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School? Yay or Nay

LeeAnn Season 2 Episode 1

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SPEAKER_00

One. Good evening, Maya Doers. How are you doing tonight? I know it's been a while. Please forgive me. Just so much going on in my life. I had to take a little break. I had to get my thoughts back in check. I had to get my mind back in check. And we had some family emergencies go on that needed my full attention. So now that we're back, I've decided that that was a good break to start season two with. So tonight's episode is going to be different. And I say different because I've got a couple special guests. But they're going to say hi. You ready? Say hi.

unknown

Hi.

SPEAKER_00

And to keep their little minds from thinking of spooky, creepy things, we are going to talk about school. And so this is something they wanted to talk about, but not just, you know, school, like, oh yeah, it's so cool. We're gonna get down into it about where they think school needs to go to help kids more, what they think needs to happen in order for kids to succeed. So without further ado, shh, it's gonna be okay. Okay, ladies. I am so excited you're here with me. You've driven up quite a ways to be here. Um, everybody have their water staying hydrated with this heat wave. Yes, yes, me too. All right, it is the third of July. We've got fireworks going off, and of course, my dogs are going crazy. Okay, so I'm going to start and I will point to who I want to answer the question. This is all your opinion, okay? So it's whatever you think. Are you ready? Okay. So for you, ma'am, what is the weirdest thing, in your opinion, to happen at school?

unknown

Weirdest?

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_01

Um, probably if the lunch ladies serve moldy food, I think that'd be pretty weird.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, has that happened?

SPEAKER_01

No, but hopefully it doesn't.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, hopefully it doesn't. If they're doing their job like they're supposed to, you should not get moldy food. However, I will say that sometimes lunch ladies, they when they order fruit and stuff, they get the packaged grapes. Have you seen those? Yeah, I think so. And you know, as a lunch lady, you can't just go through every package of grapes and sometimes they get some mold in there. All you have to do is tell them and they'll apologize and they'll give you different fruit or something to replace it. Okay, how about you, dear? What's the weirdest thing do you think happened at school?

SPEAKER_02

Well, maybe like maybe like like people just like being weird in class sometimes.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, there's people that are weird in class? Like, what do they do?

SPEAKER_02

Like, it they're like what they do is they like they kind of be like they like talk weird and stuff.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, like in the middle of the class would be like, I farted. Oh.

SPEAKER_00

Oh my! Wow, when I was in school, you didn't want anybody to know you did that. You were like, it wasn't me, it was him, it was her, wasn't it? Okay. So I think the weirdest thing that happened to me when I was in school was let me think, because oh my goodness. We had it was the first time we had a young girl uh that was blind. And it's not weird that she was blind, it was just it was I had never seen a blind person in real life, and I was like, this is like Little House on the Prairie, you know. I wanted to be like her best friend. I was like, oh, we can, you know, play Little House on the Prairie for real, and she could be Mary and I'll be Laura, and but she was very sweet, and we we didn't become best friends or anything, but I think it was weird because I don't remember what happened to her. Like she was there, I know she was there for at least a week, and then she was gone.

SPEAKER_01

Maybe she like had a such motor set where she like moved.

SPEAKER_00

Maybe, but I know I was moving.

SPEAKER_01

Huh, interesting.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, I was moving, but I didn't know she was moving. It was just that was what was weird was the fact she just like disappeared. But she had this cool typewriter that typed out what she needed to write down because you know they they read with the braille, you know, but and all that. So she had a typewriter that did that, and it was so amazing to me that she learned to use it and she we just walked around together at recess. I was kind of like her seeing eye dog, you know, just guided her around, made sure she didn't run into anything. She was very, very sweet. So, okay. So, out of the school, the time you've been in school, I'm starting with you. What is the best part of school?

SPEAKER_01

Field day.

SPEAKER_00

Field day? Okay, what do you do at field day?

SPEAKER_01

Well, we got new PE coaches, so but last year, um, we did like this big race, like before the big race, and PE, um, our PE coach, um, she had us like she took um a class and there would be three boys and three girls that would win. So um I was in it in first grade and second grade. And um so basically if you got into the top three, um there's three different classes, like in the whole grade. Um, so then there would be um wait, what wouldn't there be like three boys? Wait, no. Nine boys and nine girls.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, that would be three different classes and three out of each.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. So then um basically eighteen of us were racing, but then um this girl pushed me into the fence. Yeah, I was gonna get like um, I think third, but then I got four.

