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This is Miriam Dominguez of the Jersey City Memory Project. Today is May 13th, 2025, and I am interviewing Elisa Loria Rico. Good afternoon, Elisa. Please introduce yourself.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=10.0,23.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Good afternoon, Miriam. First of all, thank you for having me here and for this invitation. I am very excited to do it. Participating in these kinds of things make me feel like part of this community, so thank you so much. My name is Elisa Loria Rico. I am from Mexico City. And what else? How long","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=23.0,51.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Have you been living here in Jersey City?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=51.0,53.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Okay. I have been living here for almost seven years. We are right here in 2018? Yes. Okay. So what brought you here to Jersey City? My husband's job. Yes. He found a job. Yes, in New York. So we decided to move a white Jersey city because it was in New York and when we were looking for an apartment, it was like, oh my gosh, it's very expensive in New York. So no, let's move to, let's look for something in New Jersey. And that was a funny time because we were looking for an apartment for three or four days and we were seated outside of the Grove Street ion and we were with our coffee feeling really bad, really sad because we haven't found an apartment there. And then because we wanted to find a furniture apartment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=53.0,128.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay, a furnish apartment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=128.0,129.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes. But they were so small. That was our first frustration","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=129.0,137.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Because","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=137.0,137.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: In Mexico our apartment is three rooms, one big living room. We have a small kitchen, but we have two full bathrooms. So it was like something big. And every apartment we saw, it was like, oh, it's too small. It's too small, it don't have space, it doesn't have space. Then we wanted to buy a car because in Mexico, each one we have a car. So it was like, no. At the end of the day we decided to rent an apartment, empty apartment, and we found a beautiful building. And my husband, he had only the weekend free because the next Monday, it was his first day of in the office. So we had to do it quickly. So we rent a apartment, we went to buy our mattress, and then he started his job. So it was so quick, so fast, but so wonderful. When we got married, he already had an apartment and it was furnish, furnished everything, and I didn't have the opportunity to choose my bedroom or living room or anything. So this time it was like, oh, we are starting again. Oh, that's wonderful. That's wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=137.0,241.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So you moved to downtown Jersey City? Yes. And you have been lived in that apartment ever since? Yes, for seven years. Okay. So the reason why I'm interviewing you is because you are one of the ESL teachers at the learning center. So when did you start teaching ESL here at the learning center? At the public library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=241.0,262.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: It was in September, 2023.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=262.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: September 2023. So, you have been teaching almost two years? Almost two years. Almost two years. And English is your second language?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=267.0,275.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=275.0,276.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So let's go a little bit back in time and I would like to hear about your professional background. But first, when did you start learning English?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=276.0,289.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: When I was a child in my elementary school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=289.0,293.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay. Which grade were you in?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=293.0,296.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: First grade. Oh, first grade, yes. I was in a private school","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=296.0,301.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: In elementary, private school. And then when I started my middle school in a public school. But at that time, yes, in the education in Mexico, they decided to teach English in public schools so I could continue, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=301.0,327.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, okay. So, did you study English in college as well? University?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=327.0,334.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Nope. No, no, no, no. Only from elementary school to through high school. Okay. But I have a funny fact.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=334.0,346.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, please share.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=346.0,347.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: When I was a child, I didn't like English. It was a nightmare for me. And I think this is related with something later, I didn't have good teachers, and it was very difficult for me to understand, to follow my teachers. I was afraid of making mistakes. I remember one teacher drawing donkey ears in the blackboard and putting all the students that have mistakes or they didn't know something. So you are donkey put there. So, in my childhood, that was the education. When I was a child, it was like, and I always was in a lower level than the rest of my classmates, opposite than my brother. He was so good all the time in English. And he's a fluent English speaker right now. But yes, his experience in the same school was different than mine. I'm sorry to hear that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=347.0,424.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: They did that. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=424.0,427.