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Speaker 1: And this woman, this liberal activist woman who presumably lives

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Speaker 1: our guest. Jack, Welcome to the program.

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Speaker 2: Howdy, missus Berry, thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 1: So did I hear you're a freshman?

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Speaker 2: No, sir, I am a junior at Shepard High School.

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Speaker 1: You're a junior, Okay. I was about to say, that's

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Speaker 2: So, you know, I got to give credit where credit

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Speaker 2: advocate or excuse me, inform, educate and teach them to

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Speaker 1: And so, had you started a club before, how did

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Speaker 2: No, sir, So this is my first club to like

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Speaker 1: And the teachers that did I'm trying to remember was

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Speaker 2: I don't know exactly what their positions were, but they

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Speaker 1: Of Course, they've got a lot of things going on

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Speaker 1: You know you're supposed to be nervous to be on

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Speaker 2: Jay, No, sir, I've got some pretty good parents that

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Speaker 1: The group that applied for the TPUSA chapter. There was

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Speaker 1: as our guest, Jack, what has been the reaction of

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Speaker 2: Honestly, there's been lots of reactions about it. I remember

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Speaker 1: You know, I think that's fair to say, you know,

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Speaker 2: I would agree. I think it's awakened someone inside of people.

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Speaker 2: So once we get officially recognized by the school, which

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Speaker 1: Jack. Have you thought about life after high school what

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Speaker 1: And in the course of your high school experience, is

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Speaker 1: Good for you, now, this case has drawn attention across

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir, so, there's about fourteen of us. I can

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Speaker 2: list them off. That's okay.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I want you to list them up, but I

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Speaker 1: want you to go real slow and use one word

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir. So. There's Charlie Dina. He's a great leader

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Speaker 2: is another great leader. He's younger stepping up. Same with

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Speaker 2: Duncan Kirk. The same goes for him as Zachary, both

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Speaker 2: younger stepping up being great leaders. There's Callan Kirk, Duncan's brother,

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Speaker 2: and he is a great leader as well. Make sure

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Speaker 2: Kit is very knowledge wise. He helps make sure that

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Speaker 2: we stay on the pask, just like Callan, and we

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Speaker 2: sure that we know what we're doing. They communicate with

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Speaker 2: helps with notes and communication. Then there is I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: Uh oh, Jack, did you do this from memory? Yes, sir, Wow,

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Speaker 1: that it's impressive. That is super cool. Son. That is uh,

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Speaker 1: a lot. I'm assuming you know about the event this

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Speaker 1: Wednesday evening.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if we're allowed to talk about that.

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Speaker 1: Yet, right, so, uh yeah, I have. I have put

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Speaker 1: and if it is, I will announce it. I know

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Speaker 1: you've got to get into class and go learn and lead.

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Speaker 1: And what an honor you give me faith, Jack Robertson,

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Speaker 1: and you keep the faith because you give me faith

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Speaker 1: time for us. Fantastic conversation, Arion, Thank you so much.

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