SPEAKER_00

Oh. Still out of eighteen? Yeah. That's pretty amazing. I mean yeah, but that wasn't nice of her. What can you do for that? I mean, she needs Jesus.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

So did you tell her that? You should say, You need Jesus.

SPEAKER_01

No. I don't know who she was. I didn't really get a good look at it.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, was she at your school?

SPEAKER_01

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00

But just different class?

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. So sweetie, what about you? What is the best part of school in all your years of going, the best part for you?

SPEAKER_01

Um kind of just like uh moving up to like a grade, like basically like and knowing what teacher we're getting and seeing what type of teacher we're getting.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

And see if we got the one that we wanted.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, yes, that the excitement of moving up grades and getting new teachers, that is pretty cool. So do you already know yet?

SPEAKER_01

Like no, we know like at the like we know at the end of summer. Like yeah, like starting at the end of the summer.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. And is it exciting when you get like some of your friends in class with you?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And then you get to talk a lot.

SPEAKER_02

Do you get to though? Do you? It depends what like class they're in and what classes that we are in.

SPEAKER_00

Right. My my the best part of school for me was I think when we got into high school, I wish I would have kept up with my violin playing, but I only did that for like a year. So but it was in a high school and you just had more freedom, you know.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, like you get more free time. Like how?

SPEAKER_00

Like you they treated you more like an adult. Like you didn't get recess, but you you were you your classes weren't like right next to each other. You had to go like upstairs at my school or downstairs, or you had to go across the campus or whatever to get to like theater or whatever, but you didn't have teachers leading you everywhere. And my first year at high school, it was off-campus lunch, like you could leave campus to go eat lunch, but we had to ruin that, and so then the next years after that, we had to stay on campus and eat. So all right, are you ready? Yeah, what's the next are you ready? I'm gonna start with you this time. Okay, okay. What is the worst part of going to school? Okay, this is kind of hard.

SPEAKER_02

Let's see.

SPEAKER_00

Do you like everything about school?

SPEAKER_01

I like basically um I like reading whenever we get to read and stuff.

SPEAKER_03

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01

And I also like um whenever like we go to business, basically.

SPEAKER_02

Um the worst thing is that math, because I don't really like math because it kind of hoards it. Oh but I still do my work.

SPEAKER_00

Good. I'm proud of you.

SPEAKER_02

I try my best on there and stuff.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. That's really kind of hard. Okay.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Alright, okay. Miss Thing over here, what about you? What is the worst part of school for you?

SPEAKER_01

I was saying math. We got a new curriculum. Yeah, now they're changing, um, they're using the same curriculum for math, but for reading. So I bet it's gonna be a lot harder.

SPEAKER_00

Reading's reading, how can it get harder?

SPEAKER_01

I don't know, but it got harder.

SPEAKER_00

Did it? Yeah. It's ridiculous. All the steps y'all have to take to put one plus one is two. It's just two. You don't need to write down every single thing. Oh, anyway, don't get me started.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, it's like it's just like it's just like you basically it's like harder math than like last year's. Yeah, I wish I had like the like second grade stuff. Yeah, I never have like basically like rather graders.

SPEAKER_00

The worst the worst part for me is now worrying about y'all and the other two being in school because of just the bad choices people make. Yeah, I don't want to say bad people because they get you in trouble. Yeah, yes. I don't want to say bad they've made a bad choice, but the people I'm talking about are bad people who make a bad choice that end up hurting other people. Yeah. And I'm like, but what if they're not meaning to put in a in a job? Yeah, but it's just me worrying about stuff like that. That's the worst part for me.

SPEAKER_02

Like worrying about like your friend that are worrying about your friend that goes to a new school.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, yeah. Are are they gonna be are people gonna be nice to them?

SPEAKER_01

I will say uh On the On the first day, they say sometimes you like drop stuff and like some people make some some people make fun of you and stuff.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I can't stand that. I will say for the most part, kids around here are pretty good about accepting the new kids. You know? Yeah. It's like who can get them into their little click faster. Yeah. Okay, are you ready?

