30 Minute American English Native Speaker Conversation — Transcript

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1. 0:00All right, hello. Today I have a special
2. 0:02guest. Her name is
3. 0:04>> Samara.
4. 0:05>> Samara. What's your middle name, Samara?
5. 0:07>> Uh it's Danielle.
6. 0:08>> Danielle. Samara Danielle. But we call
7. 0:11her Samara. Do you have any nicknames,
8. 0:12Samara?
9. 0:13>> Um my friend calls me Era. I don't like
10. 0:17Sam. I'm not a Sam.
11. 0:18>> She's not Sam. Don't call her Sam.
12. 0:20[laughter]
13. 0:21Nobody say Sam in the comments.
14. 0:22>> Yeah, or Sammy. I'm not Sammy, either.
15. 0:23>> Not Sammy.
16. 0:25What does your friend call you?
17. 0:26>> Uh she calls me Era.
18. 0:28>> Era. Oh, that's cute. Samara, Era. Nice.
19. 0:32I like it. And Samara, how do I explain
20. 0:35Samara's relation to me? Well, it's a
21. 0:38little complicated, but basically um her
22. 0:41mom uh used to be married to my dad uh
23. 0:44many years ago. So she was like my
24. 0:46stepmom. But now she's not married to
25. 0:48him anymore, and she had a daughter,
26. 0:51Samara. And now, how old is Samara
27. 0:53today?
28. 0:54>> I am 12.
29. 0:56>> 12 years old. So, technically she's not
30. 0:58my sister, but I think of her like, you
31. 1:00know, like a half sister or something
32. 1:03like that because uh her mom was kind of
33. 1:05like my second mom. So, that's kind of
34. 1:07the the relation here. And she very
35. 1:10kindly agreed to make a video with me
36. 1:14and to showcase her natural English. She
37. 1:17is a native English speaker from Where
38. 1:19are you from? What is the state?
39. 1:21>> Oh, Maine.
40. 1:21>> So you're from the state of Maine, which
41. 1:23is where I'm from, also. Where is Maine
42. 1:26in the United States?
43. 1:27>> It's in the Eastern part.
44. 1:29>> Yes. And also
45. 1:30>> It's like it's on the upper part of it.
46. 1:34It's
47. 1:34>> Northeast.
48. 1:35>> Yeah, northeast, definitely.
49. 1:36>> It's uh on the border of of what
50. 1:38country?
51. 1:39>> Canada.
52. 1:39>> Canada. Have you ever been to Canada?
53. 1:42>> No, I have not been to Canada, but I've
54. 1:44heard a lot about it.
55. 1:45>> Yeah, it's very strange that we're so
56. 1:46close and we've never been there.
57. 1:48>> And I've been to places like further
58. 1:49away, so.
59. 1:50>> [laughter]
60. 1:51>> Yeah, Samara has traveled to She was in
61. 1:53Puerto Rico, where I just was. She's
62. 1:55been on cruises. Yeah, where have been?
63. 1:58>> Uh I haven't been like a lot out of the
64. 2:00state, but most of my out-of-state stuff
65. 2:03has been on cruise, like going to Puerto
66. 2:04Rico and like San Juan and that kind of
67. 2:07stuff.
68. 2:08>> Have you been to Did the cruise stop at
69. 2:10Mexico or not?
70. 2:11>> Um the first one I went on did, this one
71. 2:13did not though.
72. 2:14>> So you've been maybe to some islands in
73. 2:16the Caribbean.
74. 2:17>> Yeah, definitely.
75. 2:18>> Okay. Would you like to travel somewhere
76. 2:20else?
77. 2:21>> Um I don't know. I really like like
78. 2:23where I've been, but probably somewhere
79. 2:25like oh like Hawaii. I'd love to go to
80. 2:26Hawaii. I've never been to Hawaii, I'd
81. 2:27love to go there.
82. 2:28>> So you like tropical places?
83. 2:30>> Yes, I like tropical. I don't want to go
84. 2:31and travel somewhere cold.
85. 2:33>> [laughter]
86. 2:33>> What do you think about living in Maine
87. 2:35in general like with the four seasons
88. 2:38and the winter?
89. 2:39>> I really like it because it's definitely
90. 2:41like when you start to get sick of one
91. 2:42season, the other one comes along. Like
92. 2:45you have winter is pretty cold and snowy
93. 2:47and I like winter, but then I'm
94. 2:49definitely sick of it and I'm really
95. 2:50happy for when spring and summer come
96. 2:51along. So it's nice with the four season
97. 2:53change cuz you kind of get some of
98. 2:55everything.
99. 2:55>> So you like it, but you do prefer when
100. 2:58it's warm.
101. 2:58>> Yes, I don't like when it's humid. I'm
102. 3:00not like I like warm, but I don't like
103. 3:02like crazy hot, but yeah, I definitely
104. 3:04prefer like warmer seasons.
105. 3:06>> Like me. Yeah. I I think most people in
106. 3:09Maine do prefer when it's warmer here,
107. 3:11but they they tolerate the winter.
108. 3:13>> Definitely.
109. 3:14>> You find stuff to do in the winter. You
110. 3:16like to go uh snowshoeing with probably
111. 3:18with your dad and stuff.
112. 3:19>> Yeah, I go snowshoeing. I really like
113. 3:21I'm me and my sister like make snow
114. 3:23forts. This is it's really fun and like
115. 3:25obviously we have a tradition of like
116. 3:26making snowmen and that kind of stuff.