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: But eventually I found the plus of speaking English. Yes. The advantages","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=427.0,440.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Of speaking English. Yes. Yes. So, you worked as a teacher in Mexico and as a counselor. As well as a counselor. So tell me about your professional background and what you did. You worked in a school, is that right? So please,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=440.0,456.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes, I'll let you. I think all my professional life was in schools. I started in bury as a instructor, then as a kindergarten teacher, I moved to another school. I was a counselor and also I teach, I have a class and emotions and feelings.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=456.0,489.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: That was about, everything was related with my profession. I am psychologist. And then I was there for five, six years. And then I decided to focus my profession on my field as a psychotherapist. So I studied three specialties","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=489.0,513.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And then I started working, giving therapy, psychotherapy. It was good, but it wasn't enough money, so I decided to come back to schools. And I did both activities at the same time. So sometimes I worked from Monday to Sunday,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=513.0,534.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: But was in my twenties, so I had a lot of energy. I didn't care. And then in my last school I worked as a counselor as well, psychologist. And I was supervising some groups, everything related to my professional field. Psychologist.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=534.0,560.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you're a psychologist, a therapist, but you worked in a school system and you also did psychotherapy. You had your practice and you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=560.0,570.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=570.0,571.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What are your specialties in psychology? What are the things that have drawn you into psychology and clinical work?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=571.0,580.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Well, I am just adult psychologist, and my specialties are with teens, adults, and children. So yes, I've been working with all of them for the last 20 years I think. So, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=580.0,603.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So when you moved to Jersey City because of your husband's work, you came into teaching here, teaching at the learning center, that's the first thing that you have done or you were doing other things?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=603.0,616.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: No, no, no. When I arrived here, only my husband have social security number, so I was his defender. So I decided to enjoy the life I found, I think I arrived here in October and in November I found the library. Someone told me about the library and I said, well, why not? And I enrolled too, the English classes, because despite I studied English in Mexico, it was difficult for me to master the language. And all the time I was very ashamed. I didn't want to make mistakes, I didn't want to ask and husband please. And he was solving everything.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=616.0,669.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: But he was only after work with me. So around 7:00 PM he was at home. It was difficult. So I had to solve all my problems and communicate with everybody. And I found the library, I enrolled to these English classes. I remember the first day Darnell, Richardson, oh, I don't remember exactly her name, but Darnell, yes, Richardson. Yes, Richardson. Yes. I remember the first day she asked Why you are here? And my husband raised his hand and he explained everything. And she asked him, are you my students? Are you going to be my students? No, my wife. So let her answer. And I was, no, I was very afraid of that. But it was good. So I started in second level, the second part of second semester of second level. And I finished my learning here with in the library. And one day Darnell invited me to be a tutor here. I like her. She has been an amazing person with me and I am so grateful to this. Oh, with this library, my English, I had it. I studied for free here, well for free. I remember my first payment was $30 for the whole semester.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=669.0,773.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And I said, that's nothing. And here I was able to study different things or to read books for free on to use a computer for free or to print for free or do a lot of things for free. So I tell everybody that, no, you can find a lot of people said like, no, no, no. In this country everything is expensive. No, if you look for something for the thing you want, you can get it for free or really cheap, so don't complain. So do it. 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That's right. Alright. So now going back again, you said that you started teaching in Mexico and then you taught kindergarten and now which levels are you teaching English here? Oh, the very, the intro, the intro level, level","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=817.0,838.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=838.0,839.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: First level. And first level. Okay. So how is that experience? I mean, thinking of teaching young children and thinking of teaching people who are just learning to speak English. Are there any parallels how you feel about your teaching in Mexico? I know that you are primarily a psychologist, but these two experiences in different countries teaching, how has that been for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=839.0,868.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Amazing. I don't know. That's a good question because both are totally different group of ages and people, I think my experience in Mexico gave me a lot of experience. And these groups, they are like kids. I mean they are learning from scratch, a new language like babies. My lower level in Mexico was two years, so I had a two years toddlers students. So I tried to teach my students being funny and in a fun way I did in Mexico. So despite both are eight different ages, adults are a little bit difficult because they don't want to expose themselves","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=868.0,943.