Mariya Karimjee: So I was sitting in this class and I was reading all of these essays about a future hypothetical person that helps them grow. And they didn't actually write about a future hypothetical person. They all wrote about me.

Ira Glass: They all wrote about you?

Mariya Karimjee: Yeah.

Ira Glass: Wait. They were writing about you as if they hadn't met you and someday might meet someone like you?

Mariya Karimjee: Yeah, exactly.

Ira Glass: And then they explained all the important lessons they were going to learn from future imaginary you?

Mariya Karimjee: Yes. But before they did that, they had to describe me. And so I was reading these sentences about myself.

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Doug: Our French teacher, he's a good teacher, but he just can't keep a quiet class. Most of the class is quiet until they get in French.

Rosemary Harris: They don't like French.

Doug: Well, his classes are kind of boring.

Rosemary Harris: Are they? Do you like French?

Doug: Yes.

Rosemary Harris: How many years have you done French?

Doug: I think this will be my sixth.

Rosemary Harris: Oh, you've done a lot of French. Can you speak any? Say anything?

Rosemary Harris: Very good. Good accent and well pronounced. Better than mine, I think.

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Student 1: I love to eat.

John Ehle: What do you like to eat most?

Student 1: Well, I like to eat pizza.

John Ehle: What-- pizza. Oh, yeah, excuse me.

Student 1: French fries, cheeseburger, milk shakes.

John Ehle: Your taste in eating is no account at all, is it? Oh, my.

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Student 2: But I believe I should study hard, but don't push myself to exhaustion till I get a nervous breakdown.

John Ehle: You don't look like you're going to have one, if I may say so. You don't feel like you're going to have one soon, do you?

Student 2: Mm-mm.

John Ehle: I agree with you. Now these prep schools are harder than public schools.

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Rosemary Harris: You want to go away to school?

Doug: Yes.

Rosemary Harris: You wouldn't be homesick at school, would you?

Doug: I don't think so.

Rosemary Harris: Are you worried at all about going to a-- because these are all-- these prep schools in the South are really all white. Does that idea bother you at all?

Doug: No.

Rosemary Harris: What experience have you had with integration? This school isn't very integrated, is it?

Doug: No. In the sixth grade, I had a friend named Freedom, and he acts about as crazy as I do sometimes.

Rosemary Harris: Uh-huh. Was he white?

Doug: Yes.

Rosemary Harris: What was his name?

Doug: Freedom.

Rosemary Harris: Oh, that's rather a nice name. So you really don't find any difference between a white boy and a black boy?

Doug: No.

Rosemary Harris: If he's got the right qualities. That's good.

Doug: Mm-mm.

John Ehle: Go ahead and talk to Karen a minute, will you?

Rosemary Harris: OK.

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Rosemary Harris: Does it bother you, the thought of going to a predominantly white boarding school?

Student 3: No. I find that if you have a good sense of humor and you can get along with people well, it doesn't make any difference what race it is. If you can get along with people, get along with any type of people.

Rosemary Harris: Sure. And if anybody is kind of unpleasant, you feel you can rise above it?

Student 3: Yes.

Rosemary Harris: Good. Not that you're going to have any difficulty, but.

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Mosi Secret: I spoke with Johnny.

Terry Sherrill: You did speak to him?

Mosi Secret: Yeah.

Terry Sherrill: Did he say he was coming?

Mosi Secret: Johnny is not coming.