117. 3:28>> Oh yeah, she has a little sister named
118. 3:30Farah who is seven, right?
119. 3:32>> Six. She's six though. Six years old.
120. 3:34>> I'll turn I will turn 13 in 4 months and
121. 3:37then she will turn seven in 5 months.
122. 3:40>> Your birthday is in August.
123. 3:41>> Yeah, August 23rd.
124. 3:42>> Yeah, so basically Samara's being very
125. 3:45like nice right now and and chill and
126. 3:47and stuff. She's trying to um you know,
127. 3:49speak in a nice way for you guys, but
128. 3:51sometimes Samara, when she gets um, you
129. 3:54know, excited about something, she talks
130. 3:55really fast, super fast. And I told her
131. 3:57that my my students, they they really
132. 4:00like to be challenged with real English.
133. 4:03So, I told her, "Just be normal. Talk as
134. 4:05fast as you want." But you can let let
135. 4:07me know in the comments how you what you
136. 4:09think about Samara's English, if you
137. 4:11think that it's easy to understand her
138. 4:12or it's difficult because, yeah, people
139. 4:14always say that they understand me, but
140. 4:16I want to bring on guests on the show to
141. 4:19see how easy or difficult it is to
142. 4:21understand them. So, I'm going to pass
143. 4:23you the mic and you can hold it, and I
144. 4:24want you to just tell me a little bit
145. 4:27about about you, about your your life
146. 4:29here here on this this farm, and what
147. 4:32you like to do, and and what are the
148. 4:33things, you know, what do you do in a
149. 4:35typical day here?
150. 4:36>> Um, I definitely really like it here. We
151. 4:39have a lot of animals, so a typical day
152. 4:41is definitely taking care of them. I go
153. 4:44out and I feed the farm animals with my
154. 4:45mom. I feed the cats, and then I have to
155. 4:48hold my parrot a lot because parrots
156. 4:50need a lot of attention. So,
157. 4:53um,
158. 4:53>> Your your parrot?
159. 4:54>> Yeah, my parrot. Her name's Kiwi. And I
160. 4:57She definitely needs a lot of attention.
161. 4:59I like to hang out with the cats. So,
162. 5:01lots to do with animals. And then, I
163. 5:04also am a gymnast, so I do gymnastics
164. 5:08here, which is really fun. I kind of
165. 5:10have like my whole little routine. Um,
166. 5:12yeah, and I I also really like doing
167. 5:14art. I'm actually just about to get into
168. 5:16a paint project, so that's going to be
169. 5:17fun.
170. 5:18>> You like uh gymnastics a lot. You're
171. 5:20very passionate about that. And um
172. 5:22painting, also. And being with your
173. 5:25animals. How many animals do you have
174. 5:26here?
175. 5:27>> I think we have 46 or 47, which I cannot
176. 5:30believe how little we have. I cannot
177. 5:31remember the last time that we were in
178. 5:33the 70s.
179. 5:34>> And the number's so high because you
180. 5:35have a lot of chickens, right?
181. 5:36>> Yes, we have 29 chickens, but we are
182. 5:39hatching chicks. We have five eggs, so
183. 5:41fingers crossed some hatch. Um, they
184. 5:43should hatch in like 2 days, so I'm
185. 5:45really excited.
186. 5:46>> Nice. Yeah, she she loves the chickens.
187. 5:48They all have names and they're they're
188. 5:50all very unique because they're all
189. 5:52different kinds of chickens, right? They
190. 5:54have different appearances.
191. 5:55>> Yes, we have Yeah, they're mostly
192. 5:57different kinds. We have like a few of
193. 5:59the same breed, but then with also like
194. 6:01hatching chicks, we have like some mixed
195. 6:03breeds. And yeah, they're really cute
196. 6:04and they all have their different
197. 6:05personalities. Chickens are not just
198. 6:06like A lot of people think chickens are
199. 6:08pretty like dumb, but they're actually
200. 6:11they can be pretty intelligent and I
201. 6:12love their little personalities.
202. 6:14>> Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Do you
203. 6:16think that they they have a bond with
204. 6:19you? Like they they
205. 6:21feel something toward you?
206. 6:22>> Um I would say some do. Some are a
207. 6:25little bit more leave me alone. I I
208. 6:27think they definitely like us when we
209. 6:29give them food. That's like They're
210. 6:31like, "Yeah, we love you when you have
211. 6:33food for us." But some definitely are
212. 6:35friendly and very affectionate.
213. 6:36>> Some you you pet and you you hold them
214. 6:39and you touch them.
215. 6:40>> Yes, we have definitely a few who enjoy
216. 6:42being pet and are very chill with being
217. 6:44picked up. And then we have some that
218. 6:45are total spazzes and just want to like
219. 6:49be like, "Feed me, but leave me alone,
220. 6:51please."
221. 6:52>> How would you describe What does a spaz
222. 6:54a total spaz mean for someone who
223. 6:55doesn't know English?
224. 6:57>> Um it means like they kind of like are
225. 7:00skittish or like nervous, a little bit
226. 7:02like crazy. Like they like to kind of
227. 7:04like run away from us and be like,
228. 7:06"Leave me alone."
229. 7:07>> [laughter]
230. 7:08>> They go crazy if you try to pick them
231. 7:10up. Some some of them, maybe.
232. 7:11>> Yeah.
233. 7:12>> And you also have a
234. 7:13some goats and a pig.
