Episode 7 - Business Points... with Caroline, Emma, and Ellery

This week on Husky Hotseat, we're shakin' it up!  Join host Eric Elftmann as we hear from three Hubble STUDENTS-- Caroline, Emma, and Ellery!  We'll talk about inspiring teachers, how to be a good adult, and Ellery's many, many embarassing stories! 

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Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:11

Hello everyone and welcome to the Husky Hotseat, the show for students, parents, and staff to get to know the Hubble community. I'm your host, Eric Elfman, and each week on Husky Hotseat, you and I get to sit down with members of our Hubble community to ask them the answers to the tough questions. Okay, so I'm super excited for this episode because we've got something a little different in store for you, Husky. I'm here with three of our Hubble students, Emma, Caroline, and Ellery. Just a little background on how we got here. I teach these three in my third period course class. For the last 45 consecutive school days, they have gathered together to formally ask to be on the podcast. They even sent videos for a few days when I was not in school. Now, hear this, other students listening out there. This will only work this one time. I want to reward the perseverance and ingenuity, but I am not looking for any more beggars to be on the show. So, a little about our three guests. Emma is an eighth grader who attended Wheatsbrook Elementary before coming to Hubble. She has one younger sister, Chloe, and her dog Remy. And she's not sure which she prefers. She wouldn't say this, but she is also an exceptional runner, which makes sense because her parents are both exceptional runners as well. Say hi, Emma. Hi. Caroline is an eighth grader who also attended Wheatsbrook. She loves soccer, playing piano, art, and lately, but dad's working. She is a middle child between her older brother Alex and her younger sister, Anna. And I'm saying yay, there's more stancos coming here. And of course, don't forget about her dog Tony, which is just a great name for a dog. Say hello, Caroline.

SPEAKER_02 1:39

Hi.

SPEAKER_03 1:40

And last but not least, we have Ellery also from Wee's Brooke. She loves doing plays and musicals at school. She's in Hubble's chokewire expressions, and she loves to walk her dog. Wait, what's your dog's name? Daisy. Of course, Daisy. And she likes to annoy her brother, Finn. And Ellery, she kind of already said hi, so there she is. Girls, thank you so much for being on the show. We're gonna start with a few questions about Hubble, soon to be your former middle school. So my first question is, what do you think you're gonna miss most about Hubble? Ellery, go ahead and start.

SPEAKER_00 2:11

I mean, probably the teachers and just the building itself, too, is really fun. I think because I'm in pace, so I've had most of my teachers, like, well, Mr. Katou especially, but most of my teachers I've known since sixth grade, so that's gonna be hard.

SPEAKER_03 2:26

Okay, so the teachers, Caroline, what do you think?

SPEAKER_02 2:29

Probably just like the community, because like being there with the different grade levels, I feel like being older in the school definitely makes a difference, and then being freshman in a new school with a new building and new teachers will be definitely a big change.

SPEAKER_03 2:44

Okay. And Emma, how about you?

SPEAKER_01 2:46

Yeah, I agree with k both of them, but like I also think the building's really nice and the gym is like really, really nice. And um, like just the people because it's got all gonna change and mix up in high school.

SPEAKER_03 2:59

For sure. Alright, so speaking of teachers that you'll miss, who's the teacher at Hubble who you would say has really inspired you? Maybe let's go backwards here, Emma. What do you think?

SPEAKER_01 3:09

Um, I think Miss Oregon's very inspirational. Um, I had her as my seventh grade basketball coach, and she was like the best coach I've ever had, and she's just a very inspiring person.

SPEAKER_03 3:22

Valerie, what do you think?

SPEAKER_00 3:24

Probably Mr. Katua, Miss Fogg, like all the people in the musicals and stuff, they've just really left a big impact on me because I've been working with them for so long.

SPEAKER_03 3:34

Caroline.

SPEAKER_02 3:36

I think Miss Moray, she teaches Spanish class. I feel like if she made a really good introduction to the language, which I'll be taking for the next quite quite a few years. And I think that I learned a lot from her class.

