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Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive.
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Today I have my wonderful son, liam, here to speak to us.
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He is doing a career day.
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He's in the seventh grade and he needs to learn what it's like in a business.
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And I was just like you know what in a business, and I was just like you know what what a perfect way to bring podcasts to my son and let him interview me.
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So bloopers are bloopers, right, liam?
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Yeah, yeah.
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And then we're just going to have fun and you know, I'm going to let him ask questions, but remember, always be true to yourself and just to have a good time when you're talking to people and interviewing them.
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And you know, welcome, liam, to career day.
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So I want to ask you a couple of questions.
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Is that okay with you?
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Right, really quick?
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Ask you a couple questions.
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Is that okay with you?
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Right, really quick, yeah, okay.
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So we know your name is Liam.
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How old are you, liam?
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12.
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12.
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Wow, that is amazing.
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And I see the background it's a football field.
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Do you play sports and, if so, what sports do you play?
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I play football.
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Okay, and have you ever played any other sports, or is it just football?
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I've played basketball and soccer and soccer.
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Which one did you like the most?
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Football, football, okay, so people are going to want to know what position are you playing.
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I play corner.
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Okay, and have you played any other positions?
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Wide receiver and safety.
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That is amazing, so I know you probably had a really good coach, right?
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Mm-hmm.
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Aw, and who was your coach?
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Coach Peebles.
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He's amazing, right so, but he's taught you a lot what was a couple of the things he taught you that you learned from Coach Peebles how to like because I wasn't that good when I started playing.
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But he taught me like the fundamentals and like different routes and techniques and like how to stay with your man when you're guarding a corner that is so cool.
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Okay, and did you?
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Where do you live?
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In Texas, right, yeah, yeah, so it's Texas football.
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Yeah, all right, that's amazing, but the fundamentals that he taught you, Liam, what was one of your best memories that you have learning?
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One of the fundamental things.
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When I played for the Knights football team and we like he taught me like a practice, like before, and how to like run different routes for the game.
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Okay.
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And are you a fast runner?
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Yeah, Okay.
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So at school do you run like track or anything?
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It's not track season yet, but I probably will.
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Okay, okay, I guess at your age I'm your mom, of course I know what grade you're in.
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What other things when football stops, do they make you learn, like in?
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football yeah, to help you learn Like in football.
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Yeah, to help you before the next season.
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We do weightlifting and conditioning outside.
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That is cool.
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So you get to build some muscles, I guess.
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And do your legs ever get tired from running and working out, especially during the games?
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Now, I know you talked about the nights, but now you're in middle school, correct?
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So you're playing football.
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So tell me about one of your best plays you've ever done.
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Like at middle school.
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It doesn't matter, it could be anywhere.
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Middle school.
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You can name more than one if you want to.
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I'll do one.
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It was last year for the team the Bengals, and it was the semifinals and the other team was about to score and win the game and I intercepted it and won us the game.
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Yay, that's amazing.
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Good for you.
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Alright, tell us about another memory that you have Of like football, just that you like football.
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Wait, no, like a memory of football.
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Yeah, when playing any certain games.
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The last season, the finals, whenever we were the worst, like the lowest seed in the playoffs, and we beat the number one seed in the championship and we beat the number one seed in the championship and we won the championship.
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That is.
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That's amazing.
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So you have your highs and you have your lows when playing sports and I know when you're with a team and you lose against somebody, it can be pretty emotional, right.
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Yeah, people get really sad.
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So what can you tell somebody who gets really upset if they lose a game?
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What's the best way to?
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get through that.
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Just keep your head up and then, if you had any mistakes, learn off of them.
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And then, if you had any mistakes, learn off of them.
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And then just keep like keep, don't give up.
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It's not the end of the world.
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Just keep going, do better the next game and try and hype up your teammates to make them do better.
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That's good.
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Sounds like you've got a good head on your shoulders.
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That's good.
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Sounds like you got a good head on your shoulders.
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So, um, I guess you know future goals, what?
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What do you say in the future?
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Are you going to keep playing football?
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What are your goals?