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Themselves.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=943.0,944.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: They don't want to expose, and they don't want to make mistakes. And kids they don't care. So they say and they do and they have fun. So that is the difference. I think eventually when my students, my adults, students, they feel confident. They started that enjoying making mistakes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=944.0,976.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: But yes, both areas of both groups are totally different. And my first worry, my first worry was like, oops, are they allowed me to teach them because I am young. I have students from different ages, like 20 age 20, 20 years old and 70 years old. It's like, oh, are they like me too? I don't know. That was something because kids are like, okay, teacher tell me I love you. And they hug me and I hug them. And with adults it is different. And I am very warm person, very warm person. So I learned in this country that ask before, can I touch you? Can I hug you? No can I? Because in this country is different. It is not in my country. We don't ask for it just will. I don't know if I answered your","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=976.0,1052.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Question. No, that's very, very, very good. And so, you contrasted your experience teaching young children and teaching people who don't speak any English, but they're adults and it's a different experience of learning. And for you, an experience for teaching, you mentioned that you can be warm with children and it's a different expectation on adults, it's different. So now seeing your students, how was your experience learning and how that experience learning English, learning to use English because you learned English in Mexico, but once you came here you're using that second language. So that is a little bit traumatic for many people to start using something that you might have learned but you didn't use. How was your experience learning English here in the United States and how you feel you are helping your students best and based on your own experience as an English learner? Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1052.0,1109.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1109.0,1116.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: I could say that my experience here, what's good. I liked how my teachers, I dunno how to explain it. It's like it wasn't as traditional as I thought. That's good. So, I like more active and I had teachers, they see us in a circle or they try to explain but ask, interact. They try to interact with us. One part of the last grade, the last level that I just started here was through Zoom because we were in the pandemic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1116.0,1179.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, that's right. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1179.0,1180.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: So I didn't like that part","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1180.0,1182.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Because","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1182.0,1183.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: It was, even though Darnell wanted to do her best, sometimes it was slow and a little boy because we didn't have each other in person and we work in small groups, but it is not the best experience. But I liked her way, she tries to, okay, ask us all the time. She was asking you, asking us, asking us, tell me what your opinion is. She tried to make us speak. So that was awesome. And now with my students, I like to play with them and I think that is something I wanted to have in all my experience as a student. Because if you play with them or if you use materials like songs, lyrics or body movement. Yes. Dancing","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1183.0,1259.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Is kinesthetic learning. Yes. A kind of kinesthetic learning. Thank you. In my opinion is better. Is much better. Actually, I studied also, well I practiced my English in international center in New York and I had classes, online classes, but I had one teacher. Wow. He was amazing. He works; he's still doing that. He works with songs and all the time he was asking, what do you think this paragraph means? Or he invited us all the time to interpret, yes, interpret or to find the meaning of the lyrics. That was really, that made me think and that made me focus my attention of something and look for different words and complete my, I tried to do the same here as well. 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When I learned when you were learning here and now that you are a teacher, do you have students who do not speak Spanish?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1337.0,1353.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Oh yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1353.0,1353.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. So, you are a Spanish speaker. Jersey Cities a very diverse city.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1353.0,1359.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Very.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1359.0,1360.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And how is your experience dealing with people who are learning English but are from other countries? I mean you have had them as classmates and now you have students who are from different countries. So you cannot use the Spanish, your first language to try to explain things being at the beginning level. So do you have stories or things that you'd like to share about? How has that been for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1360.0,1384.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes, it was tough. It was very, very, my first group, it was level one, my first group, and it was a group of five and one and I only have one Spanish speaker and she was very, very, very shy. And my best student was from Haiti, and he was young 20 years. Another good student, advanced student was from Egypt.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1384.0,1429.