SPEAKER_03 3:48

Alright, girls. Next question. If you could choose one thing to change at Hubble, what would it be? And Ellery, why don't we have you go first this time?

SPEAKER_00 3:58

I don't think there's really anything that I would want to change. Maybe have the vending machines open during the school day.

SPEAKER_03 4:04

Ellery, what's your top-tier vending machine item? Gushers. She said that with no pause whatsoever. Okay, Caroline, something that you might change at Hubble?

SPEAKER_02 4:14

I would make the passing periods longer. I think that like four minutes, it's okay to get to class. I mean, when you're going to gym, then you're like rushing a lot. But also, like, I would like to socialize between my classes. That way I wouldn't have to socialize during the classes.

SPEAKER_03 4:29

You're saying that you wouldn't socialize if you had extra long passing periods?

SPEAKER_02 4:34

I I think so. Because like I would get all the socializing done in like the minutes before class, and then during class I would focus.

SPEAKER_03 4:42

Ellery, you want to add to that?

SPEAKER_00 4:43

No, I feel like if we had like 10-minute passing periods, I wouldn't mind staying an extra like hour after school.

SPEAKER_03 4:52

Interesting. Okay. Emma, your thoughts?

SPEAKER_01 4:55

I think that we should have a study hall because like it's not fair. And I have activities after school, and I don't have that much time to get my homework done and like balance everything. Like I I find a way, but like a study hall would be pretty nice.

SPEAKER_03 5:11

Okay, well that actually leads us to our next question. How do you stay organized and on top of your schoolwork? I know all three of you are pretty good students. Emma, you have a lot of activities. Let's say you leave school, you go to soccer, track, whatever you're doing next. When do you end up doing your homework?

SPEAKER_01 5:28

So, like, an example is Tuesdays. I have a track after school, and it's like pretty far away. It's like 30, 40 minutes. So we go, do my workout, then come home, and then I eat dinner, and then I just like go and do my homework for like as long as I can, and then I just go to sleep.

SPEAKER_03 5:48

Okay, so you just have to jam it in after all that other stuff.

SPEAKER_01 5:51

Yeah, I just like have to like lock it.

SPEAKER_03 5:53

Caroline, how about you?

SPEAKER_02 5:55

Well, I try to get as much work done during my classes because a lot of teachers will give the last like 10-ish, five ish, something like that, minutes at the end for homework. So I try to use that as much as I can, and then usually I'll go home and do my homework right away. So like put my stuff down and start. That way I can do my activities and then like be done for the day after the activities.

SPEAKER_00 6:18

Mine's like pretty much the exact same as Caroline's as soon as I get home. I just do my homework.

SPEAKER_03 6:23

How long do you guys typically spend on homework? Anyone can pop in and answer.

SPEAKER_00 6:27

It really depends on the class. Like if it's a project, then that takes longer. But then usually math homework only takes like 30 minutes.

SPEAKER_01 6:35

I think it also depends on the grade you're in. Because sixth grade, I feel like we did not have that much homework. Seventh grade, not really. And then eighth grade, like, we definitely have homework. Like I probably have uh like 15 minutes to like two hours at most.

SPEAKER_00 6:52

I think in sixth and seventh grade though, they just like they they just like didn't really check the homework and it wasn't really that mandated in our math class, especially.

SPEAKER_01 7:02

Yeah, Mr.

SPEAKER_00 7:03

De Young definitely He he buckles down.

SPEAKER_01 7:06

But like, shout out to Mr. D Young.

SPEAKER_03 7:07

Okay, girls, we're gonna try something kind of different here. I'm gonna put you on the spot. I'm gonna throw out some statements, and I want you guys to fill in the blank with the teacher at Hubble that most fits that statement. And don't worry, at this point of the year, your teachers are probably too tired to take revenge on your grades. So be honest. Who is most likely to have a new hairstyle or color?

SPEAKER_00 7:29

Probably Mr. Elfman. Like I just I can see you coming to school with a green mohawk one day. I don't know why.

