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Episode 16-Mande Wanlemvo-Auburn Mountainview Senior · The Recess-An Inside Look at the Auburn School District

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SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to the Recess Podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Dr.
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SPEAKER_00: Alan Spacotti, the proud superintendent of the Auburn School District.
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SPEAKER_00: The recess is a place that we get to tell some of the stories of the amazing people and programs that make us really proud in Auburn.
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SPEAKER_00: And we get to pull back the curtain and share some of the things behind the scenes.
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SPEAKER_00: These last few episodes, we're celebrating our seniors, the class of 2024, and we're introducing you to some amazing young people, uh leaders in our district, um, and people I think you're going to enjoy getting to know, and we'll probably give you a little bit of uh extra faith in our future.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh so I look forward to sharing these stories over time.
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SPEAKER_00: Just a reminder, please uh subscribe and share these stories because we really want to spread the word and let our community know what great students we have uh in the class of 2024 and uh up and down the school district.
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SPEAKER_00: My guest today is from Auburn Mountain View High School, and I'd like to welcome senior Monday one Lemvo to the recess.
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SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
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SPEAKER_00: How are you doing, Monde?
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SPEAKER_00: Pretty good, how are you?
1:28
SPEAKER_00: Good.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh I'm looking forward to this interview because I've actually uh been able to know Monde the last three years as a member of my superintendent student advisory, and uh he's got a really strong voice in there.
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SPEAKER_00: We'll get to that later on.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, but we're gonna start with the first question that I ask all of my guests, and that is who is your favorite teacher and why?
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SPEAKER_01: My favorite teacher, elementary school, most definitely has to go to my fifth grade teacher, Miss Foss, and my third grade teacher, I can't remember her name, uh, middle school, Miss Lewis for sure, and Mr.
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SPEAKER_01: Montgomery.
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SPEAKER_01: He's most definitely my OG.
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SPEAKER_01: And high school, uh Miss Leif, she's a great teacher, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Tell the audience, like, tell us why they're your your favorite.
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SPEAKER_01: My elementary school teachers, my third grade teacher, she like she just gave me so much like inspiration just go growing up.
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SPEAKER_01: Like, she was just always there for me.
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SPEAKER_01: I usually always felt like the outsider, surprisingly, but she just always like helped me get back in, just like be a part of everybody.
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SPEAKER_01: So did my fifth grade teacher.
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SPEAKER_01: Like, I just love them so much.
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SPEAKER_00: And you were telling me you your family moved here from North Carolina, and your third grade teacher was at in Renton?
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SPEAKER_00: Uh yeah, my third grade teacher was in Renton yet.
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SPEAKER_00: So shout out to Renton.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: And then your fifth grade teacher, uh, tell the audience where you went when you came to Auburn.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I actually went to Lee Hill Elementary School, fourth and fifth grade.
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SPEAKER_01: You went to middle school at Rainier Middle School.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, tell us about those teachers.
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SPEAKER_01: My Rainier Middle School teacher is Mr.
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SPEAKER_01: Montgomery, he he's literally just inspirational.
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SPEAKER_01: Like everybody loves him.
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SPEAKER_01: I till this day, I like I still follow him.
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SPEAKER_01: I miss him a lot.
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SPEAKER_01: He's out in Louisiana, I think, back home.
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SPEAKER_01: I just wish he could come back, you know.
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SPEAKER_01: Um and Miss Lewis, she's just she's just always so happy, so energetic to everybody.
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SPEAKER_00: She cares about everybody and perfect.
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SPEAKER_00: And then uh you finished trainier, you went straight to Auburn Mountain View.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: And tell us about your teachers there.
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SPEAKER_01: My high school teacher, Miss Leif, she has been my avid teacher all four years.
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SPEAKER_01: And coming in throughout high school, just our whole avid class as a whole, it really brought like a family type of group.
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SPEAKER_01: And she most definitely has been a leader throughout all of us, and it just felt great.
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SPEAKER_00: That's fantastic.
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SPEAKER_00: So uh we didn't prep for this, but um, I think we should talk about avid for a minute because a lot of people in the audience may either not know about it at all or just know a little bit.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and we haven't done an episode about avid, we probably should.
