Speaker 1
I like dogs. I live on a farm. I work for the computer industry. I love my job. I have three kids.
Speaker 2
I love to spend time with family and friends. My grandchildren especially bring great joy. I want to always live near water, and in a warm sunny climate. My favorite activity is reading. And my favorite place to be is worshipping god.
Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. I am busy with lots of afterschool activities. I love spending time with my furry family. I love farming. I live on a farm. My job deals with technology.
Speaker 2
I have grandchildren. I love spending time with my friends and family. I like to read. I love worshipping god. I would like to live near water.
Speaker 1
Hello! Isn't it such a beautiful day out today!? How are you?
Speaker 2
Hello! Yes it is. I am very well, and you?
Speaker 1
I am great. Busy day, have lots of after school activities with my 3 kids today..
Speaker 2
Oh great! I have grandchildren. They are great and bring me joy..
Speaker 1
Yes, kids bring out the best in us!
Speaker 2
My family and friends are amazing and I love spending time with them.
Speaker 1
That is wonderful. I feel that way too, and about our furry family.
Speaker 2
I like to read. What is your favorite activity?
Speaker 1
I love farming. I live on one and enjoy tending to the earth!
Speaker 2
Wow thats great! I love god, and worshipping him!
Speaker 1
Do you work? My job deals with technology!
Speaker 2
All I do know is that I would like to live near water.
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Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. I am busy with lots of afterschool activities. I love spending time with my furry family. I love farming. I live on a farm. My job deals with technology.
Speaker 2
I have grandchildren. I love spending time with my friends and family. I like to read. I love worshipping god. I would like to live near water.
Speaker 1
How many grandchildren do you have now?
Speaker 2
I have 5, and they're the joy of my life! How old are your kids?
Speaker 1
11. 9. and 7. I can't wait until their old enough to give me grandchildren of my own.
Speaker 2
It's amazing how quickly it happens! One day they're in diapers, the next they're off on their own! Cherish it while it lasts.
Speaker 1
I do, but It's never too early to plot revenge! lol When they have kids I'm gonna fill them up with sugar and send them home to torture my kids! lol
Speaker 2
Haha you've got quite the imagination! I forget just how much trouble those little ones can get into. Try to stay sane!
Speaker 1
My kids are pretty good and I love them. They get pretty rambunctious at times though.  Always accidentally trampling over crops.
Speaker 2
It must be a lot of fun raising kids on a farm, though! What's the major crop you all produce?
Speaker 1
Tomatoes which I've genetically engineered.
Speaker 2
Wow, so you've got a green thumb, and you're tech savvy! I'm impressed!
Speaker 1
Well, my husband does most of the growing.  I just work on new breeds of crops that are resistant to trampling!
Speaker 2
Haha if you can patent that, you'll be a very wealthy lady!
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Speaker 1
I have three kids aged 11, 9 and 7. I hope to be a grand parent one day. I am busy with lots of afterschool activities. My kids have a lot of accidents. I love spending time with my furry family. I love farming. I live on a farm. My job deals with technology. I genetically engineered the tomatoes we grow on my farm. My husband does the planting and harvesting.
Speaker 2
I love spending time with my friends and family. I like to read. I love worshipping god. I would like to live near water. I have 5 grand children. I sometimes forget raising my children. I see no problem with GMO veggies and fruits.
Speaker 1
Do all of your kids have children of their own?
Speaker 2
I have three children myself, though my grandkids are from my two eldest children. My youngest child doesn't have any, and to be honest they've said they don't want children anyway. Would you like to have grandchildren one day?
Speaker 1
Oh definitely! I have three kids of my own and can't wait to have grandkids. Mine are still young though.
Speaker 2
Ah yes of course. How are they getting on at school? My youngest grandchild starts school this year.
Speaker 1
They love it. We started the year going 5 days a week. I can't believe kids are still virtual or even hybrid. As a teacher I feel strongly that these kids need to be in school fulltime.
Speaker 2
Yes it must have been so hard on chlidren having to learn remotely. One of the most important parts of school is being together with other children. What age group do you teach?
Speaker 1
Elementary and you are exactly right. With young kids, yes school and education is important but also is the social aspect and learning to interact with people.
Speaker 2
Definitely, social interaction is such an important thing to learn for young children. Especially since different children have different temperaments, so as a kid you start to learn how to relate to others and interact with them. Do you teach at the same school that your children go to?
Speaker 1
No, I actually teach at a different distcrict.
Speaker 2
My dad was a teacher and he taught at my school, but he was never my teacher. I don't know if it would have worked very well if he'd taught me, I was quite a stubborn child!
Speaker 1
What grade level did he teach?
Speaker 2
He taught Year 6 (I went to school in the UK). It's the 10-11 year olds age group.