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

This one I don't know who asked me to ask this question. Oh, say names, but raise your hand if you have a crush. Does anybody have a crush? Oh how can y'all have a crush? You have a crush? Who?

SPEAKER_02

Well, his name?

SPEAKER_00

Well, don't say his name really, but Well, well, do you yeah, I do have one, but he well, it's not like a crush crush.

SPEAKER_02

We just like like each other. Okay. Does he know yet you like him? Well, we basically know we we basically know.

SPEAKER_00

Oh so y'all told each other?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Hey, I have a crush on you.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, I have a crush. Well, it's not like a it's not like a crush where you like kids, but oh good.

SPEAKER_00

You better not be.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I'm gonna be whooping some children's.

SPEAKER_02

I bet Emma kissed No. No, I didn't. No, it wasn't no. My name is not Emma.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. So who's your crush? Don't say his name, but you have a crush?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Does he know?

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Does he have a crush back?

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Yeah.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And your crush has a crush back on you?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Like, let's just say you tell one of your friends I have a crush on someone. And my friend immediately immediately tells that person. What kind of friend is that? Why are you gonna do that, child?

SPEAKER_02

Why? My my friends, my friends keep it a secret.

SPEAKER_00

Well, I'm just saying, you know, you you you gotta really trust a person with a secret. Like, I don't know if I trust very many people. I there's there's not counting my family. Okay, there's four people that I trust that are my friends. That well, five. No, six. Six people that I trust enough with a secret that I trust will not tell anybody. I'm not talking about not telling their husbands. Obviously, they would tell their husband because you know, like my husband's my best friend.

SPEAKER_01

So you would immediately tell him.

SPEAKER_00

I immediately tell him as soon as I know. I'm like, oh, okay. So guess what? So-and-so's got a crush. But uh, that's that there's but I'm very careful about when I have a secret if I don't want anybody to know. Yeah, I don't go telling people that because I don't trust anybody to keep it except for the six people and then my family. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Here's here's where we're gonna start getting deeper in the questions. Those other ones were kind of for fun.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, this one is why do you think and be serious, okay? I want you to think about this. Why do you think teachers go from being sweet and bubbly to what people call the mean teachers? Like all of a sudden, you know, back 20 years ago they were sweet and kind and just loved their job, and then all of a sudden they're just like, you're not getting an extra chance. You cannot have this. Why do you think that happens? I'm gonna start with you. Why do you think that I mean, be honest, why do you think that happens?

SPEAKER_01

Well, they might be nice at the beginning of the year because like they want the new students and the students that have already been going to that school want that teacher, well want the students to know that that teacher is like nice.

SPEAKER_03

Right.

SPEAKER_01

Like on the first day, if like a teacher shows up, they know that this school using Bura.

SPEAKER_03

Right.

SPEAKER_01

But then like once when it gets probably to the middle of the year, she might go a little stricter because like kids might not be behaviors.

SPEAKER_00

Right. But how what do you think causes them not even at the beginning of the year, that's just now who she is, is like the main teacher. What do you think causes that?

SPEAKER_01

Kids not behaving and not listening to that.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

I do have a couple people in my class that are well in my class, are like that.

SPEAKER_00

Really?

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And what do you do about it?

SPEAKER_01

Well, I mean, I I don't want to say anything in the middle of a class because like if I talk, I get in trouble.

SPEAKER_03

Right.

SPEAKER_01

So um like maybe I might say after class to like try not to be that way.

SPEAKER_00

Right. What is what do you think would be a solution to help her not be the meme teacher. Yeah. What is the solution for her to not be the mean teacher?

SPEAKER_01

Well, I would say if you're being good in class, you'll get a prize or something.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

I mean, if I was bad, that would probably make me good.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. You like you're pretty competitive. Yeah, yeah, you are. Yeah, well, y'all for the children's crusade, who got the quiet sea prize? Yeah. How did you not get it?

SPEAKER_02

No, I got one. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00

All right. Okay. I was gonna say, I don't think you were noisy, but I'm very proud of y'all for that. Okay, but okay, Athena, what do you think what causes teachers to go from being nice to being called the mean teacher?

SPEAKER_02

Maybe because they're starting to just get old from being a mean teacher and uh and for like the nice teacher, they're just like it's nice.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, just nice. Okay, what do you think is the solution for them to not be the mean teacher? I mean, what w how do you think we could help that?

unknown

I don't really know.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. That's a fair that's a fair answer. That's a good answer. I don't know is an answer.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I don't know.

