Time transcripts of Caroline's_Narrative

[00:00:00:00]	Interviewer: OK, if you could please give your name 

[00:00:02:01]	and a brief introduction about yourself.

[00:00:04:01]	Caroline: OK, hi, my name is Caroline Keyes. 

[00:00:06:01]	I'm a freshman here at Ohio State.

[00:00:08:01]	I'm a political science and journalism double major,

[00:00:11:02]	and I'm in Pi Phi Sorority. 

[00:00:14:01]	Interviewer: OK, and how would you define literacy?

[00:00:17:02]	Caroline: I would define literacy as

[00:00:20:02]	obviously being able to read and write, not only in 

[00:00:24:02]	school and academics but also I think that true literacy is when you're 

[00:00:27:17]	able to pick up a book for enjoyment, for relaxation, for entertainment,

[00:00:32:03]	so basically being able to read for pleasure but also 

[00:00:36:03]	for school work. 

[00:00:38:03]	Interviewer: OK, and what is the earliest memory...

[00:00:41:03]	what is the earliest memory you have dealing with literacy as you defined it? 

[00:00:46:04]	Caroline: OK, well I know

[00:00:49:02]	that mom has told me that she read to 

[00:00:52:05]	my brother, my sister, and I since the day we were born because she 

[00:00:56:05]	recognized that literacy is very important to helping

[00:01:00:05]	children progress in school, and I really think it did have a big impact

[00:01:04:03]	on me because I love to read and I like to read every night before 

[00:01:08:06]	I go to bed, but I would probably say my first

[00:01:12:06]	memory of being read to, 

[00:01:16:07]	it was like with my mom when I was probably like three or four.

[00:01:20:07]	We had a book about saints, like a children's book about saints,

[00:01:24:08]	that she would read to my siblings and I, and also

[00:01:28:08]	probably one of my favorite memories of literacy growing up is 

[00:01:32:09]	my brother, my sister, and I would all lay in my mom's bed 

[00:01:36:09]	and she would read us Harry Potter, so I remember the first Harry Potter book

[00:01:40:09]	coming out and she read us the entire first Happy Potter book out loud

[00:01:44:10]	and then obviously as I grew up I read them on my own, but that

[00:01:48:10]	was just definitely just one of my best memories growing up.

[00:01:51:10]	Interviewer: OK, and how do you think literacy

[00:01:54:10]	and illiteracy are perceived in the world today

[00:01:56:11]	especially in our community? 

[00:01:58:02]	Caroline: Well I think that in our community 

[00:02:00:11]	people don't really think that illiteracy exists, 

[00:02:04:02]	or if people are illiterate, I think people just automatically assume

[00:02:08:12]	that those illiterate people are stupid or dumb 

[00:02:12:13]	or incapable of being able to read or write, but 

[00:02:16:13]	I mean, obviously that's not always the case. I mean there's always like those stories 

[00:02:20:13]	in the news about "90-Year-Old Man Just Learns How to Read," but

[00:02:24:14]	I mean not everyone has the same academic resources 

[00:02:28:14]	and upbringing that others do, so I think that it is still  

[00:02:32:15]	a problem that we definitely need to address in our society

[00:02:36:00]	and of course in other societies it's more of a rampant problem, 

[00:02:40:00]	so I think it is definitely something that the entire world should continue to pursue

[00:02:44:16]	because I think that literacy really is a right that everyone should be able to have. 

[00:02:48:16]	Interviewer: OK, and what is, what experience do you have 

[00:02:53:17]	working with literacy or illiteracy and promoting it in your community? 

[00:02:56:17]	Caroline: Well, as I mentioned before,

[00:02:58:18]	I am a member of Pi Beta Phi. We work with First Book, 

[00:03:02:18]	so that means that we like to go to classrooms and read to little kids, but we also

[00:03:08:20]	just had our main philanthropy event, which is called Pie a Pi Phi, and all 

[00:03:12:21]	of the money that we make goes to First Book, so just

[00:03:16:21]	doing stuff with Pi Phi has really made me more aware

[00:03:20:22]	and involved with promoting literacy, and yeah. 

[00:03:24:22]	Interviewer: Ok, Thank you very much!