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try and play football.
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If that doesn't work out, I'll try and be like a lawyer or like a church pastor or like okay, I'll play that okay.
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Lawyer or church pastor, that's really cool.
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That's really good.
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I'm so proud of you all.
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Right, well, you know, I know you have some questions for your mom too, so I'll let you ask me some questions and I'll do my best to get those answered, okay um, how is it?
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like how I do you like running a podcast, like how is it?
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just a lot of fun because with podcasts Keep Hope Alive, I'm helping other people be heard and that's really important to people because somebody's story can help another person out there in the world, so I love it.
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Okay, my next question is what made you want to start a podcast?
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That is a really good question.
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So it was brought to my attention as I was doing a networking group that somebody wanted to hear me online and I really didn't think to do a podcast with my meetings.
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But I went out and I gave it some thought and talked to a couple of friends and magically it just came about.
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I can't really get into that, but it just did and I'm so happy.
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So that was the start of Keep Hope Alive, and I didn't know what to call it because I'm a certified wedding planner and photographer so my main focus has always been on the event industry.
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But I knew my calling out there in the world was to help people in the world.
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Calling out there in the world was to help people in the world.
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So I had to do a lot of like searching my soul and what I wanted to talk about, and then I had to have a strategy for marketing and putting this out there.
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So it did fall into my lap pretty quickly and when you do have experience with running companies or working in different industries, it makes it a little bit easier and then you can get it and rock and roll.
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Okay, that's an interesting story.
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Okay, Okay.
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Then our next question is what hidden talents do you have?
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you're my son, you know all my hidden talents.
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So the hidden ones, I do think I'm a little bit funny.
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I I don't think I'm comedian wise, but I know I can definitely make people laugh and laugh hard.
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But it's not a try for me.
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Another hidden talent is I love to sing and I was very blessed at the church we go to.
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They asked me to be on the worship team.
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So that's a new chapter in my life.
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And if I'm not singing at church, I'm singing karaoke somewhere.
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What is it like?
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Are you excited to start doing choir at church?
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Are you ready for it?
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Is it going to be a choir at church You're like?
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Are you, like, ready for it?
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Is it going to be a lot for you?
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So I guess this is a part of the hidden talent.
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But for me, when I go to church and I hear them singing, yes, the words are up there, but it almost feels like it comes very natural to me.
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And so am I nervous?
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Yes, I'm very nervous, but will I do good?
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Yes, and I got to let God take my hand and go up there and try.
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Right, it's just like football you got to try, try and then you succeed.
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I know I'm not going to be some big time singer in the middle of the stage, I don't want that, and I just wanted to be with a group of people and we all share the same faith and have the same meaning in life, and I think that's what makes it so special to be around.
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But to go back to your question about being nervous and stuff yeah, mommy's nervous, I'll be okay.
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My next question is what's your favorite?
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podcast you've done out of all of them.
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Oh boy, all of them are really my favorite.
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I have to choose one.
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Yeah, I don't even see you anymore.
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Where'd you go?
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Okay, I have to choose one, I guess.
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Oh well, that's putting me on the spot.
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I like them all.
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Liam um answer you.
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So I think the one.
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Okay, I forgot her name, but she stayed in mineral wells at a haunted house and experienced things that usually people don't experience, so that was one that I even re-listened to.
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But you know, boy, I mean I've had ones where I talked to a prison guard person that I liked.
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There's so many different coaches and authors, it's just hard.
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It's hard to say that I have a favorite one, but there's ones that definitely do stand out.
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If that makes sense, all right, you want me to ask you some questions now?
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Yeah, the next time I ask questions they're going to be like fun ones.
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They're going to be like fun ones, oh cool, okay.
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So can you tell me about seventh grade and what it's like to be in seventh grade?
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It's kind of it's not as bad as everybody says it is and it's like like a lot of the subjects are pretty easy and there's like a choice to do advanced and I'm on a level, but on level but size one, just Texas history.
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And I just stayed with my friends from elementary school and, yeah, that is so cool and it's cool to have best friends and everything.
