the middle school level.
• 9:28
  SPEAKER_00: We don't talk about it as much at elementary, but I think it's really important there too.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, thank you.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_00: You you're not only uh helping to represent students and solve problems at the district level, uh, you were just telling me before we went on air that you are involved in the student leadership at your high school on Riverside.
• 9:50
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_00: Tell us about that role and what you guys are doing.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um so in ASB, um we haven't done a lot of leadership quite yet, but we have talked about it.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_01: Um we've talked about expressing um since the semester just ended, we are encouraging people to keep working and telling them that they're almost there on being uh of graduating and s maybe spreading awareness.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_01: We have an Instagram page and we send a lot of or make a lot of videos there and post, and I feel like it encourages the students to keep going and to try harder and harder to finish their year off strong.
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_00: That's fantastic.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_00: And you mentioned you who you're an office holder in your ASB.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, I am.
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_01: You are the I'm the secretary.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_00: Very humble young man, and we appreciate that.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: Uh but uh it's also uh a great great accomplishment and role, and uh appreciate you putting yourself out there for kids.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_00: You mentioned uh also that you're working on a fundraiser.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, it what is it for?
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_01: Um it's just to raise money for um for like assemblies and um other stuff we may want to do for ASB.
• 11:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um we're planning on having a fundraiser night at uh Mod Pizza actually, where people can come and uh pay us money.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_01: And we're planning uh use that money for homecomings or uh our prom or may maybe just assemblies.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_00: So actually, this wasn't on our prep sheet, but I was hoping you could take our our listeners inside an assembly.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_00: I've had the opportunity to drop in on, I don't know, probably one or two a year since at Auburn Riverside since I've been here.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_00: Um and I know that that there are, for lack of a better term, serious assemblies, you know, um important topics that you're talking about.
• 12:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um there are pep rallies, pep assemblies, uh there are heartwarming, generous assemblies.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so I know you've only been at Auburn Riverside uh just past a semester, but can you just take take our listeners inside the gym uh so that they could could have a picture of what goes on at the assemblies and in the current day?
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_00: Because a lot of a lot of folks listening to this maybe haven't been in a high school in a while.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_01: We have a bunch of chants that we say, like we say we are AR and all of that.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_01: And we just try uh for PEP assemblies, we try to get uh loud and cheer on our um sports representatives and uh try to be as positive as possible.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_01: But for more serious assemblies, um we are more respective, um, we're more quiet.
• 12:59
  SPEAKER_01: We l we listen to our uh guest speaker that usually comes in, and um we learn, we learn from the guest speaker.
• 13:09
  SPEAKER_01: Um recently we had our MLK assembly and um Christian Page came in.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_01: He's a um he's a poet and uh speaker, and he goes all around the country and speaks to students about um MLK and his legacy, and he speaks of his own life and how he uh we can all relate to MLK and how um one voice can turn into many voices.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_00: That's deep stuff.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_00: That's good.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_00: Did that connect with you personally?
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it did.
• 13:43
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_00: I think people would be surprised that I I've been to a number of them.
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_00: I went to um actually I went to Veterans Day Assembly at all three of our large high schools.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_00: I did see you there.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_00: You could okay.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_00: You could hear Pin Drop.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Riversides was more music-based, so it that was a little bit different, but you know, sometimes they had veterans speak, and uh, I'm just constantly impressed with the um you know the maturity and the respect that students have.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_00: And you know, it it it kind of almost stands out if somebody's you know goofing off, that's that's rare and it and it sticks out.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah uh because the the culture has been really impressive there.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_00: Um so anyway, that was that was a little bit of a detour, but um because Noah's involved in the ASB at Auburn Riverside, I thought it'd be interesting to talk about uh what happens in assemblies.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_00: Let's go ahead and shift gears a little bit.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_00: Um and and I'm gonna uh put Noah in the position of of advice columnist, advice provider.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, first of all, for younger students.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: So you're now an experienced, you've been in our system or in the K-12 schools for about 10 years, going back to kindergarten.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: What advice do you have for younger students coming up?
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_01: Participate in everything you can.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_01: That's what I believe uh everyone should do.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_01: One day when you're out of uh school and you're an adult, you shouldn't have to say, Oh, I wish I did this, oh I wish I did that.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_01: Because you might have missed out on a big opportunity to do something.
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um I feel that um everyone should participate in something, whether that be a club, a sport, ASB, something.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_00: I love that message.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_00: That's that's great.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_00: It's also uh you're wise beyond your years.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I had a I had a history teacher in middle school who gave us a big speech that you have the rest of your life to work.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_00: And uh so for some people working is the right thing.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_00: It certainly you get a lot out of it.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_00: Uh certainly some some students may have some reasons that they they need to work, um, but but hopefully not at the expense of doing these things.