SPEAKER_00

But there's gotta be a solution, right? Okay, so alright, so here's another one. Oh, I guess I could answer the question too, but I don't know what I would do. I have had, I've seen teachers go from being the nice teacher to downright nobody wants that teacher, and it really is by all accounts, the parents.

unknown

Really?

SPEAKER_00

A lot of it is the parents. The students are terrible, like their behavior is terrible and inexcusable. And when the teacher reaches out to the parent, the parent acts like it's the teacher's fault that this student is acting like this, and they don't do anything to discipline their child and say, Oh, you treated this teacher like this, you cussed this teacher, you yelled at them, you did all this, and they're like, No, she's lying. Okay, well, my child said you're lying, so they're yeah, so and they don't so the teacher's done, the teacher's tired, and I think if more parents would back the teacher up and say, Okay, I'll handle it at home and discipline their child at home, then the child knows, oh, oh my, you know, I better quit. Oh my. Okay, next uh subject that's near and dear to my heart. Who do you think my favorite people at school are?

SPEAKER_01

The people you work with.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, yes, yes, probably who? Yeah. But at any school, my favorite people are the lunch ladies, lunchmen, and the custodians. I love them. They are they work really hard just like teachers. You know, teachers work really hard and they put in a lot of time. Counselors, too, and the principals and vice principals, they're hard working. But I absolutely adore the lunch ladies and lunch gentlemen and the custodians. So on a lot of campuses, at a lot of schools, these individuals are not treated nicely. Okay.

SPEAKER_01

Also like the school nurse.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, I love the school nurse. Love the school nurse. Yes. We have the best school nurse at ours. I yes love her to pieces. Very smart, very intelligent, treats the kids so well, you know. But anyway, back to the question. They don't get treated nicely all the time. They get treated like trash a lot of times. Like, oh, you're not important. You're not, and I hate to say it like this because where I work, they don't do that. They treat us well, when I was part of that group, they treat us with love and respect. And they talk with us when schedules need to change. They they're very, very, very good about that. And they're very good about including us and stuff. Like when they buy all the teachers' sodas, they're like, hey, what do y'all want? They'll call down and ask us, and we'll be like, Hey, we want this. But that doesn't happen at all schools. Sometimes they'll have like a special thing for teachers, and they'll be like, Oh no, this is just for teachers. Yeah, what about the kids? Well, no, you like there's the field day is for the kids. Yeah, just so sometimes they do special things for the teachers so that you know, hey, we know you need a mental health day, or we know you need something special because you've been working so hard. Yeah, so they get them a drink and whatnot, a sonic drink, whatever. But not all campuses do that. What do you think would help like the custodians? Do you have custodians at your school?

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And they I bet they have a lot to clean up, huh? Yeah. And lunch ladies, they have a lot of kids to feed.

SPEAKER_01

Oh yeah. We have a bunch.

SPEAKER_00

I bet. A bunch of lunch ladies? Yeah. Oh wow, we only had three.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, we have like more.

SPEAKER_00

Well, obviously.

SPEAKER_01

Our school has five day cricket.

SPEAKER_00

Probably. I bet it is. But what what do you think they could schools can do, students can do to let these these hardworking people know that they are important, that they're thought of, and that they are truly valued.

SPEAKER_01

Like the lunch ladies, when you they give you your group, I would say thank you.

SPEAKER_00

Oh yeah. Thank you. What about you?

SPEAKER_02

If they're like speaking in Spanish or something. I'd say like something in Spanish. Like C C Glacia.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Let them know that you're trying to understand them.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. That's cool.

SPEAKER_01

A lot of our speak Spanish. But like we can understand what they're saying. Because like some of them speak English too. So a lot of them speak English and Spanish.

SPEAKER_00

What if you say, Hey, I appreciate all the work you did. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01

Or like write them a letters.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, a note that says, We used to, whenever students gave us notes or drew us pictures, we hung them on a fridge thing for them to see. So that they knew that we cared about the work they put in for that, and we were so appreciative. What about custodians? What do you think we could do to help them know that they're important?

SPEAKER_01

Instead of making them miss, try not to well try to prevent messes. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Write them a letter and make them make poster by them. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

We made a poster for our custodians.