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: That level wasn't as difficult as the next level. Despite that diversity. They can communicate, we could communicate, but it was very, very interesting sharing experiences from our countries or culture or food. Yes. Oh, that was one day. I have one student from Afghanistan and it was so sad when she told me about her experiencing her country and why they moved here. So I told her, you are so brave and I really admire you because you are moving for your daughter. Only one daughter. She has 1, 2, 3, 4 kids. And one of them is the oldest daughter, the oldest one, and the other three are boys. And they decided to move here to give to her an opportunity to study and to be someone, to be a woman, a real woman. So that was something that beautiful and I felt so grateful to be in Mexican. Well, but the next level, that was the most difficult group. It was level intro. And I had a group of seven Chinese women. Women, seven Chinese women. Then I had two or three students from Afghanistan, one from India and one woman from Afghanistan. And the Indian one there were illiterate. That was very, very difficult.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1429.0,1555.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And I had another students, one from Egypt and no, oh yes, I have three Spanish speakers, one from another, one from Russia and different, different nationalities. But my Chinese group was like, how are going to communicate? They only knew to say hi. Yes and teacher. And that's all. So my first class, I made a sign in my computer in Chinese, in India and in Spanish. So all my instructions were in different languages and one in French because I have someone from Guinea. Oh wow. Yes. And one was in French. So all my instructions were in different languages. And that was how I started. And then I used my body, body language. That's the word, body language. Body language. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1555.0,1636.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: It's like mouth. Think about three things that you like the most.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1636.0,1648.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay, so you're gesticulating","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1648.0,1649.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Those emotions I articulate. Yes, a lot. And my name, I am pointing at you, Lisa. Yes. Pointing at me. Yes. And I try to say thank you the Chinese way or touching my chest. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1649.0,1672.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Thank you. Or -","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1672.0,1673.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: For example, that's another funny thing. Up and down, tall and short, big, small. And all the time I was using my body jump and everybody was just laughing at let's jump in one feet. Now in one foot. Now with your feet, now the other foot. Right. Follow the little leader. Right. Left. And that was","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1673.0,1706.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: All the time. Oh, that's wonderful. So you use your body, kind of a universal language of all those feelings. So your training as a psychologist, you think, did that translate in teaching these students from different cultures? How do you feel that happened? I mean clearly you had been very successful doing it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1706.0,1729.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Well, I am happy when the first time when one of my students from Dominican Republic, he said teacher we're speaking, he was speaking with the Chinese in level one. He was saying, you me, homework only words. But they did understand. They were communicating each other.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1729.0,1758.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: They were communicating. That's a tremendous achievement.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1758.0,1762.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: So when the first time he said that, good job, Eduardo, you did it. So how do I feel? Very proud of my students and very grateful. Go ahead with God and with, I'm very proud of myself because it's like actually this has been a tough journey. Yes. Now I know I am a good teacher. I know I can speak English, I know I can communicate, but I know I still making mistakes and this time I don't feel ashamed of that. So that's the difference between before and before I was, yes, I started being a tutor and now, and I try to communicate that to my students. Guys in my class you are allowed to make all the mistakes because we learn from them. So please don't be ashamed, don't be shy, sorry, don't be shy and remember never give up. Let's do it. 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I think I remember when I was a child and here as a student, I had a teacher, I am not going to say her name, but she said something and I feel very embarrassed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1859.0,1884.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Embarrassed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1884.0,1885.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And when I told my husband, when I told him about it, I was crying in my home and it was here in the library and I said, I don't want to have this experience anymore and I don't want to some of my students now, I think that at that time I didn't thought that I would be a teacher. But at this time I said, I don't want my students feel ashamed or feel embarrassed if I say something wrong or if I've seen something that was with intention and that wasn't a good experience as a student. So yes, I was in both sides, but well that is also something that I experienced as a psychotherapist. I was in both sides as well. I was a patient and I am a psychotherapist. So that make me yes, develop empathy and yes, I'll try to be assertive.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1885.0,1956.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1956.0,1957.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Absolutely. So you come from a very big city, one of the greatest cities in the world, Mexico City, and now you live here in Jersey City, basically an extension of the New York metropolitan area. What are the contrasts that you have seen from living in Mexico City now in the greater New York metro area? How has been your transition from living in that big city to this big city? What are the differences, the similarities? What do you miss about home? I mean is home here or,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=1957.0,1993.