SPEAKER_01 7:36

No, I feel like Miss Moray. I can see her doing. She does a lot of hairstyles.

SPEAKER_03 7:42

Which teacher is most likely to win Jeopardy?

SPEAKER_02 7:47

Mr. DL.

SPEAKER_00 7:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:49

Or really?

SPEAKER_02 7:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:50

I thought wasn't Mr. Hibbon really good at it last year? We did some like Jeopardy thing. I don't remember. Oh, it might have been Mr. I think Mr. Balger.

unknown 7:58

Mr.

SPEAKER_01 7:58

Bulger. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:00

Because he hosts trivia too, so like.

SPEAKER_01 8:02

He knows a lot of things. That's a good point. Mr. Balger.

SPEAKER_03 8:05

Okay. Who is most likely to win a rap battle?

SPEAKER_01 8:09

Dr. Wolf.

SPEAKER_03 8:10

Dr. Wolf.

SPEAKER_01 8:11

She has so much energy, like she would just like, she's got like that like attitude.

SPEAKER_03 8:15

Okay, love it. Who's most likely to get off track in class telling stories?

SPEAKER_00 8:21

Kind of Mr. De Young, but not really. Miss Lindsay. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:26

Miss Lindsay freedom for so long before actually starting to get so off top. But it was great. I loved it.

SPEAKER_03 8:32

Who is most likely to give homework on the weekend?

unknown 8:35

Mr.

SPEAKER_00 8:35

Deung. Mr.

SPEAKER_02 8:36

De Young.

SPEAKER_03 8:37

Mr. Dion, you were taking one.

SPEAKER_02 8:41

He does give us homework.

SPEAKER_03 8:43

Okay. Alright. Which of your teachers is most quotable?

SPEAKER_00 8:47

Miss Moray, probably.

SPEAKER_03 8:50

Okay. Which of your teachers has the best wardrobe?

SPEAKER_00 8:54

Miss G from sixth grade, the old health teacher. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:57

Okay, so I never had her but Miss Gabriel. Like, my sister had her, and she loved her, and like I love Miss Gabriel. Yeah, she has the cutest fits when I see her in the morning.

SPEAKER_03 9:08

Okay. Uh, which of your teachers has the scariest death glare?

SPEAKER_00 9:14

Mr. Deoung.

SPEAKER_02 9:15

Or Mr. Heaven, too. Oh, Mr. Heaven, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:18

There's literally a picture of Mr. De Young with like a death glare in his room.

SPEAKER_03 9:22

Yeah. She probably put it there, yeah. That makes sense. Which one of your teachers is most likely to make sarcastic comments?

SPEAKER_00 9:28

Maybe Mr. Monaco. Or Mr. De Young. Mr. De Young. He's a fans of the game.

SPEAKER_03 9:33

I should have just called this segment the Mr. De Young segment. Yeah. No. Which one of your teachers is most likely to be mistaken for a student?

SPEAKER_00 9:41

Like looks-wise or like energy-wise?

SPEAKER_03 9:43

Whatever.

SPEAKER_01 9:44

Okay, if it's energy-wise. Dr. Wolf. Yeah. If it's looks-wise, okay, maybe Mr. Rinsky, because she's like really young.

SPEAKER_03 9:52

I'm sure she would love to hear that. Alright, before we finish this segment, before we take a break, you're about to exit Hubble, and we've got a whole crop of kids. We'll be coming in to replace you, moving on up, right? What's your best advice for someone just coming into sixth grade next year?

SPEAKER_00 10:07

Don't stress it. Just kind of go with the flow. Don't pick fights. Don't make it a bad day.

SPEAKER_03 10:15

I like it. Okay, Emma, what do you think?

SPEAKER_01 10:17

People like overthink it, and it's just not that deep. And the schedule, like, seems like a lot in the school seems really big, but like once you get a hang of it, it's fine. And the sixth grade hallway, like most of your classes are on that hallway, so it's not that bad.

SPEAKER_03 10:33

Okay, Caroline?