4 days 5 hours
Speaker 1
I have three kids aged 11, 9 and 7. I hope to be a grand parent one day. I am busy with lots of afterschool activities. My kids have a lot of accidents. I love spending time with my furry family. I love farming. I live on a farm. My job deals with technology. I genetically engineered the tomatoes we grow on my farm. My husband does the planting and harvesting. I want grandchildren one day. I teach elementary school. I do not teach in the school that my kids attend.
Speaker 2
I love spending time with my friends and family. I like to read. I love worshipping god. I would like to live near water. I have 5 grand children. I sometimes forget raising my children. I have three children.  I see no problem with GMO veggies and fruits. I was stubborn as a child. I went to school in the UK
Speaker 1
I found out my coworker is also from the U.K. He grew up in Leeds.
Speaker 2
We took a trip there once when I lived there for school but I don't remember too much. It's been a very long time and my memory isn't as sharp as it once was.lol
Speaker 1
I understand that. Do you remember any interesting stories from your time in the UK? I'd love to hear what it's like there
Speaker 2
I remember that it rained often but when it didn't it was very beautiful. I'd love to go back and visit where I once lived. Hopefully when I retire I'll have the time.
Speaker 1
I certainly hope you do get the chance to go back. It sounds beautiful. What do you do for work now?
Speaker 2
I volunteer at the church quite often. It's not a paying gig but I enjoy giving back and it gives me something to occupy my time. I occasionally tutor kids from the church for a small fee to earn fun money.
Speaker 1
Wow, that's great that you do that! I would love to have more time to help out at my church, but I'm so busy at the school that I just wouldn't have time. Maybe once my kids are grown, I'll be able to spend more time helping out
Speaker 2
Being a teacher is help enough right now. You're educating people to go out and do and discover great things. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. What grade do you teach?
Speaker 1
I teach third grade science. It's such a fun age to teach. I really love all my kids. They can be trouble some times, but I love watching them learn and grow
Speaker 2
I definitely enjoyed science as a kid. Do you get to do any fun experiments in class?
Speaker 1
Yes, we do! We'll do simple experiments like making slime or messing around with magnets, nothing too crazy. The kids love it though. The way their eyes light up when something unexpected happens is absolutely incredible
Speaker 2
I think there's definitely a lot more ideas out there for fun experiments now. The only science experiments I remember were building the fastest track to drop a marble and to building something that would keep and egg from breaking if you dropped it from a tall height.lol
10 days 5 hours
Speaker 1
I have three kids aged 11, 9 and 7. I hope to be a grand parent one day. I am busy with lots of afterschool activities. My kids have a lot of accidents. I love spending time with my furry family. I love farming. I live on a farm. My job deals with technology. I work with someone from Leeds, UK. I genetically engineered the tomatoes we grow on my farm. My husband does the planting and harvesting. I want grandchildren one day. I teach elementary school. I do not teach in the school that my kids attend. I wish I had time to volunteer at my church. I'm very busy. I am a third grade science teacher. I love my students. I do simple science experiments in my class.
Speaker 2
I love spending time with my friends and family. I like to read. I love worshipping god. I would like to live near water. I have 5 grand children. I sometimes forget raising my children. I have three children.  I see no problem with GMO veggies and fruits. I was stubborn as a child. I went to school in the UK. I went to Leeds once as a child on a school trip. My memory isn't as good as it used to be. I would like to go back to the UK after I retire. I volunteer at my local church. Sometimes I do tutoring for kids from my church. I liked science class as a kid. I remember doing rudimentary science experiments when I was a kid.
Speaker 1
I just found out that I won an award for best science teacher in my school district!
Speaker 2
That's awesome! I'll bet your family is really proud. Did you do anything to celebrate?
Speaker 1
I don't really want to have any big celebration or anything.  The award is enough.  My husband is treating me to a spa day and dinner though.
Speaker 2
Well, that sounds fun. Where do you plan to eat?
Speaker 1
He's going to take me out to the nicest steakhouse is town.  I've really been wanting to try some Beef Wellington.
Speaker 2
Ooh, I've never had that, but I'd love to try it. I suppose you're a popular teacher because you bring so much from your own scientific experience into your class.
Speaker 1
Oh yeah.  Kids definitely learn better when they can see some cool experiments that actually show them what we're learning about.  I hate when teachers just make their students read or just tell their students the information instead of showing it to them.
Speaker 2
Yes, it's really important that they understand science is a way of asking questions, not just memorizing a set of answers.
Speaker 1
Exactly!  I'm really hoping to develop a generation of scientists who know how to ask intelligent questions.  How have your grandkids been?
Speaker 2
Great, thanks -- except my grandson fell out of a tree and broke his arm! But I'm sure he'll heal quickly. That's one thing you'll have to expect when you're a grandmother!
Speaker 1
oh no!  I'm excited to be a grandparent but I feel like I'll just be worried for them all the time.
Speaker 2
Getting into scrapes like that seems to be the main thing grandkids do! 
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