Future Leader: A 10-Year Old Speaks on College Aspirations and Giving Back

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Podcast Professor: Coming
up on this episode of the

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Healthy, Wealthy Wise podcast.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: What is it?

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What do you see yourself doing?

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I don't know.

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Um, 10, 15 years from now.

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KayCee: 10 years from now.

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Welcome

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Podcast Professor: to the Healthy,
Wealthy Wise podcast with Dr.

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William T.

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Choctaw, MD, JD, where the doctor
helps you unlock your full potential

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by equipping you with tools and
knowledge in the areas of health,

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wealth, and wisdom, anchored in his
experience as a business examiner.

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A physician surveyor for the joint
commission, a former mayor, and over

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50 years of experience as a general
surgeon, you've got questions.

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He's got answers.

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So let's get started.

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Here's Dr.

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William T.

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Choctaw, MD, JD.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are very

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: delighted to have
the most special guests on our Health

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and Wealth and Wives podcast today,
uh, and, and that's Miss Casey Davis.

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Uh, Miss Davis is a unique young
lady who's a member of my church,

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and I'm very proud to say that.

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Uh, and I have heard about her for
many years, uh, but it's, it's,

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it's, I'm extraordinarily pleased to
have her as a guest on our podcast.

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Uh, so hello, Casey, how are you?

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Good, how are you?

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I am very well.

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And also we have with us our podcast
professor brother Jesse Hammonds, uh, who

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will be part of this interview process.

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And if he wants to jump in and ask
something, he's certainly free to do so.

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So Casey, tell me about yourself.

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KayCee: Um, I'm 10 years old.

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I go to growth center elementary
and I've I've been playing

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softball for a little while now.

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So I'm good.

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Okay.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw:
What position you put

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KayCee: anywhere except for picture.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw:
Okay, so you move around.

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Interesting.

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Uh, what, what's your favorite position?

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KayCee: First base

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: really.

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KayCee: Definitely first base.

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Because

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: why is that?

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I make,

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KayCee: I would make most of
the outs there and it's just,

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uh, a good position to be in.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Very interesting.

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Uh, have you, do you have, do
you have a, um, uh, an iPhone?

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Um.

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KayCee: I did, but I don't
use it as much anymore.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Let
me ask you another question.

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What is your opinion of technology?

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KayCee: For me, it's like, to enter
the good age to have it, you just have

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to know what you're doing with it.

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So, like, it's, it's with age limits.

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That's the thing where, um, it's
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their age to get onto sites that
sometimes they're not supposed to be on.

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I've done an essay about this, and
I researched, and it was like how

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kids fake their ages, and all that.

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Tell

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Dr. William T. Choctaw:
me, how did you research?

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I'm sorry, I didn't understand.

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KayCee: So, I used like these
packets, and they have articles

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and sources that I can use.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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KayCee: So, I read that people don't
really like You know how there's

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terms and agreements and stuff.

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People don't really read those.

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So they don't know what
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Sometimes they'll read it.

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That's true.

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And they're giving away, they
agree and they're giving away

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their personal information.

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Like.

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Dates of birth names, um,
email addresses and stuff.

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So I think technology is
like, it depends almost.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Well, I think
it's very smart that you actually

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read it because you're exactly right.

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Clearly folks my age, we
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You know, we, we sign the, when
we, I don't know, buy the iPhone

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or the, the Android, we sign it.

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We, we don't read all
that fine print stuff.

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And you're, you're exactly correct.

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We should, uh, because to some extent, we
may be signing away a lot of our rights

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and we may be signing away, um, a lot of
things that we don't want to sign away.

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So I, I think it's quite
interesting that at an age.

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10.

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You know that already, and you're
already making sure that you read, in

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essence, read between the lines, and
that you're, you're more cautious.

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Um, interesting.

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Interesting.

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Question.

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Podcast Professor: Question.

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Uh, do your peers, do your other
students, uh, have, um, devices,

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mobile devices that they use?

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KayCee: So some of them do, some of
them don't, because their parents won't

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let them, or because Of some things I
don't really know about so some of my

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friends do have phones and I do have
their numbers and stuff, but we know

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about age limits and we know about all
the things that we might be giving away.

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So we're kind of cautious about that.

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Podcast Professor: Does your
school utilize devices in in class?

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KayCee: So we're not supposed
to have our phones in class.

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All of us know that.

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But in the past, some people
have had issues with it.

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But still, we know we're not
supposed to have phones on campus.

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Well, we can have them on campus.

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We just can't use them.