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SPEAKER_00: So uh tell tell the audience about the avid.
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SPEAKER_00: Did you did you do avid in Rainier or in middle school or?
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SPEAKER_01: I did do avid in uh Rainier Middle School.
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SPEAKER_01: It was actually with Mr.
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SPEAKER_01: Montgomery as well.
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SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay, good.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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unknown: Okay.
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SPEAKER_01: And then COVID hit.
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SPEAKER_01: Um for like the audience, I to explain what Avid is.
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SPEAKER_01: Avid's just a college preparatory class for students who want to know a little bit more about college, who want to step foot on campuses, ask actual college counselors uh questions about just college life, financials, everything.
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SPEAKER_01: We have tutors coming to our schools.
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SPEAKER_01: We go on field trips to colleges we want to go to, and it is just a great time where like you understand what college is and it helps you so much, and also helps you in high school, it gives you tutors, it gives you all these days where it's just straight homework.
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SPEAKER_01: You could do homework, talk to friends about homework, anything.
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SPEAKER_01: You have certain counselors you could talk to.
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SPEAKER_01: Miss Ainsworth, she's a great person, she helps so much around the school.
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SPEAKER_01: And if you're asking if you should get into Avid, I'd most definitely say 100% yes.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, good.
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SPEAKER_00: And for our audience, uh, do you remember what Avid stands for?
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SPEAKER_01: Oh, I don't.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, so it's advancement via individual determination.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh and it's just kind of like taking on a life of its own as a an acronym.
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SPEAKER_00: And I always laugh a little bit now that I really understand the AVID program, uh, it does stress like individual responsibility.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh it asks a lot of you, it asks you to step it up.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, but it's such a community.
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SPEAKER_00: Like you have a cohort of fellow students who are there.
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SPEAKER_00: You mentioned the tutors who support you, Miss Leaf who supports you.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, so it's there's individual expectations, but like usually when I talk to avat classes, they say one of the best parts is is the students in the class and how you're learning together.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh is that your experience?
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, my my experience with just like our class in general and like our teachers is unexplainable.
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SPEAKER_01: Like it's just so much fun with them.
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SPEAKER_01: We throw parties for each other.
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SPEAKER_01: I remember when she got pregnant, we actually brought her a gift basket before she went on leave, and it was just all fun.
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SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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SPEAKER_00: So in the Auburn School District, we believe very strongly that students can go a variety of paths and be really successful and meet their goals in life and you know, make a family wage so that you can support a family, buy a house, uh, do all the things that I think most parents uh aspire for their kids.
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SPEAKER_00: And there are a lot of pathways to that.
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SPEAKER_00: So uh careers, technical programs, apprenticeship, two-year colleges, uh, military.
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SPEAKER_00: There's there's a lot of ways to get there, and college is one of those ways.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and I I know that Avid is looking for kids that I think they they find would be a good match on that route.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh so tell us about your experience on you said college field trips.
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SPEAKER_00: Did you visit some schools?
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SPEAKER_00: Where did you go?
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SPEAKER_01: On our college field trips, we went to Seattle U.
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SPEAKER_01: We went to UW Tacoma, we went to Central Washington.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh I unfortunately missed the three college overnight field trip.
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SPEAKER_01: It was to Gonzaga, Wazoo, and Eastern.
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SPEAKER_01: We went to some other schools, but uh just seeing how college is, all the universities, community college, we went to technical uh Tacoma Community College, and just being able to ask questions firsthand brought so much more information I wish I knew a little bit earlier, like deciding that colleges and it's just so much it opens your eyes.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Another thing that Avid does is it encourages, but I would say it sets an expectation that the students in the class will take advanced coursework in the school.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh so tell us about that.
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SPEAKER_00: Have have you taken AP courses or other advanced courses, and how does Avid support your success in that?
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I take an AP laying and I'm currently taking AP Precal.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, my teacher, Miss Lee, she pushes us so much to get our grades so high.
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SPEAKER_01: She pushes us with great expectations and always trying to challenge ourselves even more.