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Well, I think home is where you feel comfortable and loved and where you have the things that you love the most. And I have my husband, so yes, this is home. Yes. And Mexico is home as well because my parents are there, my friends are there. I don't miss them because I talk to them. I call my parents twice a week and we have a video call and they come and visit me and I go and visit them. I miss my food. Yes, I miss Mexican food because it's very delicious and there is bacon and a lot of varieties of dishes. So I miss, yes, I miss that. But difference, I come from a big city, a really big and busy city. A New York city is a big and busy city. So I don't feel the difference. Talking about place, talking about people. Yes, in Mexico people are friendly. And in New York, people are immersed in their phones. By the way, this is not mine. That's fine. Yes. Here's smile. 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Thank you, bump me. Well, in Mexico City that doesn't happen. And in Jersey City I can see the difference here because this is a more open area and I live four blocks away from the river. So I like to be in touch with that kind of nature. At least","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2089.0,2132.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Urban nature.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2132.0,2133.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes, yes, yes. And the air is fresh, it’s windy. In my city, in Mexico City, we have a lot of pollution.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2133.0,2142.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: So yes, but Mexico City smells better than New York City. So those are the differences I can see. But it was easy to adapt myself to this city because I have everything close to me and I don't need a car to go to buy my groceries or to go to New York or to go come to the library. In Mexico, I had car and I had everything close to me as well, but I walk a lot in Mexico, I walked a lot. So no, I think I could adapt very, very easy. Only the language was at the beginning was a kind of barrier. Yes. But it was because I didn't feel confident.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2142.0,2206.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Now this has changed and yes, a lot, a lot, a lot, lot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2206.0,2212.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And in Mexico City, there are people from all over Mexico. But do you hear people from all over the world? So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2212.0,2219.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: That's another big difference.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2219.0,2220.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Tell me about how have you experienced Jersey City and the Americans and the people who lives here? That comes from different places.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2220.0,2228.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Wow, amazing. In Mexico, yes, I know people from different states. Yes. But we are Mexicans and we have almost the same culture. But in the north they have different things in the south, in the city, in the center. But here it's like, wow. People from China. Wow. People from, I never thought that I could know someone from Russia, for example. So I have a good friend from Russia, from Moscow, and I have students from Moldova, for example, I said, I made an essay in my high school from Moldova, and now I know you now, you know? So that's good. Try or taste different foods, different dishes. That was something very surprising for me. Like Indian food, well, I like it, but it's too spicy and my food is spicy. But no Indian food is more spicy or the original Chinese food, like dumplings. I never ate or tried dumplings. Only I arrived here. And what else? Listening at people from Afghanistan or for the Middle East, when I listen to their stories, it's like, oh wow. Or the people from South America or Central America who migrated from their countries to here through the illegal way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2228.0,2347.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: It's like, did you experience that? So one person told me that she saw how the poro killed someone because he didn't pay because in the middle of the way. Yes. Before crossing the cross, they asked them for more money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2347.0,2377.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And she said that I knew it, so I have money. And she was with a daughter of a friend with a child, a children. And she paid for both because they could be raped or they could be killed. So really, so I heard those stories and I don't know, that is something that I could never lived in Mexico because we don't know anything about migration there unless you immigrate from one state to another. But it's not like here in the United States, people from different states, they move very easily from one state to other state and after 10 years they move again. No, in Mexico we don't move unless we really need it. We don't migrate from different states unless you really want it or your job need it. So it has been a really good experience meeting people from different countries and different backgrounds. I have a student, he's from Guinea, and he moved here because of, he asked for the troubles in his country for the wars and civil wars. Civil wars, yes. In his country. And he wanted to learn and he wanted to, he's 20 years old, 21. And he likes money and he want to work. And I feel like, hey, money is good, but remember there are more things, there are things that are more important. Money is not the happiness, but he thinks that because he didn't have the things that now he has.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2377.0,2505.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: So I don't know, it's very, it makes me feel touch humanity. Yes. That's make me feel like yes, we are regular human beings and everybody, we are very equal. We are same. And I like to speak Sorry. No, you speak, speak, speak,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2505.0,2527.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Speak, speak. That's what oral history is about. The idea is that I speak very little and you do all the speaking. So that's my topic. So that is wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2527.0,2540.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2540.0,2542.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: I think this is very rich, very wonderful. So this is a different way of seeing people from other places, even people from Latin America that are crossing the border in conditions that are pretty unfortunate. Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2542.0,2557.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Inhuman.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2557.0,2558.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Inhuman. Yes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2558.0,2559.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: That's correct. Yes. Yes. And another thing in Mexico, talking about reading something that I appreciate a lot in this country and this library is here, I had the opportunity to know authors from different countries. And in Mexico it was only or Mexican, or Latin American or from America. Yes, you can find books from literature from different countries, but the more accessible are from Latin America and America and United States. Yes. And here is what like, oh, I've read some books from Afghanistan, for example. I haven't thought that some I could read by the way. So soft books, but really good books or from India,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2559.0,2632.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Are you sure? What are the books that you've enjoyed from","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2632.0,2635.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Oh yes, I have my list. My memory is not the best, but I have a big list because I met, I am really grateful. Thankful. Yes, thankful. I have two conversation partners. Both are from American and one of them. One of those, yeah, one them. She shared with me her books. And where is my list is in the other. So that was another open door that I found in this country. So I have it here anywhere in my notes, books. Oh, this was so good. So sad, but so good. The God of small things. Oh, that was the first book I read is from Arun Roy. Oh, have you read it? Oh my gosh, I was crying. I was almost crying. Why this boy? What a boy. Yes, it was. But it was talking about literature. It is a really great book.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2635.0,2728.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: I don't remember the other, I love that one. I don't have it here. The Kite. The Kite Runner, Sini. Yeah. It's very sad. I also went to watch to watch the play in Broadway. Oh, you did? Yes, yes, yes. And I bought a few things to support them. I read some of books, some of his, the same author, some of books. I don't remember exactly all the names. I don't have them here, but yes, yes. I mean, oh, I haven't read this one because it's very big, but it is on my list. The warmth of other sons. So yes, I want to read that one. And what else? I have a big book list, but some of them, I don't read them. I don't remember what is the one I have. I don't remember the names so far, but yes. Yeah, no,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2728.0,2805.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Those","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2805.0,2805.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Are really powerful books. Yeah. Yes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2805.0,2808.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2808.0,2809.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Really, really.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2809.0,2811.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So you got exposed to world literature and then people from these places","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2811.0,2816.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: And I read them in English","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2816.0,2818.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And you read them in English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2818.0,2821.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: I read books in Spanish as well. I am part of the book club of the Rioja Room. Yes. I love that room. And yes, I have been there for in the book club for one year. And yes, I found different as well. Latin America authors. Yes. Some of them live here in, there's a book, it is in Spanish, Mexican Perfecta. And it's about a team has been navigating in a very difficult situation with her parents and her sister who just died. So yes, it was a really good book. Or Dos Caminos, another beautiful book about Panama. I haven't read anything about from Panama. And I said Panama. I didn't find that Panama. I didn't think that Panama was a very interesting place until I read this book. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2821.0,2903.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah. So you are from Mexico, the Latin American place that it's most known by Americans and there are people from all over Latin America here in Jersey City and in the United States. How do you feel about the diversity of Latin America and how have you experienced people from other countries that speak Spanish and are not from Mexico, here in the United States? What have you learned and how do you feel about everyone, well not everyone, but people putting all Latin Americans in one category. I mean, how do you feel about that diversity in our own countries, even Mexico, there are different ways of being Mexican. So very, there's not one way to be a Mexican, so you can say anything you want about it. That's a big topic. But being","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2903.0,2960.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: How I find it, well I think very exciting because I really like the idioms. Yes, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2960.0,2978.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: You can, for example, could be a bad word in Mexico and a good word in Mexico. And it could be like straw in Colombia, right. And Concha in Mexico is a delicious bread, sweet bread. But in our Argentina is a bad word. Yes. And things like that. It's very, very, very amazing. Yes. Some I feel like a kid. Tell me more, tell me more. I could like to know more about the way they express themselves.\n\nEL:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=2978.0,3028.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I have some students from Dominican Republic and I have two from Puerto Rico. And the way they pronounce the R is totally different than in Mexico. And we speak Spanish. So they pronounce it are very soft and sometimes you cannot hear it.\n\nEL:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3028.0,3059.