SPEAKER_00

Really?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

When?

SPEAKER_01

Um, well, I don't know if it was really a poster, but like we used there's like these bulllooms. They weren't actual bullets, but they looked like it. Yeah. And then we all all of the students assign their names on them. Oh. And then it says thank you for being wait, thank you for putting the zing in amazing.

SPEAKER_00

Uh-huh. I love that. Good job. So I think it's important for everybody to feel seen, feel appreciated, and that includes students. Okay. What is the hardest part do you think about making a student that nobody likes feel like they sh they're worthy of love? Do you understand my question? Is there a student that nobody likes? I'm sure there's a few if you go to a big school.

SPEAKER_02

Well, kind of.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Are they mean? No, they're really not. Then why doesn't anybody like them? Okay. What can you do to let the student know, hey, I think you're worthy of love. I I know you're worthy of love. You are a precious person. Sit with him at lunch. He may not have any license.

SPEAKER_01

Well, there's a lot of people that sit with in that lunch. Well, yeah, same as me. But that person, they go to a table with a lot of people because I don't know if he well, yeah, I don't know if he feels like he's loved. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00

Have y'all tried this is this throwing one out there, inviting him to church?

SPEAKER_01

Well, I know he does know. Yeah. About um Jesus because there's this thing I just call Calculate News Club. It's like every Thursday or Wednesday, um, they gather the kids that sign up for it um learn about Jesus.

SPEAKER_00

Oh wow, that's amazing. I love that. Are y'all part of that group?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Awesome.

SPEAKER_01

We just have to sign up.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. Is it do you think it's important to have stuff like that at school?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, I think all schools should have.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

And I think everybody should be invited.

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_01

Everybody should take a home before.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. I think it's important to let people know that they are loved because what did God do? He sent his son to die for did he just die for me?

unknown

No, he died for everyone.

SPEAKER_00

He died for everyone. So we need to let people know that and how important they are to not only us, but to who? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Because he died for us and they need to know that. So ladies, school has changed a lot since I was in it. Yes. I think it's I don't even know how to describe it anymore. Is it? Yeah. Yeah. What is oh my goodness. What do you think y'all could do to make a change at school to make it better? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Well, not our school, there's just been called four. Yeah. Um they're opening it up to fourth graders now. So like the fifth graders go in announcements and stuff. Basically they make new people feel welcome. And um just make make the school a better place.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, I love that.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, they like help with like the big events coming up and stuff.

SPEAKER_00

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01

They help like let's just say a kid that feels upset or something, and they have this kid that they really love to hang out or something. So then that person that feels sad will go with that person.

SPEAKER_00

Oh. To like talk or something. Oh, that's important. That's so good. We didn't have stuff like that when I was in school. So if you were upset or you couldn't handle because I notice, especially nowadays, kids are dealing with a lot more anxiety and a lot more I and I don't know if it was started at COVID. I don't know what started it. But it's so shocking to me that all these kids are like, you know, with they're so afraid a lot. Yeah. Like, what why are you so afraid? What is there to you know? And I don't want to question them like that because I can't even explain it, and I'm an adult. You know, what about you, Athena? I know. Oh, we can't edit it. I don't know how. I know. I'm such a bad person. Anyway, no, I'm not. Alright, lady. What about you? What do you think can make school better for everyone? Teachers included, because they are important.

SPEAKER_02

Maybe like I like helping them by making Jesus and stuff.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Yeah. Because when you know Jesus, what do you want to do? You want to do the right thing?

unknown

Yeah, to help people.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. And make the right choices and yeah. That's a good that's a good start. Alright, ladies. Well, we're gonna go ahead and sign off. Alright. So y'all want to tell everybody goodbye? Yeah, yeah, goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Alright, I've really enjoyed this. Y'all are full of knowledge and wisdom, and I'm praying for your next school year. And remember, invite those people to church. Okay. All right. Well, my doers, thank you for sitting in with us as we had a just a wonderful conversation about school and crushes and giggling and all that good stuff, as you would do at a sleepover. So y'all take care of each other, be good to each other. Next week, we will be talking about all the creepy things that kids say. And let me tell you, I got a few of them. So we will see you next week, or actually, just talk to you next week. And remember, it's gonna be okay.

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