Emma’s Last Day of School
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A little look back on memory lane, as Emma winds down on her last day of junior year.Participants
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Emma Onder
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00:02 Good afternoon. My name is Papa and I am 41 years old today. Today is June 2nd and it is Emma's last day of junior ing in high school. We are recording this interview in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hello, Emma How are you?
00:27 Daddy.
00:29 What? Okay, Emma what would you tell yourself if you were to start this career all over again?
00:37 Oh, my gosh. Oh, this is recording. I was not prepared. We got our interview. Stay focused. Stay focused and always do your work on time.
00:47 Oh, what happens if you don't?
00:53 You procrastinate and then. Yeah.
00:59 What was your favorite part of your year?
01:05 I don't know. I had a really good year this year. I made a lot of good friends. Met a lot of really good teachers. Yeah. Did a lot of things. Made a lot of memories. And. Yeah.
01:18 She kissed a boy.
01:20 Oh, my gosh.
01:22 That's a big one.
01:23 Okay, anyways.
01:26 And you crushed your AP exams.
01:28 Yeah.
01:29 You crushed your. Any leftover classes with Style and Grace. She recently also applied for a few summer jobs. So we'll see when this goes next year when she. The second round of this. All right. Can you tell me about one of your most difficult memories from this year?
01:51 Well, I'm sure there's a lot.
01:53 There's a lot.
01:53 There's been a lot of ups and.
01:54 Downs, but did you put them in the learning category? The downs at least?
02:00 Yeah, most of them.
02:02 Fair. Fair. So with that, what is your most difficult memory?
02:12 I really know there was. I mean, with the whole thing that happened with like friends and everything that. That went through this year, I feel like there was a lot of hard days to get through and a lot of confusing things, but. Yeah.
02:30 And then on the flip side, what is one of your happiest memories of the year?
02:36 Oh, gosh. There's also so many fantastic. I mean, to start from the beginning, like, the creek trips and apex were probably like my favorite thing ever. Oh, gosh. I mean, I don't really even know. There's like the football games. I was hanging out with friends. It was just. It's just crazy.
03:00 I love that. Those are super awesome. Let's see. Oh, here we go. Can you tell us about someone you'll always remember?
03:11 Oh, gosh. I mean, teacher wise. Dr. Yellow. Never forget him. Best teacher I've probably ever had.
03:18 Did you?
03:19 Cried a little bit when he signed my yearbook. But I mean, friend wise, that's a hard one. I mean, there's a ton. I had a ton of amazing friends. Like Jules and Kira are probably the best friends I've made this year. At least Jewells and Jarrah. We stuck with it for, like, what, it's been five years now. Crazy Lena. We got really close this year. Emmy. Yeah, she's been great.
03:56 That's awesome, sweetheart. A little different than last year?
03:59 Oh, yeah.
04:00 A little bit different.
04:01 Just a little bit.
04:02 You can take the whole thing if you want to see more. What would you say? I'm going off script here. Right now. I'm looking for a closer question. These were ordered in an interesting way. What do you think next year is gonna look like for you?
04:29 I don't know. I think next year's gonna be just really fun and chill and just gonna hang out with friends a lot. Like, see a lot of good teachers. See a lot of my old teachers. Meet a lot of new ones and. Yeah. Make us have more memories.
04:46 Making more memories.
04:47 Fill up another memory box.
04:49 Memory box. Memory tin can.
04:54 Yeah.
04:54 That's awesome sauce. All right. Is there. Oh, I think there is an outro thing here. Cool. No, that's it. So. Boom chilaka. B chaka boomy chilaka. Cool. This concludes our interview. Kido. Ditto over here. On her last day of her junior year. Years 2022. Wild. Peace. Say bye.
05:32 Bye. You know, it's also crazy.