235. 7:15>> Yes, I have six goats and I have a pig
236. 7:19and I love them so much. The pig is
237. 7:21Pookie and then I have the six goats and
238. 7:24I love all the goats so much.
239. 7:26>> The The pig's name is Pookie, by the
240. 7:28way, in case you didn't understand that.
241. 7:31You have a couple dogs and three cats
242. 7:34and yeah, I think that's a fish. I think
243. 7:37that's all the animals.
244. 7:37>> And I have two leopard geckos in my
245. 7:39room, Nick and Lisa.
246. 7:40>> Ah, Nick and Lisa, the geckos.
247. 7:42>> Yes.
248. 7:43>> In her room, okay.
249. 7:44>> They're like
250. 7:45>> I I forgot about the geckos.
251. 7:46>> Yeah, they're like I think they're like
252. 7:47eight. They're pretty old now. I named
253. 7:48them when I was really tiny. So, they
254. 7:50have classic names. However, Nick may be
255. 7:52a Nicole. We don't know.
256. 7:53>> Uh oh, you don't know the gender?
257. 7:55>> Yeah, we know we know Lisa's a girl, but
258. 7:56we don't know about Nick.
259. 7:57>> Mhm, okay. Interesting. Uh what do they
260. 8:00do all day? Do they just chill out?
261. 8:02>> Nick, he is kind of lazy. He's on the
262. 8:04chubby side. He just like likes to lay
263. 8:06around and when it comes dinner time, he
264. 8:08eats basically all the worms before Lisa
265. 8:11can have any. But, Lisa likes
266. 8:13>> he's fat.
267. 8:13>> Yes. They definitely leopard geckos like
268. 8:16chilling, but Lisa definitely likes to
269. 8:18walk around the tank a little bit more
270. 8:20and like adventure more than he does.
271. 8:22>> Nice. Something interesting about you
272. 8:24also is that you do homeschooling or
273. 8:27you've been doing homeschooling up until
274. 8:29now and you are you're just completing
275. 8:31now the end of the school year like the
276. 8:33sixth grade, right? So, next year your
277. 8:37plan is to do what?
278. 8:38>> My plan is to go to school in the
279. 8:40seventh grade and I'm kind of nervous
280. 8:42about it, but I'm also really excited.
281. 8:44>> So, she's going to go to an actual
282. 8:46school, not not being homeschooled and
283. 8:48she's you're going to like a small
284. 8:50private school, right?
285. 8:51>> Yes, it is a very small private school.
286. 8:55And there's I think there's only like a
287. 8:55hundred a hundred twenty to like a
288. 8:57hundred sixty students. Pretty small
289. 8:59like ten to fifteen students in each
290. 9:01class, but I'm really happy cuz my best
291. 9:04friend and little sister go there. So,
292. 9:05it's going to be awesome.
293. 9:06>> And and what was your reasoning for why
294. 9:09you wanted to go there besides your
295. 9:10friend and your sister?
296. 9:11>> Um well, I'm thinking that once you go
297. 9:14to school, you can't try it. So, I think
298. 9:16cuz I've never gone to school and I've
299. 9:17always been homeschooled and I love
300. 9:19homeschool so much, but I'd love to try
301. 9:21going to school and see if I like it and
302. 9:23I'd love to have like a bigger friend
303. 9:25group, definitely.
304. 9:26>> So, for the experience to try it cuz you
305. 9:28can't go back and try it if you miss
306. 9:30your chance and to maybe make more
307. 9:33friends.
308. 9:33>> Yeah, definitely.
309. 9:34>> But, right now you have um have your
310. 9:37best friend um Autumn, her name is,
311. 9:39right? And you have your sister. Do you
312. 9:41have any other friends that you hang out
313. 9:42with or is that mostly it?
314. 9:43>> Autumn is my best friend and she lives
315. 9:45close, so she's the one I hang out with
316. 9:47mostly. But I do have another best
317. 9:49friend who lives she sadly moved away,
318. 9:51her name's Annika.
319. 9:53Um but we still see each other every
320. 9:55once in a while, which is really nice.
321. 9:57But yeah, Autumn's definitely my main
322. 9:58best friend.
323. 9:59>> All right, nice. Yeah, I think it's
324. 10:01good. The social situations at school
325. 10:03because I went through all of the years
326. 10:05of public school. Um sometimes it can be
327. 10:07really great, sometimes it can be not so
328. 10:09great depending on, you know. But I went
329. 10:11to a public school with, you know, a
330. 10:12huge amount of students and I think that
331. 10:15a smaller private school, I don't know
332. 10:18if it has to do with it being private,
333. 10:19but just a smaller school with less
334. 10:21people, I feel like it's going to be
335. 10:23better for for making friends because
336. 10:26because it's smaller, so nobody gets
337. 10:28left out, like nobody gets forgotten
338. 10:30about and everybody like knows each
339. 10:32other very well and stuff. So I think
340. 10:34it's a good idea. What do you think?
341. 10:36>> Yeah, I definitely think that. There's
342. 10:37only like I walked around and got I got
343. 10:39to see the sixth grade classroom and I
344. 10:41saw everyone in it and it's a very small
345. 10:43classroom. There's only like I think it
346. 10:45was like ten-ish people in it. So it's I
347. 10:47think it's going to be easier,
348. 10:49definitely to like, you know, what you
349. 10:50said.