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SPEAKER_01: And with these classes I'm taking currently, on Tuesdays and Thursdays we have CSGs where it's just days where we could come as a class or like individual or like partners where we could just have work days, and it just helps us so much.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, that's good.
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SPEAKER_00: Thanks for the overview of Avid.
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SPEAKER_00: That's not why you're here, but um obviously it's made a huge difference in your experience and and uh I'm glad to hear that.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: So let's keep going.
9:29
SPEAKER_00: We've we just hit the academic side pretty hard.
9:32
SPEAKER_00: Let's shift gears and um talk about extracurricular activities.
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SPEAKER_00: What have you been involved in in your time at Auburn Mountain View?
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SPEAKER_01: Um, I've been involved in football all four years, basketball all four years, and track for two years.
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SPEAKER_00: I I enjoyed, I went to went to several of your basketball games.
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SPEAKER_00: I've of course been to football games, uh, enjoyed watching Monday dunk as a junior.
10:01
SPEAKER_00: Uh so that that is uh a first and maybe the only member of the student advisory uh to dunk a basketball.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, but that was really cool to see.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: And uh I've always enjoyed just like the um the school spirit at Auburn Mountain View, uh, and how they come out and support uh the different activities and and clubs and and are part of that.
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SPEAKER_00: Um and I know that you've been a part of that as part of the student leadership at Auburn Mountain View.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: You want to just share what what what do they do?
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SPEAKER_00: Um I I think of Auburn Mountain View as a place with you know really good esprit accord.
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SPEAKER_00: Just there's there's some good vibes going.
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SPEAKER_00: So how do you how do you pull that off?
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SPEAKER_01: We share so much bright ideas and we try to hear each other out so much.
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SPEAKER_01: So when it comes to like planning events, planning pep assemblies, it it's our character that just gets into these pep assemblies, these activities that everybody could join in.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm more of a guy who's just like trying to get everybody involved.
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SPEAKER_01: So when it comes to these pep assemblies, I'm I'm in those crowds standing everybody up.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm trying to like I'm yelling with them at all times.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm with those crowds at all times, even those quiet kids in the back of the stands, I'm with them all the time.
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SPEAKER_00: And I and I want to actually give folks a chance.
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SPEAKER_00: This is one of those, you know, behind the curtain things, um, because you do pep assemblies, they're fun.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, there's a lot of, you know, just great rah-rah stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, but I found that Auburn Mountain View has some really thoughtful assemblies uh related to MLK, related to veterans.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh can you just share about those?
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SPEAKER_00: And I love how student run they are.
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SPEAKER_00: So how does that work?
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SPEAKER_01: Uh so we actually have clubs uh for example, like like uh History Month and MLK.
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SPEAKER_01: We have a whole club designated for that, but people who are really involved in it is like Alina Davis, um Asia King, uh an actual singer who's you can find him on Spotify uh music and Apple Music, uh Josh, uh his reverber name's 253 RPL, he uh brings so much inspiration to like young black men throughout just Auburn and I hope other places he has performed at UW and at our school so many times, and with our people at Mount View, they insp they join in with him so much and uplift him to keep going.
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SPEAKER_01: And with not just the black history side of it, we do it for the Mexican side, we do it for Asian culture, any other culture.
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SPEAKER_01: We do it all over, we care so much about everybody's culture and everybody there, and it's just it's a place where a lot of people just bring inspiration and take a lot from it as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh there are frequent times when I'm in schools, I wish I could bring the community in, or I wish I like had a camera and could just like live stream.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, because I think people, you know, they see things on the news or they hear a story or they hear about the worst thing that happened.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: You know, there's been some incidents uh for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: But on a day-in, day out basis, it's like, you know, kids are pretty awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: We're gonna shift gears a little bit, uh, maybe lighten up a little bit, um, for the audience to know we're recording this uh with over a month left in the school year, so you may hear this after some of these things happen.
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SPEAKER_00: But I want to ask Monday about uh the time that's left in your high school career.
14:06
SPEAKER_00: All right, I don't have a box of tissues.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't I don't know if you're one of those people like, oh man, I I don't I wish I didn't have to leave, or you're like, yes, I'm out the door.