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And in Mexico, by the way, in Taiwan, my Taiwan is friends. The first time I asked them how a motorcycle sounds and they said, no, that's a pork. No, it is a different way to say yes. The sounds to make the same sound. Yeah. Yes. At the beginning I tried to correct people, but eventually I said it's a way. 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So you kind of know what they're talking about. But now it's of course. But now you can,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3598.0,3605.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: But the vocabulary is different.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3605.0,3607.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It's different of course then you know what it is about. But now you can listen how it is said in English. Oh, that's fascinating. 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It's like I know I knew that I was born to do something for someone to serve.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3793.0,3861.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: That is why I am a psychologist. I like to listen. I like to help. I like to solve problems. I like to find how to fix. So here, if an adult is looking for these English classes, it's because they want to grow. They want to find a job or they want to communicate. They want to interact. They want to be part of this society. So I find this job like, yes, I am in the correct way. Helping them or teaching them, or I orient. I orient guide. I guide, thank you. I guide my students. Sometimes they dunno how to ask for a library card or they don't know that the library have a lot of resources. You gave me Rosetta Stone magazines, newspaper, computers. I can say all of them. Even the citizenship classes or how to do your resume or to prepare for an interview. So all the time I am, yes, guiding my students or anyone. Anyone who ask for something. So yes, I think I feel very, very, I found very most exciting. This living here in Jersey City. Yes. Did I answer?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3861.0,3974.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Do you answer it beautifully","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3974.0,3977.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Or I - No, you answered it beautifully. Oh, thank you. And so how do you see very related to this, what do you want in the future for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3977.0,3995.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Right now I am looking for a full-time job. And I hope when I find it, I have the time to continue doing this job. Yes. But I really want to be part of this, this culture of this country, of this community. I already, I thought that I already where my country, I mean I worked as a psychologist, I worked as a teacher. I was able to do a lot of things in my country. Sports.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=3995.0,4049.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What sports did you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4049.0,4050.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Do? Swimming.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4050.0,4051.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/167","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You were a swimmer?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4051.0,4052.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/168","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes, I was a swimmer, yes, yes, yes. But now I would like to conquer this one. You want to","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4052.0,4057.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/169","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Conquer this","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4057.0,4058.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: One? Yes, I conquer. Thank you. I conquer this one. So I am able to communicate and I able to fix everything or solve problems by phone. Something difficult at the beginning. And now it's very easy for me. Not very easy, but it's easy. I am a volunteer in the Liberty Design Center. So I remembered my interview. I did it totally wrong. But I got the job. I mean, I am a volunteer. At that time I wasn't able to work because I didn't have social security number, but I did it. So now, and I've been a volunteer there for five years, once a week. And I love that job as well because I just speak with people. I teach kids, I teach adults as well. I talk about science and I like it. So now I could like to find a full-time job and I could like it in English, but also in Spanish because I would like to support my people. To help my people. I know at the beginning I thought everybody in the United States speak speaks English. But no, I found that there are a lot of Latin American people who doesn't speak English, and they struggle with it. So I could like to help them. So what is my next that find a bilingual job to help people and to help myself because I love traveling. You travel a lot. We try. Once a year we try to travel. Besides Mexico, we would like to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4058.0,4189.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/171","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Where have you been?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4189.0,4193.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/172","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Well, during pandemic we traveled here in the United States. In the United States, but we visited before pandemic and after we visited Argentina, Brazil, Europe, we visited London, Spain.\n\nEL:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4193.0,4216.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/173","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: In Spain, yes. Vos in Portugal. Madira in Portugal. Now we are planning another trip and we are going to visit Italy, Madrid, Barcelona, and Marcia. Oh wow. In France. Yes. And yes, last year when we visited Argentina was my first time traveling to South America. And oh my gosh, it's another world. It's another. Not only Europe, south America. So after this trip to Europe, I would like to go to Machu Picchu. Oh my god, I haven't been there. And I want to visit that part of our culture as well. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4216.0,4277.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/174","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So what are your dreams for your students? What do you want for them? They're different, all of them, but what do you want for them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4277.0,4285.