350. 10:51>> She said ten-ish. We say ish, it's like
351. 10:54about ten.
352. 10:54>> About ten.
353. 10:56Could be eleven, could be nine,
354. 10:57somewhere around there. You kind of just
355. 10:59round up to the closest number.
356. 11:00>> Sometimes we add ish to say like about
357. 11:03that, you know. Like, oh, this is this
358. 11:05is like grayish color, this thing. It's
359. 11:08a grayish, like kind of gray.
360. 11:10>> Yeah.
361. 11:12>> All right. And so if you if you like it
362. 11:14there and you want to stay, could you
363. 11:16could you see yourself I mean, it's hard
364. 11:18to know how you're going to feel, you
365. 11:19know, in the future, but could you see
366. 11:21yourself um staying there, you know, up
367. 11:23through until you graduate high school
368. 11:25or or what do you think?
369. 11:27>> I definitely can. I think I'm going to
370. 11:28see how this school year or like my the
371. 11:30seventh grade goes because my mom has
372. 11:32said I want you to at least try out this
373. 11:34year. And then I'll see if I love it,
374. 11:36I'll keep doing it. And if it's like,
375. 11:38you know what, this is really like not
376. 11:40for me, I'll go back to home school. But
377. 11:42I'm really hoping it works out and I can
378. 11:44get to go to there for longer.
379. 11:45>> Nice. How far away is the school? Is
380. 11:48your Is your mom going to drive you in
381. 11:49the morning?
382. 11:50>> Uh yes, my mom and my dad will drive me
383. 11:52depending on who I am with. It's like
384. 11:5520-25 minutes away from my dad and it's
385. 11:58like 30-35 minutes away from my mom. So,
386. 12:00relatively close.
387. 12:01>> Oh yes, we forgot to mention her her
388. 12:03parents are separated like mine are.
389. 12:05We're at her mom's house right now. And
390. 12:07but her dad lives somewhere else, like
391. 12:0930-30 minutes away?
392. 12:10>> Uh I think about like 40-45-ish, but
393. 12:12yeah, pretty close.
394. 12:13>> Okay. Uh her mom is remarried to um I'll
395. 12:17let you say.
396. 12:18>> Daniel. I love him so much. He is the
397. 12:20best bonus dad ever.
398. 12:22>> Uh bonus dad.
399. 12:24And he's been in your life since you
400. 12:25were very little, right?
401. 12:26>> Yeah, he's been in my life since I was
402. 12:28like uh three, maybe about to turn four,
403. 12:31right around there. So yeah, and he was
404. 12:33just I immediately loved him so much.
405. 12:36He's just the nicest guy.
406. 12:37>> Yeah, Daniel's pretty great.
407. 12:39>> He is, definitely. And he's the only one
408. 12:41who He's the one getting me my
409. 12:43squishies. I have a squishy obsession.
410. 12:44My mom's like, no. And he's like, yeah,
411. 12:46I'll get you squishies.
412. 12:47>> Yeah, Daniel likes to spoil everyone.
413. 12:50>> Definitely, yeah. He likes to spoil my
414. 12:51little sister, too.
415. 12:53>> And for those who don't know, um can you
416. 12:55describe what the squishy is?
417. 12:57>> Uh squishies, there are several
418. 12:59different kinds. It's like a toy and
419. 13:01it's really fun to squish. They have
420. 13:03like really nice textures, like slime,
421. 13:07like they may have like slime in them or
422. 13:10just really different fun textures. They
423. 13:12may have like glitter or beads in them
424. 13:13and I really love them and they're so
425. 13:15cute and I love squishing them and I'm
426. 13:16having a little collection now.
427. 13:17>> Are they all like dumplings or they
428. 13:19different things?
429. 13:20>> Um I have six squishy dumplings. They're
430. 13:23very viral right now. But um
431. 13:26the others, I have 12 and the other six
432. 13:29are different. They can really be like
433. 13:31they're probably every shape in the
434. 13:33world. Some are just like a square or
435. 13:36like a cube, while others are actual
436. 13:38things like butter or cheeses. I love my
437. 13:40cheese. I love my cheese.
438. 13:41>> Okay, so they can be different things,
439. 13:43but the dumplings are popular.
440. 13:44>> Yeah, the dumplings are probably my
441. 13:45favorite.
442. 13:46>> Okay. So, if you didn't understand um,
443. 13:48to squish is like to do this to
444. 13:50something. It's like a specific kind of
445. 13:52texture thing where you can go like this
446. 13:54and she has some I wouldn't just say
447. 13:57that they're like stuffed animals.
448. 13:58They're they're not like stuffed.
449. 14:00They're just like
450. 14:01>> rubbery.
451. 14:01>> Yeah, they're like rubbery little
452. 14:03creatures that are full of something
453. 14:06that you can squish.
454. 14:07>> Yeah, the dumplings are full of water
455. 14:09and they have like
456. 14:11like well, some are full of water and
457. 14:13have glitter in them and then others
458. 14:15kind of have this stuff kind of a whip
459. 14:17creamy texture in it and it's I really
460. 14:19like that one. So, yeah, they can
461. 14:21definitely have a lot of different
462. 14:22textures in it and they're really fun to
463. 14:23squish.
464. 14:24>> Okay. They they feel like fun to to play
465. 14:27with. It's a it's like a texture thing.