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SPEAKER_00: But take us through as a as a current senior, what are you looking forward to the rest of the year and just how are you feeling?
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SPEAKER_01: As a senior, I most definitely have had the best and the worst times throughout high school.
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SPEAKER_01: If it wasn't for like my friends, my teachers, I most definitely wouldn't be here for sure.
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SPEAKER_01: Like throughout high schools, the activities we've been able to do throughout ASBs, the games we've been able to run, and the next like month that I have, most definitely fugitive happening.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh, if you guys don't know about that, that's happening actually.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh you can talk about yeah, fugitive is just like a big sponsor.
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SPEAKER_01: Not a school sponsored event, by the way.
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SPEAKER_01: Okay, not a school sponsored event, but fugitive is just like a big tag game that is ran on top of the hill by Auburn Mountain View by Lee Hill.
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SPEAKER_01: And it's just a huge tag game that any anybody could join.
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SPEAKER_01: It's so fun.
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SPEAKER_01: These events is what like the senior life is about, just like getting ready to leave, but also still focusing, but having fun is just like what really stays with you for the rest of your life.
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SPEAKER_00: And then you get to look ahead to you know, prom awards night.
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SPEAKER_00: I I suspect your name's gonna be called.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, uh graduation.
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SPEAKER_01: After prom for sure is gonna be the best thing.
15:51
SPEAKER_01: I know a lot of people will be crying after that.
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SPEAKER_01: Um we have senior night.
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SPEAKER_01: Part of me is like I'm ready to go, but just not yet, you know.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's good.
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SPEAKER_00: And you won't hurt our feelings.
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SPEAKER_00: Right?
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SPEAKER_00: Our job is to get you ready for the next thing and and uh then we'll watch you fly and and enjoy following your success.
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SPEAKER_00: While you're looking back, uh uh you talked about different things you're involved in.
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SPEAKER_00: What what has been your favorite extracurricular activity?
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SPEAKER_01: Most definitely basketball.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh coming into freshman year, w it was COVID year, coach we had a new basketball coach, uh Kendall White, Coach K.
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SPEAKER_01: Our freshman year, we did not have a winning season at all.
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SPEAKER_01: But it was most definitely a learning season for sure.
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SPEAKER_01: Sophomore year was our first winning season in a really long time in high school or Mount View High School records.
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SPEAKER_01: It was our first winning season in a really long time, and that just put us like on the map a lot.
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SPEAKER_01: And junior year, we did it again, and we went on our first state run, uh, led by Jamal Elliott.
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SPEAKER_01: Now, our senior year, we have like we made another playoff run, had another winning season, went to Alaska, went played in the Trailblazer court down in Oregon.
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SPEAKER_01: Just and this was all because of Kendall White, like he brought so much inspiration with us, and Keith Green, like I can't un like the whole coaching staff just put a whole new life into our eyes.
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SPEAKER_01: They raised us to become men, they raised us to become to have actual fight in life with whatever, and just straight stra shout out to them.
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SPEAKER_01: I thank them for everything for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: That's terrific.
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SPEAKER_00: So I don't want to blow by this.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh you went to Alaska, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: So your high school basketball team went uh way up north.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: How does that happen?
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SPEAKER_00: Like how who how how does it get paid for?
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SPEAKER_00: And then what do you do when you're there?
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SPEAKER_00: Just share because that's a unique experience.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, well, every year we actually do fundraisers.
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SPEAKER_01: Um we do fundraisers and we try to compete with uh with each other.
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SPEAKER_01: We'll split up with groups, usually four people a group, and we try to raise the most money.
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SPEAKER_01: But with that, that is what makes all this possible.
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SPEAKER_00: That's beautiful.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh I'm really proud of the program and that experience.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh one last question.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh so when you went to Alaska, yeah, did you play high school teams from Alaska or did you play other from the lower 48 that went up for a tournament?
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SPEAKER_00: Or what were you up there for?
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SPEAKER_01: Uh we went up to Alaska.
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SPEAKER_01: We played in the Juno Douglas tournament.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm pretty sure that was called.