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Podcast Professor: Right.

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Unless it's

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KayCee: after school hours.

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Podcast Professor: Yeah.

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Now, as far as I'm talking
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you know, like during COVID.

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Uh, some kids couldn't, you know, some
of the schools were closed down, right?

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Uh, and, uh, they utilize,
you know, laptops and stuff

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like that at the home front.

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Uh, is that something that's
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science lab or anything like that?

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KayCee: So we don't

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Podcast Professor: integrate it.

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KayCee: Usually we, um, switch
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So we don't really do
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We don't do like talking over
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us, we really didn't like that
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We didn't really have fun.

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We always did homework
technology and stuff.

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So it was, we didn't, we
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And if we do, it's maybe for reading or
for any subjects or essays that we have.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: So how do
you use it for essays that you have?

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KayCee: So we have a system that's Google
Classroom and we do essays on there.

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We do it for writing, like the
technology that we talked about.

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That's what we use it for.

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We use it for middle school
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So that's why we usually
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And that's why we use it.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: And Google
technology, that's a particular, um,

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um, um, um, package that's designed
for kids your age, is it not?

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KayCee: Yes, Google Classroom
is Google Classroom,

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: okay.

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KayCee: It's used it's for kids to
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teachers to do some things mobily,
cause we can't always do it on paper.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: So what types
of things do you not do on paper?

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KayCee: Um, we don't do iReady.

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iReady is like a site where
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And there are a few like games on
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So iReady, um,

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So there's, um, Google
Docs, we can't use that.

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So we have, there are a few
sites that we can't use on paper.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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KayCee: But there are a lot that we
can use, but we just sometimes don't.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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Have you found the Google,
the Google Classroom helpful?

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Or is it, is it difficult?

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Is it a pain?

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What, what's your thoughts about it?

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KayCee: So I like Google Classroom.

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Yeah, it's like.

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You can have different classes
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Like I have choir class, my main class,
um, my student council and stuff.

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So it's easy for me to use so that I
can have all my resources in one spot.

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Podcast Professor: Next, Dr.

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Changta asks Casey about
student council in her views.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Tell
me about Student Council.

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You have a Student Council?

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KayCee: Yes, it's the president,
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the other jobs that are included.

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So, we have Student Council
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We've had a parade in the past,
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the Student Council perks.

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Um, we have shirts, we have things from
Student Council and for Student Council.

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So, it's kind of like, It's like almost
a real constitution a little, except less

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people and it's more of, it's students.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Are you
a member of the student council?

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KayCee: I was, but I dropped
out because I, there were

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too many things for me to do.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay, okay.

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Um, what, what, what is the
purpose of the student council?

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What, what did you learn from it?

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I guess that's what I'm trying to say.

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KayCee: So student council,
I learned like how.

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I had to make posters for class,
so we learned about red ribbon.

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We A little bit.

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We talked about, um, we talked
about the yearbook and stuff.

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So I learned how to, like, make some
things and I did posters and stuff.

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So that's why I kind of learned from it.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: As a participant
with student council, do you have to

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be nominated for that or elected to it?

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Or does everybody just do it?

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KayCee: So it's only for
fourth and fifth graders.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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KayCee: There's one position that's
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the president, which I went out
for, but I didn't get that part.

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But anyways, there's.

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So you have to be like, there's a
list and people have to sign it.

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You have to have 20 people to say
like, oh, if you're going out for

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student council, I'll vote for you.

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So all those 20 people have
to, 20 people have to sign it.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Why did
you run for student council?

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KayCee: I ran for student council
president because it, this is my

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last year in elementary school.

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So like I wanted to go out with a bang,
but I ended up not getting the role.

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Uh, Um, and I'm not winning president,
so it was devastating, but still,

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like, I was on the student council,
so at least I was happy about that.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: What
did you learn from your loss?

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Or let me rephrase, what
would you do differently?

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KayCee: Um, I would have re written
it, because I realized there was

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something I could have changed and,
um, from my loss, I learned that no

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matter how many times I get knocked
down, I can always get back up.

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So,

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Dr. William T. Choctaw:
yeah, you bet, you bet.

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I'll share something with you.

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I ran for student council in school.

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Also, this is this is before
your parents were even born.

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So it's really a long time ago.

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Yeah, a long, long time ago.

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Um, and, um.

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Um, I was, I was on the council.

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This is back in Nashville, Tennessee.

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My point is, the student council
part of it taught me some things.

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And I, I share this with you.

