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FILENAME:	3811_1477_1490
TOPIC#:		323
DATE:		920121
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:	stm
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	3
NATURALNESS:	3
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	2
BACKGROUND_A:	4
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Speaker A had excessive background noise (i. e.
dishes, child, doors)

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qy^d          A.1 utt1:  {C So } you have a [ child --   

ny          B.2 utt1:  Yeah  /
%          B.2 utt2: we, -/  

+@          A.3 utt1:  -- two years old in child care right now. +   *[[slash error]]

na^m          B.4 utt1:  Two year old daughter in child care + ]  /
sd          B.4 utt2: {C and } we went through the process of searching for child care  and --   

+          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- {F uh, } finding what we consider to be,   

x          A.7 utt1:  <Squeak> <door>.   

+          B.8 utt1:  real good child care at a, {F uh, } pretty reasonable price, we think. /  

%          A.9 utt1:  {F Uh, } -/  

qo          B.10 utt1:  How about you,  /
qy          B.10 utt2: do you have any children? /  

ny          A.11 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd^e          A.11 utt2: our first  /
sd          A.11 utt3: {C and } he just turned three months. /  

ba          B.12 utt1:  {F Oh, } boy. /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  {C So, } we're <noise> just starting into  hunting for child <noise> care. /  

ba          B.14 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  Right now, both of us are students. /  

bh          B.16 utt1:  Are you?  /
qw          B.16 utt2: Where are --   

%          A.17 utt1:  {F Uh, } /  

+          B.18 utt1:  -- a student? /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  {F Uh, } University of Southern Mississippi. /  

ba          B.20 utt1:  No kidding. /  

%          A.21 utt1:  {F Uh, } she's, -/  

sd          B.22 utt1:  I was a professor in a university here in California for a while. /  

b          A.23 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.24 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qy          B.24 utt2: {F uh, } are you going to, {F uh, } put your son in child care in [ a, + a ] year or  two? /  

na          A.25 utt1:  {F Uh, } probably.  {F Uh, }  /
sd          A.25 utt2: {D actually } spring semester a year from now he's going to have to be in child care [ f-, + {F uh, } five ] days a week more than likely.   

b          B.26 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  {F Uh, } depending on how my class schedule runs  /
sd          A.27 utt2: {C because } my wife will be doing her internship that semester. /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  It will be forty hour week, [ not, + no, ] eight to five type of thing. /  

b          B.30 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  <Inhaling> {C So } <breathing>, depending on what my class schedule looks like, he may spend [ four, + [ si-, + ] anywhere from four + ] to eight hours a day in child care at that point.  /
sd          A.31 utt2: Right now we're trying to avoid it,  /
sd          A.31 utt3: {C but } we  just, as a matter of fact just  yesterday hired [ a, + a ] girl to, {F uh, } watch him.  /
sd          A.31 utt4: {F Uh, } <breathing> I get out of class at certain time  /
sd          A.31 utt5: {C and } my wife is already supposed to be on her way to her class.  {D You know, }  /
sd          A.31 utt6: once a day this overlap happens where we can't, one of us --   

b          B.32 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- be home. /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.35 utt1:  {C So } for about [ twenty min-, + twenty, thirty minutes  ] a day we got a baby-sitter comes in. /  

ba          B.36 utt1:  {D Well, } that's a good experience, I think,  /
sv          B.36 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } <throat_clearing> there are a lot of things to think about  /
sv          B.36 utt3: {C and } the articles that are written on the topic,   

x          A.37 utt1:  <Thumping>.   

+          B.38 utt1:  are pretty good  /
sv          B.38 utt2: {C and } they kind of boil down to, {F uh, } - /
sv          B.38 utt3: any other important decision you really have to explore the alternative -- /  

b          A.39 utt1:  Uh-huh  <<faint>>. /  

sv          B.40 utt1:  -- {C and } what we found, {F uh, } to be the best guide was our own instincts about,   

x          A.41 utt1:  <Clinking>.   

