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AI: So what would a typical day be like then, a school day for you? You'd get up in the morning and...

AS: You know, go to school and take the classes. And after school we, some of us, we hang around and play baseball or basketball in the wintertime. And then go home, take the bus.

AI: What about during the summer? At a private school you still would have a summer vacation?

AS: Yeah, we still have summer vacation. And during those summer vacation I used to go and live with my grandparents because they were near the, near the ocean. And we'd go to the ocean and spend time there and meet my, my friends. So I was really dark in the summertime. [Laughs]

AI: Really tanned.

AS: Yeah, because of the salt water and the sun.

AI: It sounds like a lot of fun for a kid.

AS: Uh-huh. So we used to stay out there almost all day in the ocean.

AI: Well now, your, your dad, it sounds like he must have had a successful business because you had a comfortable home, car and chauffeur. Can you tell me about his business?

AS: Yeah, well, I can't remember. When I was real young, my parents had a coffee shop first, and then he went into the, importing textiles and making dress shirts for wholesale. So I used to, sometimes I used to help, not help, but go for a ride with him when he used to go deliver the shirts, And he used to, we used to go fishing on weekends. And I used to tag along with him.

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