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I would encourage you, um, that either
this year or next year to continue to

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pursue that student council presidency.

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Um, because it's, it's a part of
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you'll learn some things whether,
whether, whether you win or lose.

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Um, but I think just the fact
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running, I think is a good thing.

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And I would certainly encourage
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And you're right, you, you learn
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you, whether you win or not.

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But it's a good thing.

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Most people won't even run.

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Most people will never even try.

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The fact that you Not you,

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KayCee: why?

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I get why because I get why they won't
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there in front of all those people.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: is.

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Yes, it is.

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But that's what separates
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That's what separates the people who get
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from those who get the C's and the D's.

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And you're a leader.

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You know, always been it's natural.

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Um, and we, uh, you know, you, you're
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told me about you two years ago.

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Um, and so my point is, I, I encourage
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You are already embracing it.

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Um, and the reason that leaders are
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you that, that we wanna make sure
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Um, so what, what is it you, what,
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I don't know.

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Um, 10, 15 years from now.

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KayCee: 10 years from now,
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college as I would maybe be 20.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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KayCee: But

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: which college
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KayCee: Currently, I'm interested
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Um, university like my brother did.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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KayCee: But, but I've also been
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Dr. William T. Choctaw:
Oh, I went to an HBCU.

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KayCee: kind of like picking
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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Which
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Yes.

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I went to Tennessee State, Nashville.

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KayCee: I was thinking,
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Dr. William T. Choctaw:
North Carolina State.

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KayCee: Carolina A& T.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: A& T, right.

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Um, have you thought
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Talking about college now.

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KayCee: Other than that, CBU and, um, Mt.

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SAC.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay, Mt.

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SAC is a two year college.

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Have you thought about any
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Um, not really.

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What about USC?

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KayCee: I was thinking about it,
but then I was thinking like how

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I'm going to be away from my family.

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I'd rather be in Riverside
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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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How about University of
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KayCee: I was thinking about that, but
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into it and I didn't really like it.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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There are a lot of schools and the beauty
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And I'm going to predict that by
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you're going to be an A student
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So you will be able to pick and choose.

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And that's what that's what
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You want to put yourself in
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Where do you want to go as compared to
someone telling you don't worry about

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the money money is always available and
particularly if you're an a student,

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they will pay you to come to their
school because you make them look good.

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So, your, your goal is just, you know,
focus on those grades keep getting

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good grades and then, you know,
the rest will take care of itself.

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Well, that that's very, very good to hear.

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So, um, What, what else is it that,
well, let me back up, let me back up.

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I hear that then you're going
to be baptized pretty soon.

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Podcast Professor: Class is in session.

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Hey there, Podcast Professor here,
encouraging you to let your voice

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and your thoughts be heard because
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Now you might be thinking,
Professor, now that all sounds

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good, but how do I do that?

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And that's it.

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Class dismissed.

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Now back to the episode in

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KayCee: progress.

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April 14th.

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That is correct.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Is that right?

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So, so tell me about that.

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How, how did that come about?

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KayCee: I was thinking and I
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I was, um, in church and I was
really feeling like the vibe and I

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was loving how everything had went.

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And I thought in my mind, I want to
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Dr. William T. Choctaw: I

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KayCee: decided I wanted to get baptized.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Okay.

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And, and this is part of, and well
tell, tell me why, why, why did,

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why did you wanna get baptized?

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KayCee: I wanted to get baptized
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and make other people happy.

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And so, 'cause a lot of
people already love me.

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They like to see me, they
like to talk to me and stuff.

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So I knew like it would make me feel
good and other people feel good.

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So I wanted to get baptized because it
was going to be like spiritual for me.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Yes.

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Yes.

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What I love about what
I'm sorry, go ahead.

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Podcast Professor: And you know that
those angels will be, uh, singing great

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songs in heaven when that happens.

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Dr. William T. Choctaw: Absolutely.

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And what I love about what you
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just doing it for yourself.

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You're doing it for others also.

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Um, and I think you're exactly right.

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And my point is, and I guess
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because you're already a leader.

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You're already a leader.

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You're already thinking about what
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only you or impacts not only you,
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And you're exactly right.

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You're exactly right.

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And I, I guarantee you, uh, it
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addition, obviously, to family.

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Um, and congratulations for you.

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I think to be able to come
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I think it's extraordinary.

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Um, and I think what it shows is that
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that you have been blessed with.

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That's a gift.

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That's a gift.

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And I would certainly encourage you
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however you think is appropriate.

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Choctaw, MD, JD.

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