466. 14:29Yeah. All right, nice. Well, I'm going
467. 14:32to take a look at my list here of some
468. 14:35random questions to ask Samara. We are
469. 14:37filming outside. It's pretty warm and my
470. 14:39camera tends to overheat. So, it might
471. 14:42just randomly shut off at at some point.
472. 14:44So, if that happens, it's okay. We'll
473. 14:46just cut it there. We'll just end the
474. 14:48video there. So, if the video ends
475. 14:50abruptly, that's what happened. But,
476. 14:51yeah, so I'm just going to ask you
477. 14:52questions until maybe it dies or maybe
478. 14:55just a few questions until we get tired
479. 14:56and yeah. So, I'll ask you a question
480. 14:58and then you can you can take the mic
481. 14:59and you can answer as long as you want.
482. 15:01Okay, what's what's a movie or show you
483. 15:04can watch over and over?
484. 15:06>> Oh, okay. Um, there's this show series
485. 15:09and it's called Gymnastic Academy and I
486. 15:12love it so much. I've probably watched
487. 15:14it like eight times over and over again.
488. 15:16Like I said, I'm a gymnast and it's all
489. 15:18about gymnastics. So, I really love that
490. 15:21and it's it's really fun cuz it's like
491. 15:23teenagers around my age. So, that's when
492. 15:26I can just like watch over and over
493. 15:27again, and I love it so much. It's like
494. 15:29one of my favorite shows.
495. 15:30>> That's cool. It's like they're like
496. 15:32competing or something?
497. 15:34>> Um it's this The main character is named
498. 15:37Kyra Berry, and she goes from the US to
499. 15:39Australia for a 3-month 3-month like
500. 15:44training process to try to get a
501. 15:45scholarship at the gymnastics academy
502. 15:47for 3 years.
503. 15:48>> But is it like real real life or reality
504. 15:51show, or is it like fiction?
505. 15:52>> Um it is not cartoon. It is uh like real
506. 15:56reality kind of thing, but it is I think
507. 15:59it's based off a true story, but it's
508. 16:01not actually like a true story.
509. 16:03>> Okay, I see. So, it it it's like a
510. 16:05movie, maybe like a there's a script,
511. 16:08but it's based off a true story.
512. 16:10>> Yeah, it's a script because there was
513. 16:12one before it. It's called gymna- It's
514. 16:14like a It's the same thing, but it's
515. 16:16just called Second Chance instead, and
516. 16:18that one was based off a true story. I'm
517. 16:20not sure if Gymnastic Academy is, but I
518. 16:22think it might be.
519. 16:23>> Do you recommend that people watch it?
520. 16:25Is it entertaining? Is it good?
521. 16:26>> Yes, I definitely recommend it. It's
522. 16:28probably more of a girl show, but I
523. 16:32think anyone who like wants to watch it,
524. 16:34definitely watch it cuz it's really
525. 16:36awesome, and I love it so much.
526. 16:37>> All right, and it inspires you to do
527. 16:39gymnastics?
528. 16:40>> Uh actually, the whole reason I got into
529. 16:41gymnastics was actually completely
530. 16:44because of that show. I had had no
531. 16:46interest in gymnastics my entire life,
532. 16:49and then I watched that for the first
533. 16:51time like 6 months ago, and now I'm just
534. 16:54like got super into gymnas- gymnastics,
535. 16:56and like trained myself, and learned a
536. 16:57bunch about it.
537. 16:58>> Amazing. Yeah, before she started
538. 17:00gymnastics class, she she basically just
539. 17:03trained herself a lot. She taught
540. 17:05herself a lot of the a lot of things
541. 17:08based off like YouTube videos and just
542. 17:10practicing and stuff, right?
543. 17:11>> Yeah, like people telling me stuff,
544. 17:13YouTube videos, that show, definitely a
545. 17:15lot. I taught myself almost everything I
546. 17:17know, but gymnastics classes have
547. 17:19definitely helped me get correct posture
548. 17:21and that kind of stuff.
549. 17:22>> And you're only in the beginner class,
550. 17:24but like there's other levels you're
551. 17:26going to you're going to keep advancing.
552. 17:27>> Yes, there's beginner, advanced,
553. 17:29pre-team, and then you're actually on a
554. 17:31team. Um, yeah, and I'm really I'm
555. 17:34definitely really loving it.
556. 17:35>> And you told me that you're one of the
557. 17:36best ones in your beginner class.
558. 17:38>> I don't want to brag. I would I but I am
559. 17:41one of the better ones in the class,
560. 17:43which was really thanks to my training.
561. 17:46Um, because if I hadn't, I would have
562. 17:48been the worst one there. And then
563. 17:49because of the training, I came in being
564. 17:51one of the better ones. But there are
565. 17:53definitely people who are better than me
566. 17:55in the class.
567. 17:56>> And have you made friends with any of
568. 17:58them like to the point where you would
569. 18:00hang out outside of gymnastics or not
570. 18:02yet?
571. 18:02>> Um, there's Elan. I would have hung out
572. 18:06with her cuz we were like we're best
573. 18:08friends in the class, but she went away.
574. 18:10She's going away to summer camp for 4
575. 18:11months. So that kind of ended that, but
576. 18:14she's coming back. Or she said she is. I
577. 18:15hope she will.
578. 18:16>> Nice. Cool. Is there something like some
579. 18:19other hobby or anything that you you've
580. 18:22you would like to try or you're
581. 18:23interested in but you haven't done it
582. 18:25yet?