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/175","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: I want them to feel confident and proud of themselves that they are doing, they are crushing this country. It was a big step to left their country behind them. And now I like to tell them, you are going to be a bilingual. And that is more than a lot of Americans in this country. So yes, I want them to feel proud of themselves, that they are Latin, Latin American and they can speak and they can build a new life here and they are doing. So just see what you are doing Since day one you arrived here. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4285.0,4347.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/176","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What else would you like to share with the Jersey City Memory Project? What else? Anything you want to share?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4347.0,4355.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/177","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: I don't know. What else. Well, my life hasn't been easy, but at least being a Mexican is something that I feel proud and all the opportunities I have in my life, I am very grateful of that. And I never give up.In my opinion. Everything has at least three different ways to fix it or to do it, or to understand. I don't know. So I feel very proud of myself that now I am very, very confident speaking in English. I remember the first time in my interview in delivery science center, I was sweating a lot. Oh my gosh. I was sweating and I was so hot. And it was winter, but I was very nervous. Very nervous. And this time you has been very nice and your side is very warm. And I feel like Hug you hug. I feel like you are hugging me. Hug. Yes. And that's something important","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4355.0,4467.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/178","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Someone is present, the other person, the other side could be more receptive or open. And I like the way that way. And I teach the same, with the same way or with the, that's my main tool or my main strategy. Try to be open-minded and warm with my students and make us laugh. I think they like my classes because they have fun. Because I don't care when I say this is my food. Yes, you're lifting your food. Yes. You're","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4467.0,4513.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/179","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Showing them. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4513.0,4514.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/180","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Yes. When we were reviewing the th sound, like put your tongue in between your teeth. No teacher. No. Yes. I want to see your tongue. Show me your tongue. And at the beginning they laughed a lot. They laughed a lot. And eventually they were more confident and they try to do it. But they are adults. We have a lot of stigmas in our back.\n\nMD:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4514.0,4556.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/181","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4556.0,4557.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/182","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Adults. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4557.0,4558.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/183","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Prejudices. Prejudices. Thank you. Prejudice. That's word. Prejudices. Yes. But anyway, I don't care. I don't care. I push them and I want them to have fun and I want them to learn through games. And I like them to them feel like, yes, it is a two hours class,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4558.0,4590.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/184","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: But sometimes they feel like 15 minutes and they say, why teacher really? We have to have to take the break. We will not have summer classes. Oh no, I'm sorry. Why teacher? We want to teacher. Are you going to be my teacher next level? And I don't know. And I don't recommend you anyway. I think I found this job something really, really beautiful. And if the salary could be better, I could be doing this job for the rest of my life. But well, we need to, I mean, this city is not cheap and the other one less is not cheap as well. But doing this volunteer is good for me. It's good for me so far. It's good for me. And if I can combine it with a full-time job, it's going to be nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4590.0,4665.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/185","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And I have to say for the Jersey City Memory Project that I offer you to speak in Spanish and you did the whole interview in English and that was wonderful. And that was extraordinary. And you were very nuanced and you explained everything very well. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4665.0,4682.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4682.0,4684.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Well thank you so much. Thank you. I really appreciate it. Thank you, Elisa.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4684.0,4689.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/188","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: Thank you for your trust","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4689.0,4692.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/189","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4692.0,4692.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/190","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"EL: For inviting me here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4692.0,4692.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/191","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Of course.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972#t=4692.0,4689.984"}]},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["English [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163060/file/296972/transcript/86670/annotation/192","type":"Annotation","motivation":"subtitling","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/086/670/original/TJCMP-01_0018_T01.docx?1762627201","format":"text/vtt","language":"en"},"target":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/086/670/original/TJCMP-01_0018_T01.docx?1762627201"}]}]}]}