SPEAKER_02 10:35

I would say like do your homework. Because at first it doesn't seem like a lot, but once they start piling up and you start doing worse on your homework or are you not doing it, your grade actually takes like a big okay?

SPEAKER_03 10:48

So start right away getting a good habit of doing.

SPEAKER_02 10:50

And don't like slack at the end of the year either, because that'll also downfall on your grade.

SPEAKER_00 10:55

I agree with what Caroline said about homework. I think that that is actually really important. That helped me too. I feel like me doing the homework made me better in my classes. And I also think no one's really gonna remember any of this in 10 years. So just don't be super embarrassed if you fall in the middle of the hallway.

SPEAKER_03 11:16

Okay. Speaking of 10 years, this is a good place for us to take a break because we're gonna be right back with a new and different segment: Portrait of an Adult. Hey Huskies, we are back with our guests, Emma Caroline, and Ellery. Typically, this is the part of the show when we would look backwards with our guests at their middle school years, but today our guests are still in their middle school years, so we're gonna do this a little bit differently. I want each of you to describe your future 25-year-old adult self. So, what do you think you'll be doing for work? Where might you be living? Maybe what's your favorite thing about your life will be. Ellery, let's start with you.

SPEAKER_00 11:54

I want to be an architect, and you have to go to college for five years for that. I want to go to college at Clemson. I'd probably be fresh out of college at 25, if I'm not mistaken. So I'd probably live in an apartment, maybe in Chicago. I don't know. I'd like to live back in Illinois, I think. I'm not really sure where I'd work, though. Probably at an internship or something to get business points.

SPEAKER_03 12:18

Yeah. Business Official Business Points, yes. That's what you get. Okay. Caroline, what do you think?

SPEAKER_02 12:23

I uh don't really have a direction for my job yet. Like, I don't I could see it going multiple ways. Like a teacher has always been an interest to me because I love working with kids. But also, like, I don't know, I'm open. And then where would I live? I think I would like to stay around here, only because family is like really important to me and I want to stay close to that and like in contact with all of them.

SPEAKER_03 12:46

Okay. For the record, Caroline, I think you would make an excellent teacher if that's the path you decide to go down.

SPEAKER_01 12:51

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 12:51

Emma, thoughts?

SPEAKER_01 12:53

Well, in college, I'm not gonna go around here. I'm going as far away as possible. No, like I I don't know where I want to go, but you know it's not around here.

SPEAKER_03 13:02

Why why so far?

SPEAKER_01 13:04

My sister.

unknown 13:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 13:08

I'm joking, I don't know. My mom told me to get out of the Midwest because she regrets staying here. So looks like I'm getting out of the Midwest. But I would go to Michigan. That's the one school that I would accept. Um that is the Midwest. Yeah, no, I'm saying Mid North. That's the one place you would stay in the Midwest. Except in the Midwest, but I know I want to run in college, so hopefully I can accomplish those goals. I want to be a doctor, but I don't like blood, so that might be a minor issue. Or a lawyer, because I like arguing.

SPEAKER_03 13:44

The Michigan does have a good law school.

SPEAKER_01 13:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 13:46

So there's that to consider. Okay, that's great. You guys should need to swing back around here when you're 25 so I can see what predictions came true and which one did place like. Unless you're Emma who won't be in the Midwest anymore.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

I will come back to visit my sister who will stay close to home because she likes like to stay close to home, and I'm like, bye y'all.

SPEAKER_03 14:08

That's your catchphrase. Bye, y'all. Got it.

SPEAKER_01 14:10

Um okay.

SPEAKER_03 14:11

Speaking of adults, you guys each spend a significant amount of time with adults each school day and at home. And you probably notice a lot about what we do, what we say, how we act. So I kind of want to hear from each of you what advice would you give to adults on being the best versions of themselves each day? Emma, what do you think?

SPEAKER_01 14:30

So I think first off, adults, like some teachers, specifically teachers, like are very like easygoing and they're not afraid to like make a relationship with you and like talk about like outside of school, and I like those teachers I really appreciate because like they know my life outside of school, and my life outside of school is really important to me. So it shows that they're trying to make like a connection with me.