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_00: I know a lot of adults, I do not know many adults who have taken up a musical instrument uh once they left school.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_00: So take advantage of those opportunities.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: Go play music, be in, you know, uh let your guard down.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_00: Be in a school player, musical, uh, express yourself artistically.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_00: Um there's there's no football teams for grown-ups, right?
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_00: So if you think you're interested in that, go go do it.
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um and then there are things that you can start in school that you can continue in your life, you know, tennis and golf and poetry and spoken word and uh all kinds of things that kids get involved in in Auburn School District.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_00: So uh anyway, I'm just kind of backing you up now.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_00: Uh let's let's take this theme up a level and uh do the same thing for for teachers.
• 17:04
  SPEAKER_00: What advice or what what is something you think all teachers should know?
• 17:09
  SPEAKER_01: Um, teachers should know that being approachable is very important because not just for students, but also for parents and guardians and families.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_01: It's important to know that you care about um your students' uh education and mental health, having good relationships with your students matter.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_01: It it matters a lot to not just students but to the families of those students so that they will come up to you and uh ask you a question so that they want to try in your class, so they want to participate in your class because they know that you're approachable and that uh you have a good relationship uh with them and it just makes um the classroom wholesome more wholesome.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: I couldn't said it better myself.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_00: Uh uh I I often think I got advice early on and this is this is cliche and it's trite, but I found it to be so true.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_00: Have you heard the expression uh they don't care what you know until they know that you care?
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think I have.
• 18:28
  SPEAKER_00: But it's exactly what you're talking about, right?
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_00: And uh a lot of times uh I I've seen people who are very determined and they really are experts in whatever subject they're teaching, um, and are so focused on on the technical parts of the content uh that miss the opportunity to connect.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: And uh students actually learn more when there's that relationship uh when you take a little bit of time to know them.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_00: So um anyway, there you go.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_00: No attendor providing some some free professional learning for our staff.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_00: That that's right on the money.
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um talk to us a little bit more about your educational experience.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_00: What what have been some highlights for you?
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_01: Um a couple of the highlights is back in middle school, uh, all three years I made honor roll, and uh I was very honored to get that uh all three years, and I try I try my best, and uh they've they rewarded me pretty good for that because I did earn the Kids Day Salute Award um during uh my eighth grade yeah, and uh I was very honored to receive that award by all of my teachers and all of the staff, and I appreciate that my success was recognized at at the end of my middle school year.
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_00: That's a good memory, and shout out to City of Auburn for Kids' Day and the Kids' Day Salute Awards, where uh the mayor or city council member uh and myself uh we we go out to Lescove Park and award some amazing students.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_00: And I remember seeing you there, Noah, and I think probably your your mom was there with the camera to capture the moment.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_00: She was.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_00: You know, so I I think you should be very proud of that.
• 20:19
  SPEAKER_00: Are there other highlights of your your educational experience you want to share?
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: Um, again, me making ASB.
• 20:27
  SPEAKER_01: Um it was a uh difficult election for a while because um my opponents were um also really good candidates to be uh secretary.
• 20:38
  SPEAKER_01: But me getting the role of being secretary was a huge honor, and I enjoy being the secretary of ASB very much, and I appreciate everybody that voted for me.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I'm counting on your generation uh to pull us out of some of the uh political incivility we sometimes have with uh my generation.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_00: That was a beautiful response, and uh I know you're proud of yourself, and we're proud of you as well.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_00: All right, so we've heard a lot about obviously you're a serious, dedicated student, you get great grades, and you're on the honor roll, and you're on the ASB.
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_00: Um what do you do when you're not at school?
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_01: I I swim uh for Sumner.
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I swim for the Sumner team.
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, that's not an acceptable answer.
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_00: No, I'm just kidding.
• 21:30
  SPEAKER_01: And um I enjoy that a lot.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um I've I missed three years because of COVID.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_01: Um, can you just explain?
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_00: Is it a Sumner club team?
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: Uh yes, it's a club team.
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, thank you.
• 21:41
  SPEAKER_00: No further questions.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: It's like an after school thing, and I enjoy it a lot.
• 21:46
  SPEAKER_01: Um We love Sumner, by the way.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_01: And uh I was actually thinking of doing Auburn Swim.
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um Yeah, there we go.
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_01: So um I also I play a Lot of video games.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um I enjoy that a lot.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_01: A lot of live games.
• 22:05
  SPEAKER_01: Um I also um serve at my church and uh I sing at my church as well.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_00: That's fantastic.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: So alright, I know you like to swim.
• 22:15
  SPEAKER_00: Uh is there a particular event or stroke or uh distance that you do that you that's your favorite?
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_01: Um my favorite stroke would have to be backstroke.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_01: That's the best stroke that I'm at uh that I'm good at.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um I I'm really fast at backstroke, so I enjoy doing it a lot.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_00: Good.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_00: And you enjoy seeing singing?
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, I do.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_00: That's that's great.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: I love to hear it.
• 22:43
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's really important to be a well-rounded person, uh, partly because you develop parts of yourself, uh, partly because you don't know what's going to come in handy.