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So I'm going to ask a quick favor on the podcast, which I never do.
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Can you help me get Abby out of the room?
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She's scratching on the door.
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I'll give you a second.
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Go, abby.
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So we have two dogs, abby and Gizmo, and both of them like to be a little bit stir trouble.
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So I think Abby wants to be on the podcast.
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All right, okay, we're getting the doggies out, but I want to thank you to everybody who's listening to this podcast, because it means a lot to us.
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So I think he's coming back.
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If not, you're going to hear my dog knocking on the door to leave.
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Okay, all right.
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Gizmo is actually snoring behind me.
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Hopefully that doesn't pick up.
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We can share all the bloopers, right, okay?
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So seventh grade it sounds like you're making some really good grades.
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Do you have a favorite subject?
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Math, math, not.
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A lot of people say math, but I'm happy for you.
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So what do you like about math?
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My teacher.
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Ooh, okay, and a lot of people really don't say much about that either, but kudos to the math teacher.
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Yay, you're making a difference in kids' lives, so that's really good.
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Are you learning algebra yet?
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Pre-algebra.
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Oh, okay, and how are your grades in algebra?
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Because I know I wasn't good at algebra.
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In all of math I have a 94.
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That is really good.
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I'd probably be like a 64 or something if I was in school again, so I am so happy.
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So do you get rewarded for good grades?
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No, no, no kudos, nothing from anybody, not even me Sometimes.
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Buddy, not even me sometimes sometimes.
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Okay, I'll take that, so okay.
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And then, as far as like having best friends, of course you're friends with everybody on the team.
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Do you have a best friend?
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Cat got your tongue?
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huh, you have a best friend all of them huh all of them, all of them, okay, okay, I Well.
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I guess that covers everything.
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Most of them are friends, and then most of them I would count the people from elementary as best friends.
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Okay, so I know who that person is as your best friend, so I'll do a special call out on that.
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So, but definitely so, are you planning to go to college?
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Do you want to go and get a scholarship?
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yeah, I'm gonna try to do um, like if my football career goes well, I'm going to try and go to OU, but if it aren't, like any other college that offers me.
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But if football doesn't work out, probably go to a college it's a little bit smaller and pursue my career and like being a lawyer.
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Oh, that's cool, Okay, yay, okay.
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Well, I know you're going to do good and I know I remember I talked to a lady who does scholarship prepping at the earliest ages too, so I think that would be a good idea to look into all that stuff as well.
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So one more favor Can you get Gizmo out?
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He knows me so well.
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So no dogs, the better we are.
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So, as I want to, I know what I'm going to ask him.
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Give us one second, okay.
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Okay, let's see we're almost back.
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I'm so sorry.
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Give us one second.
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Usually this does not ever happen in a podcast, by the way.
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Alright, so Does not ever happen in a podcast, by the way, all right.
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So I really like your name when does it come from?
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Bold and the Beautiful.
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It comes from Bold and the Beautiful.
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Is your mom a soap opera fan.
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Yeah, yeah, okay.
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What are my favorite soap operas?
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Young and the Restless and Bold and the Beautiful.
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Okay, have you ever watched them Once?
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You're like no, I play video games.
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I ignore all the soap operas.
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So definitely, oh, okay.
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So what are your questions for me that are super, okay, fun?
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What's your favorite?
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food.
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I really like Italian food and a lot of people will say, oh, olive Garden is not really Italian.
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Well, to me it is.
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I love their breadsticks and their salad and their raviolis, and then I always get their cappuccino and tiramisu.
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Okay, what's your favorite food?
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Canes Donuts.
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Did you say donuts?
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I said canes Donuts.
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Did you say donuts?
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I said canes, canes, okay.
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So chicken obviously, yeah, okay.
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So what's your next question?
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What is one childhood memory you would want to keep forever?
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I've talked about this before, but it was your pop-pop's mom, your great grandma.
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She lived in California and she was at the beach a lot, but she always told me there was a talking sea turtle that always asked how I was doing and how it would swim out in the sea and just be perfect and happy and really cared about me.
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So that is one.