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SPEAKER_01: We played uh high school teams.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh one of the teams was Juno Douglas.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh and another team was an from another part of Alaska, and one I think was from Texas, actually.
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SPEAKER_01: So it was actually pretty fun.
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SPEAKER_01: Can they ball in Alaska?
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SPEAKER_01: Um they got a couple players.
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SPEAKER_01: I don't know if they got the whole team.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, so aside from basketball, what was your favorite experience being in Alaska?
19:33
SPEAKER_00: Just hanging out with the guys, the family feud.
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SPEAKER_01: Oh they they clown me every single time, but I can say that for sure.
19:43
SPEAKER_01: But playing Family Feud with them, those are the best times for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: I I love that story, and uh what a great experience, and especially the culture that Coach White has built uh up on Mountain View is is really cool to hear about.
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SPEAKER_00: Um before we leave the like you know extracurriculars and what you've been involved in in high school, I did want to just give a give you a moment to share.
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SPEAKER_00: Do you have any uh reflections of our time on the student advisory?
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SPEAKER_00: And uh is there anything in particular that you're you enjoyed or you're uh you're proud of when you look back?
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SPEAKER_01: Uh on the student advisory, just looking back, I'm very happy that the things that have been said from students themselves to like teachers and things like that have been finally like actually put and like dealt with and hope like hopefully in the future being dealt with even more.
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SPEAKER_01: And just the thought of actually hearing us and understanding us and all the kids getting out their comfort zone to talk to people has been very inspirational to me and just being a part of it just thinking about it just like we kind of like started it like that's awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Monday's been a great strong voice in that group.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh and and you've been there over this time where uh we've really built the process and changed what we've done and tried to uh give more of the facilitation over to students and and and less like you know, adults talk, what do you think about this?
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SPEAKER_00: And more like actually hear what's on your heart and mind.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and you know, you've just been brilliant.
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SPEAKER_00: Another thing, and I'm gonna kind of transition here to the next topic.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh I really enjoy in in the advisory having high school and middle school students clips.
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SPEAKER_00: What happens in there is the high school students become the role models, and uh typically middle school students show up, you know, understandably a little bit.
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SPEAKER_00: Shy and intimidated, and then uh some of our student leaders like Monday help to bring them out of their shell and develop their voice.
22:08
SPEAKER_00: Um so that leads me to my next question.
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SPEAKER_00: Um as you're thinking about mentoring uh middle school students in the next wave of high school students, what advice would you give to a middle school student who's entering high school next year?
22:24
SPEAKER_00: Just be you.
22:27
SPEAKER_01: Make your own path and don't let anybody make it for you.
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SPEAKER_01: If you just stay true to yourself and know who you are, you will be just fine.
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SPEAKER_01: Getting out my comfort zone even more put me where I am now.
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SPEAKER_01: I just can't express that enough.
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SPEAKER_00: Just be comfortable getting out your comfortable zone.
22:54
SPEAKER_00: You know, that's good advice for incoming freshmen, but that's good advice for anybody.
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SPEAKER_00: So uh for the grown-ups listening, be true to yourself.
23:05
SPEAKER_00: I think you're absolutely right.
23:06
SPEAKER_00: Um, all right, let's talk about you uh and start with what do you do when you're not at school?
23:14
SPEAKER_00: Obviously, you're really busy at school with all these activities and sports, but what do you do when you're not at school?
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SPEAKER_01: Getting more into training for basketball and getting ready for next year.
23:25
SPEAKER_01: But when it's aside sports and school in general, I actually picked up guitar.
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SPEAKER_01: So I play a little bit of guitar.
23:36
SPEAKER_01: I've been playing piano since I was I could remember actually.
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SPEAKER_01: So just the instruments uh has been another part of my life for sure.
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SPEAKER_01: So that's nice.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a good release, a good a different thing.
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SPEAKER_00: Have you uh like studied piano or do you pick it up by ear?
23:54
SPEAKER_01: I actually play instruments by ear, yeah.
23:56
SPEAKER_00: Good for you.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
23:57
SPEAKER_01: So I'm trying to get that on to guitar as well.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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SPEAKER_00: Love it.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh you shared with me about your family at home.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh they must be really proud of you.
