Time transcripts of chaz_mov

[00:00:00:00]	Interviewer: Alright, thank you for meeting with me this afternoon.

[00:00:03:27]	You can start with giving us your name and a brief background about yourself,

[00:00:08:09]	some interests you might have. -Okay, well, my name is Chaz Haverty.

[00:00:12:05]	I just finished up my sophomore year in Biology at the University of Akron and I'm a member

[00:00:19:19]	of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity up there. -Did you just join that this year?

[00:00:24:18]	Yes. -Are you enjoying it? 

[00:00:27:02]	Yeah, it's a good time. Good. Chaz do you have any brothers or sisters?

[00:00:31:09]	I'm an only child. -An only child. Ok. You're the first one I've 

[00:00:35:05]	interviewed that's been an only child [ Ok ] so this will be interesting. What are some

[00:00:40:13]	moments that you would consider like milestones in your education or some memories that you

[00:00:47:15]	have that especially stand out? They don't have to be from, you know, real early on but just

[00:00:52:17]	with reading or writing? Anything in particular you remember?

[00:00:56:08]	-Um, my mom was always reading, so that was there.

[00:01:00:15]	She would always give me books and stuff, so. -Ok. And do you remember her giving

[00:01:08:12]	you books before you ever came into like, kindergarten? Or is that something [ Mhmm. ]

[00:01:14:05]	Really? -Every night before like, after dinner before I went

[00:01:19:07]	 to bed she would always read me something and I remember her telling me that

[00:01:23:22]	I would have the books memorized before I could actually read and would let her know

[00:01:29:11]	 if she messed up [ Interviewer laughs ] and then about four I could start picking up

[00:01:34:18]	individual words that I would recognize from books, like see it in a newspaper and magazine

[00:01:40:17]	[ Ok ] and point it out. -So in your opinion your mom, she put a lot

[00:01:45:20]	of effort into helping you learn to read at [ Yeah ] an early age.

[00:01:48:15]	Every night she was helping me. -Ok good.

[00:01:51:17]	With you being an only child, how you think you compared to your peers on your ability to

[00:02:00:13]	read or write? Like in elementary school, did you think you were, you know,

[00:02:04:14]	on average, below average, or above average? -Above average.

[00:02:09:02]	But [ Ok ] just because I was an only child I don't know if that would have been the sole factor.

[00:02:14:28]	-Right. I had an extremely dedicated mother

[00:02:17:03]	and I think that had the most to do with it, [ Ok ] but being an only child didn't hurt.

[00:02:21:28]	-Right, but you like good grades in school and everything I'm assuming? And then

[00:02:28:21]	when you got a little older, did you continue to have an interest in reading?

[00:02:32:25]	Oh yeah. Definitely. -Alright what are some of your favorite books as

[00:02:36:20]	you got older? do you remember any of them? -Well I grew up on Dr. Seuss, Curious George,

[00:02:42:01]	like most other kids and as I got a little bit older I loved 'Where the Sidewalk Ends'

[00:02:48:16]	by Shel Silverstein. -That was a good one. 

[00:02:51:12]	Yeah, the first big book I remember reading was 'The Hobbit'. That was really good.

[00:03:00:20]	It was a bigger book with a bunch of pictures and stuff that this dude had drawn to go along with it.

[00:03:06:26]	That was nice. -How old were you when you read that book? 

[00:03:10:27]	About ten. -Oh wow, ok. Most people don't read that until

[00:03:14:13]	they're a little older but, um, in your interests in books, was that something that you

[00:03:24:00]	sought out on your own, or was it influenced by your mother, or certain friends that also

[00:03:30:12]	had an interest in reading? You know, how-  -I wouldn't say it was my friends.

[00:03:35:23]	It was definitely more my mom and dad than anything. My mom, that's what she does

[00:03:40:24]	for leisure is read. [ Ok ] And every time we would go to the mall for whatever we would always

[00:03:46:02]	go to the bookstore and she would get me whatever book I wanted.

[00:03:48:24]	Ok and then with writing, do you consider that, was that like a similar situation?

[00:03:58:20]	Did your mother really encourage writing or was that just something 

[00:04:03:02]	that kind of came along with reading you think? -Yeah, I think, I mean she taught

[00:04:09:20]	me how to write and whatnot but I mean I didn't learn cursive or anything until school.

[00:04:18:00]	I knew how to write going into school [ Mhmm ] I guess just school helped reinforce that.

[00:04:25:16]	I'd say I was better at reading than I was at writing when I was little.

[00:04:29:07]	Alright and do you have, just any favorite genres or anything that started when you were younger?

[00:04:36:08]	Like you said 'The Hobbit', has that followed you today, like do you still enjoy reading like certain

[00:04:41:01]	particular genres or have you expanded? -Yeah. I mean I'd say I'd prefer fiction or I really

[00:04:49:04]	enjoy apocalyptic books too. [ Mhmm ] I read the unabridged version of Steven King's 'The Stand'.

[00:04:55:28]	-Oh yeah? That, that took awhile. [ I can imagine ] but it's all

[00:04:59:22]	all about the apocalypse. That was good. -Alright well do you have any last 

[00:05:04:28]	memories you want to add? Anything that you, no..?

[00:05:09:20]	Um, don't think so. Alright, well if there is nothing I'll let you go

[00:05:16:02]	but thank you for taking time out of your schedule to meet with me and have a good afternoon!

[00:05:19:27]	-Thank you for having me.

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