583. 18:25>> I don't know if there is another hobby
584. 18:28that I haven't tried that I'd like to
585. 18:30do. My other hobbies are like I do
586. 18:32soccer. I love soccer, but I've done
587. 18:35that. And then like yeah, most of my
588. 18:37hobbies I think I've already done that
589. 18:39I'm interested in doing.
590. 18:40>> All right, nice. And anything else like
591. 18:42in life in general doesn't have to be
592. 18:44like a like a hobby or something. It
593. 18:45could be like, oh, I you know, I would
594. 18:48like to see New York City or what like
595. 18:50anything that you would like to do. I
596. 18:51would like to learn how to bake a pie. I
597. 18:54don't know. Anything that you would like
598. 18:56to do at some point in the future.
599. 18:58>> Baking is one of my hobbies. I love
600. 18:59baking. So I'd become a better baker.
601. 19:02But then a lot of the things that I
602. 19:03would like to learn how to do have to do
603. 19:04with gymnastics. Like I am so close on a
604. 19:07back walkover or like a front walkover
605. 19:09or front handspring, and I'd just love
606. 19:11to learn how to do those. That'd be
607. 19:12really awesome.
608. 19:13>> I love it. And she sends me videos, you
609. 19:15know, because most of the time I'm not
610. 19:17here. Right now I'm I'm visiting, but um
611. 19:19most of the time I'm I'm out of the
612. 19:21country, and um Samara texts me. She
613. 19:24sends me videos of her at her uh
614. 19:26gymnastics classes and and doing the
615. 19:28different things. And yeah, it's very
616. 19:30entertaining for me. I love it. I love
617. 19:32getting the videos.
618. 19:33>> I'm glad. Yeah, I sent you I remember I
619. 19:34sent you I was like, "Yeah, I got my
620. 19:35pullover on the bar." Cuz I was so
621. 19:37happy. Yeah, it's it's it's awesome.
622. 19:40>> It's my favorite reality show. I watch.
623. 19:42>> I'm so glad.
624. 19:43>> All right. What quality do you most
625. 19:45value in a friend?
626. 19:47>> I in a friend value probably kindness. I
627. 19:51definitely love like that's something I
628. 19:53look for in a person, but I really like
629. 19:56one of the best qualities is if they're
630. 19:57funny. I love funny friends, but funny
631. 20:01in a kind way. But I love when you get
632. 20:02comfortable enough with them where you
633. 20:04can make jokes that are like really
634. 20:08funny. But yeah, kindness, funniness,
635. 20:10creativity. Like I like creative
636. 20:13friends, and my friend Autumn definitely
637. 20:15is. We like the same stuff. We both love
638. 20:17swimming, and we always come up with all
639. 20:19these very creative fun games that we
640. 20:21do, and we're always like laughing
641. 20:23so hard.
642. 20:23>> You think Autumn has these these traits
643. 20:25that you value in a friend?
644. 20:27>> Yes, I would definitely say she is
645. 20:28funny, kind, and creative. And she is
646. 20:30also strong and smart, and she's
647. 20:32amazing.
648. 20:33>> Aw, that's so cute. I wish I had a best
649. 20:35friend like that.
650. 20:36>> [laughter]
651. 20:37>> I don't have one. Well, it's partially
652. 20:39my fault because I always travel around
653. 20:41so much. I never stay anywhere to to
654. 20:43make friends. Next one is who has
655. 20:46influenced you the most in life?
656. 20:48>> Well, um so many people. So many people.
657. 20:51Uh I'd have to say my parents. Um like
658. 20:54my mom, my dad, Daniel, um
659. 20:58Kelly, definitely. They have all
660. 21:01>> Kelly is uh your dad's partner.
661. 21:03>> Yes, Kelly's my dad's partner. They
662. 21:04definitely have all in
663. 21:07me so much and then like coming back to
664. 21:10gymnastics like Simone Biles. She's like
665. 21:13such a great gymnast and she's
666. 21:14definitely inspired me to be a better
667. 21:16gymnast.
668. 21:17>> Simone Biles is cool.
669. 21:18>> Yeah, she's awesome. She's like won so
670. 21:19many Olympic medals.
671. 21:21>> Yeah, it's amazing. Yeah, gymnastics is
672. 21:23super cool. Also, it's it's very good
673. 21:25for us, I think, to to stretch, to be
674. 21:28flexible, um to to be mobile, move our
675. 21:31bodies. I think as we get older, as we
676. 21:33age, to be able to move our bodies still
677. 21:37like in those ways, I think it's very
678. 21:38good for our health. So, this is this is
679. 21:40a great thing for you to practice your
680. 21:42whole life, even if it's like not, you
681. 21:44know, not competitively, but even just
682. 21:45like by yourself at home. I mean, a lot
683. 21:47of adults they do yoga, which is like
684. 21:49has similar things. So, yeah, it's a
685. 21:51really cool hobby. I'm glad you like it.
686. 21:54>> Thank you.
687. 21:55>> All right, maybe we'll do one more
688. 21:56question and then we'll end it. All
689. 21:58right, uh unless there's anything else
690. 21:59you wanted to talk about or anything
691. 22:01that crossed your mind. All right, what
692. 22:04is Oh, this is a funny one. What's
693. 22:06something you believed as a kid or when
694. 22:09you were younger that turned out to be
695. 22:11totally wrong? If you can't think of
696. 22:13anything, don't worry about it.