24:09
SPEAKER_00: Say a word about your family.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_01: Um a really big shout out to my mom, my dad, my brother, and my sister.
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SPEAKER_01: They just seeing my brother and my sister grow up getting into high school or leaving high school, get into college, my brother getting his AA, and my sister graduating at the same time as me uh in nursing, I just I just really see big future in them and knowing where my parents come came from, uh, their path to getting here was most definitely not the easiest path, but seeing them struggle and being successful at the same time and still raising us and us being here now being successful, I most definitely can't express how much I most definitely love my parents.
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SPEAKER_00: Your family sounds inspirational to me.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Alright, what are your plans for next year?
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SPEAKER_01: Uh next year I recently committed to Pierce College in Puallop and another campus, Stillicombe.
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SPEAKER_01: Um I would be playing basketball there.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh, so that would be really fun.
25:20
SPEAKER_01: I got to play with some of the upcoming players there as well.
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SPEAKER_01: We love the team already and the coaches, Coach K.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'm I'm really excited for next year.
25:31
SPEAKER_01: They have a Coach K also?
25:33
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they have it.
25:34
SPEAKER_01: They have another Coach K.
25:35
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
25:36
SPEAKER_00: Let alone the one from Duke.
25:39
SPEAKER_00: Uh well, that's cool.
25:40
SPEAKER_00: We're really proud of you.
25:41
SPEAKER_00: I'm glad that worked out.
25:42
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
25:42
SPEAKER_00: And uh, you know, I love I love the two-year college route.
25:47
SPEAKER_00: It just opens up all kinds of possibilities.
25:49
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
25:49
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and you can you can follow, you know, your sport, you can follow academics, you can uh get that AA degree and go to work or go to a four-year college.
26:00
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and you know, the sky's the limit for you, I'm sure.
26:04
SPEAKER_00: Um, when you get out of school, what's your dream job?
26:08
SPEAKER_01: My dream job besides sports, my my lifelong dream is be like building like a neighborhood or a house in Africa.
26:19
SPEAKER_01: My lifelong dream job would be something with architect or like construction management, somewhere along those lines most definitely would have to be my dream job.
26:29
SPEAKER_00: That's awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: So, I mean, great career, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, but also that meaningful purpose and thinking about wanting to give back.
26:37
SPEAKER_00: And um I love it, Monday.
26:40
SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
26:41
SPEAKER_00: All right, we're gonna wrap up with a question that I like to ask all of my guests.
26:46
SPEAKER_00: Uh, it's related to the title of the podcast.
26:48
SPEAKER_00: What was your favorite thing to do at recess?
26:51
SPEAKER_01: Actually, my favorite thing was uh play football with Mr.
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SPEAKER_01: Herta in elementary school.
26:57
SPEAKER_01: Oh, awesome.
26:58
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
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SPEAKER_00: I've been out there with him uh a few times, and uh man, just yeah, the kids love it.
27:08
SPEAKER_00: My guest has been Monde Wonlimbo, a senior at Auburn Mountain View High School, uh and an all-around impressive young man who is gonna do great things, and we look forward to following your future and your success.
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SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
27:22
SPEAKER_00: Thanks for being on the podcast, Monde.
27:24
SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
27:24
SPEAKER_01: Thank you for having me.
27:26
SPEAKER_00: This has been the Recess Podcast, uh production of the Auburn School District, uh produced by Vicki Alonso.
27:34
SPEAKER_00: Uh the Recess is a two times a month typically released podcast where we tell the stories of the school district, and we hopefully have entertained you or educated you, or just let you know a little bit more about uh oftentimes it's a program or staff member, but lately our amazing class of 2024 seniors.
27:57
SPEAKER_00: Uh, if you know people who would enjoy this podcast, please share.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh tell them about Monde and his his great exploits uh and and just uh help to spread the word so that our entire community uh gets to know the Auburn School District a little bit more.
28:14
SPEAKER_00: That will do it for this episode.
28:16
SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening to the Recess Podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll see you next time.