SPEAKER_03 15:01

Valerie, any thoughts?

SPEAKER_00 15:03

Seniority is a big thing. I think just you might be right because you're older, but I think because you're older doesn't always mean you're right. You know what I mean? And also I think adults sometimes need to realize that kids are kids and you were a kid once. Cut them some slack sometimes, you know.

SPEAKER_02 15:23

Fairly I feel like a lot of times teachers only point out the stuff that you do wrong. And I think that it would be more beneficial to a lot of students if you also like point out the things that they do right to also help to give them like encouragement and like also like you're going in the right direction. This is what you should be doing.

SPEAKER_03 15:42

That is a good word, thank you. All right. We are gonna take another quick break and we will be right back. Welcome back, Pac. We are still hanging with our guests, Ellery Caroline and Emma. We've heard a lot about their ideas about adults, what they should and shouldn't do. We've talked a little bit about, you know, the coolest teacher, especially Mr. DeYoung, apparently fills every possible segment in this podcast. But right now, what I want to talk about are some of the issues that face the average middle schooler relationship, social media, that sort of thing. So my first question is about social media. Just tell us which platforms you use, how much you use them, and generally how would you say social media affects your daily life? I'll take volunteers for this first question. I know that's a lot.

SPEAKER_01 16:28

Okay, so my parents don't let me have social media. I can technically get it if I really wanted it, but I just don't feel the need for it because I'm too scared I'm gonna get addicted and I don't want to be addicted.

SPEAKER_03 16:43

That's wise. I like that. Okay. Alerie?

SPEAKER_00 16:47

Pretty much the same as Emma. Like I use some, but like not most.

SPEAKER_03 16:52

What what do you use?

SPEAKER_00 16:53

Mostly like Instagram and I have like Pinterest and Spotify and stuff.

SPEAKER_02 17:00

I only have Pinterest, which I love Pinterest. I find it's a great way to like learn new things, learn new ways to do things, but also like it's still something fun to like do. But other than that, I'm like, it's it's just Pinterest.

SPEAKER_03 17:14

Okay, so you guys are the three most above average students in the school, apparently, when it comes to social media use?

SPEAKER_02 17:20

Definitely.

unknown 17:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 17:22

That's okay. That's that's a good thing. I think that that's great. What do you guys see from your friends then when you see other people who maybe whose parents don't care so much or whatever? Does it ever feel like a problem to you, or is it just like, ah, that's them, they do whatever they want?

SPEAKER_00 17:36

I mean, like sometimes people just be on their phone a lot, but I feel like other than that, it's like not that big.

SPEAKER_01 17:41

I didn't get a phone till last year, and I would like go to my friend's house and I could just see them like scrolling on their phone and then I had nothing to do. So like I promised myself I wouldn't turn into the them because I didn't want to be bored and like have that one be that one friend who was just scrolling on their phone. For sure.

SPEAKER_02 18:00

I agree. Like when I got my phone, I knew that it was gonna let me be like less social. I feel like with the more phones that you're open to, the m less that you need to like come in contact with a person like physically, like in person. But like when I got mine as well, I promised myself, just like Emma, that like I wouldn't be on my phone that much and still like meet people in person.

SPEAKER_03 18:26

Do you see this in your family like with your parents? Are they on their phones a lot or is that not really an issue?

SPEAKER_00 18:33

Kinda, like sometimes. It depends on the day. Like if we're not really doing anything sometimes, but not really, usually.

SPEAKER_01 18:39

Not really for my family. I don't my dad doesn't even have social media and my mom has it, but she's never on it.

SPEAKER_03 18:46

I know in our house, like I'm on it for sure. But also we have uh very specific rules about dinner table. No one has their phones, you know, that sort of thing. When we're trying to interact, sometimes the interaction is just we're sitting on the same couch together, and that's true too. But okay, um, I want to ask a little bit about friendships. Um now this is this could be an assumption on my part, but I've been around a little bit, been around middle school a little bit. Sometimes you see with girls in middle school that there's Kaylee some issues with friends. How would you say you deal with conflicts in your relationships? Or maybe do they even come up?