697. 22:14>> Um let's see. Like for something, I
698. 22:19think when I was little, I believed in
699. 22:23like lying a lot, I guess. I was
700. 22:26definitely a fibber and now I like can't
701. 22:27even lie, but like I yeah, I liked to
702. 22:30sneak around a lot. I remember one time
703. 22:32there was a peanut butter cup, that's
704. 22:34really yummy candy um on the island and
705. 22:36I was like, "Oh, if I eat it, someone's
706. 22:38going to notice." So, I took a bite out
707. 22:39of it and then left it, which was like
708. 22:41way more noticeable and I was so sneaky.
709. 22:44I thought I was like so awesome and it
710. 22:45was like that was pretty obvious.
711. 22:47>> [laughter]
712. 22:47>> That's just one of my mischievous things
713. 22:49I do.
714. 22:51>> So, you used to tell some some fibs. A
715. 22:53fib is a a little lie, like a small lie,
716. 22:56white lie, we say. So, you used to be a
717. 22:58fibber. You used to lie a little bit.
718. 23:00>> Yeah, I used to do like harmless little
719. 23:02lies, but I thought it was like so
720. 23:03clever back then. Now now I literally
721. 23:05can't lie. It makes me feel sick.
722. 23:06>> Yeah. [laughter] Yeah, same. It's very
723. 23:07hard to lie. But yeah, a lot of little
724. 23:09kids they they don't realize that it
725. 23:12that the parents can obviously see that
726. 23:14it's a lie. They they think they'll get
727. 23:16away with it. So they they tell little
728. 23:18lies. It's funny.
729. 23:19>> Yeah.
730. 23:19>> It's cute.
731. 23:20>> Then when you get older, you also have
732. 23:22like the conscience that makes you feel
733. 23:24guilty when you lie. And when you're
734. 23:25little, you don't really have that.
735. 23:26>> It's good. You you develop the conscious
736. 23:29conscience to not lie. It's good. Cuz
737. 23:31some people don't ever develop that.
738. 23:32>> [laughter]
739. 23:33>> Some adults are out here lying.
740. 23:34>> [snorts]
741. 23:35>> Yeah, some people gets worse. Just
742. 23:36slowly the lies build.
743. 23:38>> They just get better at lying and it
744. 23:40gets crazy.
745. 23:41>> Yeah, I didn't rob the bank.
746. 23:42>> [laughter]
747. 23:44>> Exactly. So I'm glad that that's not
748. 23:46you. All right. Well, I said that was
749. 23:48the last question, but I want to do one
750. 23:49more. So
751. 23:50>> [laughter]
752. 23:50>> I'm fine with that.
753. 23:52>> What's a challenge you're proud to have
754. 23:54overcome?
755. 23:55>> There's definitely a few. One is that
756. 23:59when I was younger, I was very not okay
757. 24:03with being left alone at all. And I've
758. 24:05definitely overcome that where I'm okay
759. 24:07to be like, yeah, I'm fine if I leave
760. 24:08like left at home alone with Farah. Like
761. 24:10it's okay now. Another one definitely
762. 24:12with gymnastics. Getting better
763. 24:14gymnastics, I overcame a lot there.
764. 24:16Overcoming that when I was younger, I
765. 24:18struggled with reading a little bit.
766. 24:21Not like badly, but I'm the kind of
767. 24:23person that I have to want to do it. And
768. 24:26if I don't want to do it, I'm not going
769. 24:27to try to do it. And then it just like I
770. 24:30found a book that I loved and it took
771. 24:32off. And now I'm like like I read way
772. 24:35above my grade level. So yeah, it's
773. 24:37awesome.
774. 24:38>> Wow. So you went from not wanting to
775. 24:41read or having resistance to reading to
776. 24:43being like a better reader than than
777. 24:45normal for your for your age.
778. 24:47>> Yeah. Yeah, it was kind of kind of went
779. 24:49in steps where I wouldn't read and then
780. 24:51I was definitely not that good at
781. 24:52reading. And then I was kind of like
782. 24:54average and then I just there I found
783. 24:57came across some books like Wings of
784. 25:00Fire. I love the dragon books. And then
785. 25:02like Keep It Together, Keko Carter, Just
786. 25:04Be Cool, Jessica Kai. And those are long
787. 25:06chapter books, and I just fell in love
788. 25:08with them, and now I just like read all
789. 25:10the time like ninth grade level. So
790. 25:12>> Wow, that's awesome. It's amazing. And I
791. 25:14know well, when I was here in past
792. 25:17years, you were always listening to the
793. 25:18audio books. You always liked that. You
794. 25:20always liked I think you always liked
795. 25:22books, but you would spend more time
796. 25:23maybe listening to them. Maybe now you
797. 25:25read more of them. And you also always
798. 25:27liked writing. You like to write your
799. 25:29own stories, right?
800. 25:30>> Yes, I love the audio books, and I my
801. 25:33dream job, um which I hope will become
802. 25:35true, is I want to be an author, 100%. I
803. 25:38like language arts is my favorite
804. 25:39subject in school. I love writing so
805. 25:42much. I'm currently working on two
806. 25:44books. One somebody said, "Hey, I want
807. 25:46you to try to make a story out of this."
808. 25:48It's called Gnome's Adventure. And then
809. 25:50the other, I am like 70 pages in. I'm
810. 25:53writing it by hand. And I just came up
811. 25:55with this. Uh it's about a girl called
812. 25:57Paisley like managing middle school kind
813. 25:59of. And I just I love writing. I don't
814. 26:01know what it is about it, but I love it
815. 26:03so much.
