Item
Nate LeMonnier Oral History, 2021/10/05
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Title (Dublin Core)
Nate LeMonnier Oral History, 2021/10/05
Description (Dublin Core)
It was fun to ask my son about his experience during the pandemic. He handled the whole thing really well which comes across in the interview.
I've transcribed the text in the attached Word doc.
I've transcribed the text in the attached Word doc.
A mother asks her son questions about his experience living through the pandemic as a high schooler in relation to school, friends, physical and mental health.
Recording Date (Dublin Core)
October 5, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Marci LeMonnier
Nate LeMonnier
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Audio
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--K12
English
Online Learning
English
Home & Family Life
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
high school
sophomore
junior
easy
Canvas
son
friend
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
high school
student
Collection (Dublin Core)
K-12
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/05/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
10/09/2021
10/14/2021
05/08/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
10/05/2021
Interviewer (Bibliographic Ontology)
Marci LeMonnier
Interviewee (Bibliographic Ontology)
Nate LeMonnier
Location (Omeka Classic)
84604
Provo
Utah
United States of America
Format (Dublin Core)
Audio
Coverage (Dublin Core)
2020
Language (Dublin Core)
English
Duration (Omeka Classic)
00:03:19
abstract (Bibliographic Ontology)
Marci LeMonnier interviews her son about his COVID-19 experience.
Annotation (Omeka Classic)
0 ML: Introduces self. NL: Gives consent and age. ML: Going back to March of 2020, how did you feel when you were told things were going online? NL: Was excited, but then wasn't. No friends, no school. ML: How did you do school? NL: Online, through canvas.
1 ML: What adjustments did you have to make? NL: Didn't hang out with friends, just family. ML: How did you feel about classes online? NL: It was easy, learned more if not same amount via online school. Didn't like that shop classes couldn't be done online. ML: How would you say covid affected 10th and 11th grade years? NL: Different, made 10th and 11th grade easier.
2 ML: What about hardships you experienced? NL Couldn't talk to friends. ML: What about joys? NL: Could hang out with friends in 11th grade. ML: How did you take care of health? NL: Worked out a lot, mental health didn't get affected. ML: Turning point in pandemic for you? NL: No.
3 ML: Able to get vaccine? NL: yes, easy. didn't hurt, didn't get sick.
1 ML: What adjustments did you have to make? NL: Didn't hang out with friends, just family. ML: How did you feel about classes online? NL: It was easy, learned more if not same amount via online school. Didn't like that shop classes couldn't be done online. ML: How would you say covid affected 10th and 11th grade years? NL: Different, made 10th and 11th grade easier.
2 ML: What about hardships you experienced? NL Couldn't talk to friends. ML: What about joys? NL: Could hang out with friends in 11th grade. ML: How did you take care of health? NL: Worked out a lot, mental health didn't get affected. ML: Turning point in pandemic for you? NL: No.
3 ML: Able to get vaccine? NL: yes, easy. didn't hurt, didn't get sick.
Transcription (Omeka Classic)
Marci LeMonnier 00:01
So this is Marci LeMonnier and I am interviewing my son Nate LeMonnier. UM Nate, for the record, can you state your name and your age and that you give consent to being recorded?
Nate LeMonnier 00:13
I'm Nate LeMonnier. I'm 17 years old and I give consent to be recorded.
Marci LeMonnier 00:18
OK, so going back to March of 2020 you were in 10th grade. How did you feel when you were informed that the remainder of the semester would be online?
Nate LeMonnier 00:29
Excited mostly for just be able to hang out with my friends, which I assumed it was gonna be like summer, but it wasn't summer.
Marci LeMonnier 00:38
What was it like instead?
Nate LeMonnier 00:40
We had to stay at our house all day and we couldn't do anything. There wasn't any school but there wasn’t any friends either.
Marci LeMonnier 00:47
How did you do school?
Nate LeMonnier 00:49
Online through canvas.
Marci LeMonnier 00:52
K. So what kind of adjustments did you have to make in your social life, your family life?
Nate LeMonnier 01:00
My social life. I didn't hang out with my friends anymore 'cause I couldn't and my family life, I hung out with my family way more because they're the only people I could hang out with.
Marci LeMonnier 01:11
OK, how did you feel about your classes being online? What was good and what was not so good?
Nate LeMonnier 01:17
I thought it was really easy and I learned a lot more than I did in school. Well, if not more the same amount, but it was definitely easier to do my homework and to do the lessons. Something that I didn't like was that I couldn't do my shop classes like welding cause it was all online.
Marci LeMonnier 01:34
Right. So how would you say that COVID affected your 10th and 11th grade years?
Nate LeMonnier 01:40
I would say that COVID made like 10th grade and my 11th grade years different. Definitely made my 10th grade easier and my 11th grade easier as well. For some of it.
Marci LeMonnier 01:56
What about the hardships that you experienced?