SPEAKER_00 19:19

I feel like not really. Like sometimes, but usually, I mean it passes and it's not.

SPEAKER_03 19:26

You just write it out. You take that, go with the flow mentality. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:29

It's not really that important. I usually prefer to not pick sides when it does happen. But if it is something that you need to pick sides, like if it is something sort of important, then I might. But I just I try to make everyone happy.

SPEAKER_03 19:45

Stay out of the drama and yeah, okay. Caroline, I saw you were kind of nodding to that.

SPEAKER_02 19:49

Yeah, for sure. I would just don't pick sides because that just stirs up more drama. Like, as much as you can just stay like clean and like out of it, as long as you're like being reasonable, then like just stay out of it. But like also like come clean. Because like if you're the one that did something, or even if you're not lying about it or like avoiding it will make it even worse. So, like, address the situation right as it starts. That way it doesn't like spiral.

SPEAKER_03 20:19

Okay, Emma.

SPEAKER_01 20:20

Yeah, I agree with that. And honestly, in middle school, sixth grade's fine, because I feel like you stay with most of your elementary like friends, and then seventh grade it starts to get mixed up, and there does start to be drama, but then like eighth grade you'll figure it out and you'll realize that it just wasn't that deep. So try to avoid that in the seventh grade.

SPEAKER_03 20:42

I think that is a very astute observation. Seventh grade seems to be the mix-it-up year for sure. And then things kind of settle just a little bit. You guys very wise beyond your years. I appreciate that. All right, I'd like to ask just a little bit about some of the activities and hobbies that you guys are into and just how you got started with it, what plans you see for that in your future. Emma, I'm gonna start with you. Uh, you are a big runner and you do running at Hubble, but you also have an outside of school club that you run for. How did you even begin that whole process?

SPEAKER_01 21:13

Well, okay, so I've like I've never really did running when I was like in elementary school. Like, I would do 5K's and stuff, but like they weren't like serious or anything.

SPEAKER_03 21:25

Sure, your average elementary school 5K runner. Yep.

SPEAKER_01 21:28

And my parents were both runners. Like, they met running.

SPEAKER_03 21:34

Can you tell that story a little bit?

SPEAKER_01 21:36

So I don't really know how it happened, but they like were in the same running club. They were training for marathons and like half marathons. And like apparently, like my their two friends were trying to set them up or something. And then like they yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:53

So you're looking for your future spouse as you're out there running?

SPEAKER_01 21:56

No. Um not really.

SPEAKER_03 22:00

That was a joke. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_01 22:01

I'm sorry. Yeah, and then I did it in like I knew I was gonna do cross country. So I did the South Camp and it was really fun. And my first meet, I think our first meet, it was against Glencrest, and I definitely thought that like I was just gonna get like I didn't know if I was gonna be good or not, so I didn't I wasn't like nervous or anything. And then like the gun shot was like really scary because like I wasn't used to that. And then I realized that I was like act out front and then I won, but it's but yeah. So I stayed with it and I like kind of fell in love with it, and I've done it ever since. And then I'm gonna do it. I'm planning on doing it at high school.

SPEAKER_03 22:44

Do you see yourself running as an adult?

SPEAKER_01 22:46

Yeah, for sure. I'm gonna do mirror ponds. I gotta um break my mom's record. Um yeah, she gonna she's gonna get mad at me for sharing this because um yeah. But she um was trying to break three and she got three point zero zero zero like on the dot exactly.

SPEAKER_03 23:06

Just to clear this up for the husky hot seat audience, that's a really, really good time, and she's trying to push that to a really, really, really, really good time. Three hours for a marathon is exceptional. So uh shout out to Emma's mom on that one. All right, Caroline, you are a soccer player, you play piano. Do you see yourself kind of carrying on both those things?