• 22:54
  SPEAKER_00: You know, maybe swimming becomes a lifelong passion and a way to stay fit.
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um maybe you meet people through music that you otherwise wouldn't meet or have different cultural experiences.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_00: So kudos to you.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_00: Um thank you.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_00: I I love that you're on the honor roll and you're doing your homework and all that stuff, and you're gonna study for the AP exam, but uh I also really want to kind of just shout out that kids have different lives and uh and do things outside of of school.
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_00: So that's that's fantastic.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_00: Um if so okay, Noah is uh ninth grader, uh has a lot of time to think about this, but I'm just gonna throw it out for where you are today.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_00: Uh what are your future plans after high school?
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_01: My plans for the future are um I want to go to college uh at Stanford.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_01: And uh I know it's wearing a Stanford hoodie here.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_01: There we go, that helps.
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I know that it's a very hard college to get into, but um I have plans on to uh to try very hard to get in, and I'm very dedicated to getting into it.
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um I also plan on pursuing the engineering field.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_01: I'm not quite sure which engineer I want to be yet, but I know that I want to deal with engineering.
• 24:18
  SPEAKER_01: And um if or even future plans, I want to own my own engineering firm um so that I can run things and um be a businessman basically.
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_00: Those are big plans, I love it.
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and I really think you'll be successful, whatever you put your mind to.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: And uh I'm always fascinated there are students who identify a path early in their you know, K-12 career and stick with it, and others who uh are exposed to different things and grow into different opportunities.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_00: So we'll we'll see uh where your path leads in the long run.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_00: Uh if you stick on engineering or um I d I do like to just kind of remind students that uh you get exposed to things uh at the college level or through whatever path you're on, if you're on apprenticeship or um go to work, go to military, whatever that path is, you're exposed to lots of things that we don't have in high school.
• 25:22
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so there are opportunities for growth and branching out.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: Uh and there are kids that I've known who have said I'm gonna do this, and they put their mind to it, and uh and they just nail it.
• 25:35
  SPEAKER_00: So uh I I I think again, whatever you choose to do uh is gonna be amazing, and uh I'm certainly excited for your future because uh I've gotten to know you and uh really just really uh think that you've got some some great potential.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: Uh we are to the point where we kind of loosen up a little bit and remember back to uh when we were in elementary school.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_00: Noah tenor, what was your favorite thing to do at recess?
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_01: My favorite game was probably tag.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um freeze tag, all all all the different kinds of tag.
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_01: I I I loved it a lot.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_01: That's how I met a lot of my friends actually by playing tag, and it it was it was a it was a really good game.
• 26:28
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I just I just love the concept of it.
• 26:31
  SPEAKER_01: It's it's really fun.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I also just liked walking around with my friends, um, just enjoying nature and um just having deep conversations with my friends, and that's how I've made a lot of friends in my lifetime and through my uh school experience.
• 26:52
  SPEAKER_00: Another great answer.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_00: I love the diversity of responses.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody has said tag yet, uh, but it's one of the all-time classic games for kids.
• 27:03
  SPEAKER_00: Uh and uh I enjoy every once in a while hear about, you know, at a high school or college or with a team or whatever, they decide to play tag just because it it really makes you a little kid again.
• 27:14
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so hopefully you'll get a chance to play tag again.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_00: Uh and and it's not all in the rearview mirror, but uh Noah, I've really enjoyed this half hour with you uh and I've enjoyed getting to know you and see you grow over the years.
• 27:30
  SPEAKER_00: One of my favorite parts of the student advisory is we've had middle school students who typically come in on a little on the shy side, and it's intimidating because we often have high school juniors and seniors who are you know confident and outspoken and yeah and are gonna take their share of the airtime.
• 27:49
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and then over time we see our middle school students find their voice, yeah, uh recognize themselves as leaders, and I've seen that in you um over the past couple of years, and I look forward to uh following you through your high school years and beyond.
• 28:05
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining us.
• 28:06
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you for having me, Dr.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_01: Spocciotti.
• 28:08
  SPEAKER_00: All right, my guest has been Noah Tenner.
• 28:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um he's in student leadership at Auburn Riverside High School, and uh he's got a bright future.
• 28:18
  SPEAKER_00: We uh enjoy getting to meet staff.
• 28:22
  SPEAKER_00: We get to meet students now on the Recess Podcast, and uh we'll continue to mix it up and and look for folks with various backgrounds and uh you know successes and challenges and diversions and all those things that life throws at you.
• 28:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um because we have a really interesting, diverse district of staff and students who have a lot of really great stories to tell.
• 28:45
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so I hope you enjoyed today's episode and today's story.
• 28:50
  SPEAKER_00: And if you did, again, please spread the word so that we can get the word out about some amazing things happening in the Auburn School District.
• 28:58
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining me.
• 29:00
  SPEAKER_00: I'll see you next time on the reset.