Nate LeMonnier 01:59
I will not be able to hang out with friends was definitely something that's hard for like a year, I couldn't talk to my friends outside of school and 11th grade was really easy in most aspects 'cause I could just hang out with my friends like normal. But school was just easier.
Marci LeMonnier 02:15
And then what about the joys?
Nate LeMonnier 02:18
Well, definitely friends in 11th grade because school was much shorter and I had way more time to do everything and hang out friends which I really liked.
Marci LeMonnier 02:28
And how do you think you took care of your health? Both your mental and your physical during the pandemic.
Nate LeMonnier 02:34
I worked out a lot more in the pandemic then I do normally because they just had so much time. And my mental health never really took any damage. It stayed pretty well the whole time.
Marci LeMonnier 02:45
K was there a turning point in the pandemic for you?
Nate LeMonnier 02:50
Uh, no, not really. It always felt like it was normal and there's never really felt new or like it was unhandable.
Marci LeMonnier 03:00
What about the vaccine?
Nate LeMonnier 03:01
That was easy too.
Marci LeMonnier 03:02
Were you able to get the vaccine…
Nate LeMonnier 03:03
Yes
Marci LeMonnier 03:04
and how did you feel about it?
Nate LeMonnier 03:05
It was easy. And it didn't hurt me at all. And my arm felt fine. I didn't get sick.
Marci LeMonnier 03:11
OK, do you have anything else you want to add about the pandemic?
Nate LeMonnier 03:15
Not really.
Marci LeMonnier 03:17
K thanks.
Nate LeMonnier 03:18
Mmmhmmm.
So this is Marci LeMonnier and I am interviewing my son Nate LeMonnier. UM Nate, for the record, can you state your name and your age and that you give consent to being recorded?
Nate LeMonnier 00:13
I'm Nate LeMonnier. I'm 17 years old and I give consent to be recorded.
Marci LeMonnier 00:18
OK, so going back to March of 2020 you were in 10th grade. How did you feel when you were informed that the remainder of the semester would be online?
Nate LeMonnier 00:29
Excited mostly for just be able to hang out with my friends, which I assumed it was gonna be like summer, but it wasn't summer.
Marci LeMonnier 00:38
What was it like instead?
Nate LeMonnier 00:40
We had to stay at our house all day and we couldn't do anything. There wasn't any school but there wasn’t any friends either.
Marci LeMonnier 00:47
How did you do school?
Nate LeMonnier 00:49
Online through canvas.
Marci LeMonnier 00:52
K. So what kind of adjustments did you have to make in your social life, your family life?
Nate LeMonnier 01:00
My social life. I didn't hang out with my friends anymore 'cause I couldn't and my family life, I hung out with my family way more because they're the only people I could hang out with.
Marci LeMonnier 01:11
OK, how did you feel about your classes being online? What was good and what was not so good?
Nate LeMonnier 01:17
I thought it was really easy and I learned a lot more than I did in school. Well, if not more the same amount, but it was definitely easier to do my homework and to do the lessons. Something that I didn't like was that I couldn't do my shop classes like welding cause it was all online.
Marci LeMonnier 01:34
Right. So how would you say that COVID affected your 10th and 11th grade years?
Nate LeMonnier 01:40
I would say that COVID made like 10th grade and my 11th grade years different. Definitely made my 10th grade easier and my 11th grade easier as well. For some of it.
Marci LeMonnier 01:56
What about the hardships that you experienced?
Nate LeMonnier 01:59
I will not be able to hang out with friends was definitely something that's hard for like a year, I couldn't talk to my friends outside of school and 11th grade was really easy in most aspects 'cause I could just hang out with my friends like normal. But school was just easier.
Marci LeMonnier 02:15
And then what about the joys?
Nate LeMonnier 02:18
Well, definitely friends in 11th grade because school was much shorter and I had way more time to do everything and hang out friends which I really liked.
Marci LeMonnier 02:28
And how do you think you took care of your health? Both your mental and your physical during the pandemic.
Nate LeMonnier 02:34
I worked out a lot more in the pandemic then I do normally because they just had so much time. And my mental health never really took any damage. It stayed pretty well the whole time.
Marci LeMonnier 02:45
K was there a turning point in the pandemic for you?
Nate LeMonnier 02:50
Uh, no, not really. It always felt like it was normal and there's never really felt new or like it was unhandable.
Marci LeMonnier 03:00
What about the vaccine?
Nate LeMonnier 03:01
That was easy too.
Marci LeMonnier 03:02
Were you able to get the vaccine…
Nate LeMonnier 03:03
Yes
Marci LeMonnier 03:04
and how did you feel about it?
Nate LeMonnier 03:05
It was easy. And it didn't hurt me at all. And my arm felt fine. I didn't get sick.
Marci LeMonnier 03:11
OK, do you have anything else you want to add about the pandemic?
Nate LeMonnier 03:15
Not really.
Marci LeMonnier 03:17
K thanks.
Nate LeMonnier 03:18
Mmmhmmm.
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