816. 26:04>> Wow, amazing. I love it. I'm excited to
817. 26:06read your book someday.
818. 26:07>> Yes.
819. 26:08>> I I will buy your books as soon as
820. 26:09they're published. Well, even before
821. 26:11they're published, I'll buy them.
822. 26:12I'll [laughter] read them.
823. 26:13>> Yes, it'll be you'll you'll have the
824. 26:14privilege of being one of the first ones
825. 26:16before they're even published.
826. 26:17>> Yeah, before anyone knows or before she
827. 26:19becomes famous, a famous author, I will
828. 26:21read her books.
829. 26:22>> [laughter]
830. 26:23>> That's awesome. My mom was like that she
831. 26:25always wanted to write books, but but
832. 26:27she Well, she wrote one. She had one,
833. 26:29but um I think she wanted to do more,
834. 26:31but but yeah, I think you got the you
835. 26:33got that spark. You got that fire, and
836. 26:35you should definitely do it.
837. 26:36>> Yeah, thank you. Everyone always says
838. 26:38like you have that talent that you can
839. 26:40really bring it to life, and I can
840. 26:41picture it perfectly. And I hope that's
841. 26:43really true because yeah, like I said it
842. 26:45is. I love writing. I definitely want to
843. 26:47make more books. Um the one I'm working
844. 26:49on right now with Paisley, um I'm it's
845. 26:51going to be a series of three. I'm only
846. 26:53on the first book right now and I'm
847. 26:55really happy. It's going to be like it's
848. 26:57going to be called BFFs and the first
849. 26:58one's going to be like starting middle
850. 27:00school and the second one's going to be
851. 27:01managing middle school and then the last
852. 27:03one's going to be pro at middle school.
853. 27:05So.
854. 27:05>> You You big plans. You already got it
855. 27:07all planned out. Amazing.
856. 27:08>> Yes. Yeah, I definitely have the names
857. 27:10planned out. I plan a lot but I'm one of
858. 27:12the um, kind of authors that more of I
859. 27:15have an overall vision of where I want
860. 27:17the books to go but I more write in the
861. 27:19moment. plan things out like as much as
862. 27:22some authors would.
863. 27:22>> You see where it goes. Yeah.
864. 27:24>> Yeah.
865. 27:24>> Nice. That's That's amazing. You have a
866. 27:26You have a vision and I'm here for it. I
867. 27:28love it.
868. 27:29>> [laughter]
869. 27:30>> Awesome. Well, um, hopefully one day
870. 27:32I'll be able to announce on this channel
871. 27:33that uh, she has a book available to
872. 27:35read and you guys can read it and um,
873. 27:37practice your English English reading.
874. 27:39So, that's it. I I think we'll end it
875. 27:41there. Thank you, Samara, for for coming
876. 27:43on the show.
877. 27:44>> Thank you for inviting me. Thank you so
878. 27:45much.
879. 27:46>> I didn't put the mic
880. 27:47>> It's okay.
881. 27:47>> [laughter]
882. 27:47>> Thank you for the
883. 27:48>> What was she saying? I just She didn't
884. 27:49put the mic.
885. 27:50>> Thank you for inviting me so much. It
886. 27:51was such an honor. Thank you.
887. 27:53>> Aw. Isn't she great? Can you believe
888. 27:55she's She's 12 years old? Well, she's
889. 27:57going to be 13 in August. Yeah, she's
890. 27:59she's so grown up. I can't believe it
891. 28:01cuz last time I was here, you know, she
892. 28:02was like a couple years younger, few
893. 28:04years younger and so I'm a I'm amazed
894. 28:06every time I come here to see the the
895. 28:09the growth. Um, so yeah. So, we're going
896. 28:11to go. I'm going to let Samara go and
897. 28:13get back to her life and thank you for
898. 28:15being here. Tell Tell me in the comments
899. 28:17what you thought about her her English
900. 28:19like how easy or difficult it was for
901. 28:21you. I think it was pretty good. Samara
902. 28:23has like I would say she has a standard
903. 28:26American English accent which I think
904. 28:29that I have too. A lot of young people,
905. 28:31younger generations, they have this
906. 28:33accent. Our Our grandparents have like a
907. 28:35more like traditional Maine accent but
908. 28:39the younger generations I think don't
909. 28:40really have it so much anymore so
910. 28:42strongly.
911. 28:43>> Yeah, definitely.
912. 28:44>> Yeah, I'd say I I think of myself having
913. 28:45an accent cuz this is how everyone
914. 28:47talks, but obviously from someone who
915. 28:48speaks another language, probably sound
916. 28:50like an accent. But like I definitely
917. 28:51think of my grandma having an accent,
918. 28:53very minor accent.
919. 28:54>> Yeah, we a lot of the young people we
920. 28:57what we have is the I call it the
921. 28:59standard American English accent, you
922. 29:01know, it's the accent you hear when you
923. 29:02turn on the TV and it's, you know, what
924. 29:04what most people have like younger
925. 29:06people and what they have on the news.
926. 29:09But yeah, a lot of our a lot of our
927. 29:10older generations, our grandparents and
928. 29:12stuff that you know, have spent their
929. 29:14whole life in the state and they they
930. 29:16are from a a different time before the
931. 29:18internet and before you know, certain
932. 29:20things in the modern world. They they
933. 29:23have a more