SPEAKER_02 23:27

For sure. I really enjoy piano. Like I feel like it's a great hobby and it's something that you can keep building off of, even like as an adult, um, especially because I feel like the knowledge that you get from piano like stays with you throughout your whole life. And it's pretty general for all music as well. It's not just piano that's like takes these skills. So I really enjoy piano and I hope that I keep doing it for a while. As for soccer, I started when I was in like really young, when your parents just put you through all the sports, and that was the one that I really enjoyed the most. I feel like it's just a good mix.

SPEAKER_03 24:05

Ellery, you are super into our plays and musicals here at Hubble. Do you see yourself going that direction in high school and maybe even beyond there?

SPEAKER_00 24:14

I'm not really sure. I just kind of want to see how things go freshman year. I know I'm probably gonna do show choir in high school if I make it. But other than that, I don't think so.

SPEAKER_03 24:26

Okay, we are gonna take one more break and we'll be back with our final segment, Throw the Dog a Bone. Okay, huskies, before we go, it is time for Throw the Dog a Bone. Each episode, we like to sign off by answering one completely random question. Ellery, Caroline, and Emma do not know the question I'm about to ask, and I have no idea what they're gonna say, so it could get interesting. So here is the question, girls. What is your most embarrassing moment in your school career, specifically at school? So I'm gonna give you a moment to think about this, and I'll tell you a couple of my personal embarrassing stories. Um, first one, second grade. I was holding open the door for a girl. I was behind the door, she didn't even see me, and she pushed the door further, and my wrist broke. This doesn't count any teaching moments that are probably embarrassing, but I don't have any of those off the top of my head at the moment. All right, girls, anyone wanna share a little something vulnerable with us?

SPEAKER_00 25:28

There's just so much.

SPEAKER_03 25:32

Just choose your your favorite.

SPEAKER_00 25:34

Like, there's things that happen that just like they're embarrassing, but like they're not haunting me right now, so it's hard to think.

SPEAKER_01 25:44

Yeah. I feel like mine are like outside of school embarrassing.

SPEAKER_03 25:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 25:50

But like they they carry into school.

SPEAKER_03 25:52

Okay, interesting. Caroline, anything?

SPEAKER_02 25:56

I don't think so. I mean, in first grade I broke my leg in two places, and my cast went from the tip of my toes all the way up.

SPEAKER_03 26:05

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_02 26:05

So it was like crazy long. So I had to be like, I was in a stroller for a little bit because I still wanted to come to school and see people. So like I just took like lunches for a little bit and I was pushed around in a stroller in first grade. Which is great.

SPEAKER_03 26:19

You have some pictures then, I'm assuming. Right. Okay. Ellery, you thought of something?

SPEAKER_00 26:23

Okay, that gave me like a lot of stuff actually. Okay, so first off, probably the most memorable embarrassing thing that by memorable I mean like most people remember, is in fourth grade I had a solo, and after the solo, I tripped and fell over the microphone cord, and a lot of people have video of that.

SPEAKER_03 26:46

I forgot because I actually knew that story. I already have heard it so many times.

SPEAKER_00 26:50

And then um also this is sort of like Caroline's when I was in kindergarten, my cousin double bounced me on the trampoline in front of all of her friends because we were playing Mummy Mummy, but she was like, let's play Mummy Mummy Extreme. So then she double bounced me and I sprammed my ankle and I was like sobbing, but I was too short for crutches, so I had to have a wheelchair. So for like half a kindergarten and like half the summer going into first grade, I was in a wheelchair. Specifically, I was at my Nana's Fourth of July party. So I see my dad, right, wearing, he's wearing the pants he was wearing this morning, okay? And I walk up to him and I give him a hug, right? I didn't look up, but I look up. It was this like old man who was not my dad. And so I was in a room full of my nana and like all her friends, and there's just like a guy, this random guy that I was hugging. So I went around and started hugging everyone, and they were like, Oh, Kathy, your granddaughter's so sweet.

SPEAKER_03 27:56

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