+          B.42 utt1:  people who were going to be loving -- /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.44 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } <throat_clearing> that's more important than anything else.  /
sd          B.44 utt2: We could have sent, {F uh, } her to a fancier, {F uh, } facility. /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.46 utt1:  {F Uh, } she goes to a home.  /
sd          B.46 utt2: This is [ a, + {F uh, }   

x          A.47 utt1:  <Clinking>.   

+          B.48 utt1:  a  ] couple, {F uh, } emigrated from China early --   

b          A.49 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.50 utt1:  -- [ in, + in ] their lives.  /
sd          B.50 utt2: They've been here probably thirty, forty years. /  

b          A.51 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  They've got three daughters.  /
sd          B.52 utt2: {F Uh, } {C and, }   

x          A.53 utt1:  <Child_yelling>.   

+          B.54 utt1:  they have a loving home  /
sd          B.54 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } they're both there  /
sd          B.54 utt3: {C and } they have a kid that comes in and helps them in the afternoon. /  

b         A.55 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  {C And } our daughter is healthy, happy, well adjusted and enjoys going --   

b          A.57 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.58 utt1:  -- to see her friends,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: {C so } --   

ba          A.59 utt1:  {F Uh, } that makes a big difference. /  

+          B.60 utt1:  -- it's a good experience.  /
%          B.60 utt2:  I th-, - /
sd          B.60 utt3: if it's good, - /  
sv          B.60 utt4: I think  it's very good for the child.  /

aa          A.61 utt1:  Yes. /  

sv          B.62 utt1:  {C And } if it's,   

x          A.63 utt1:  <Child_crying>.   

+          B.64 utt1:  a loving environment, I think it's very good  /
sd          B.64 utt2: {C and, } {C and } that's really what we've learned about it.  /
sd          B.64 utt3:  She'll have to go on to something more stimulating in terms of preschool in a year -- /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } we feel real fortunate  /
sd          B.66 utt2: {C and } we were able to, {F uh, } just, {F uh, } choose in the marketplace.   /
qw^d         B.66 utt3: I don't know what it's like around, {F uh, } Hattiesburg. /  

sd          A.67 utt1:  There's a lot of child care available, but --   

b          B.68 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.69 utt1:  -- invariably there's waiting lists. /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  {C And } we were a little slow getting on the waiting list --   

b          B.72 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.73 utt1:  -- with [ the, + {F uh, } {D okay, } the  ] [ [ university, + {F uh, } university's, ]  {F uh } --   

ba          B.74 utt1:  I'll bet they're involved. /  

+          A.75 utt1:  -- {F uh, } department of, + {F uh, } {F uh, } their  ] Home Ec Department -- /  

b          B.76 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.77 utt1:  -- {F uh, } [ they, + {F uh, } they  ] have a subbranch, {F uh, } American Family Counseling  /
sd          A.77 utt2: {C and } their people staff [ [ this, + this,  ] + {F uh, } the  ] child care center just off campus.  /
sd          A.77 utt3: {C But, } {F uh, } they have a pretty good size waiting list. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah <screeching>. /  

%          A.79 utt1:  {C So, } -/  

%          B.80 utt1:  {D Well, } that's, {F uh, } - /
sv          B.80 utt2: I know [ it's, + it's ] a real hard thing to do, even for people [ in, + in, ] {F uh, } university communities. /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.82 utt1:  Out here at Manford, they have [ [ [ a, + {D you know, } a, ] + a, ] + a ] real good facility  /
sd          B.82 utt2: {C and } there, {F uh, } is quite a waiting list to get into that. /  

b          A.83 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.84 utt1:  {C So } [ [ [ it's, + {F uh, } {F uh, } {D you know, } it's  ] a, + it's a, ] + it's an ] important,   

x          A.85 utt1:  <Talking>.   

+          B.86 utt1:  decision,  /
sv          B.86 utt2: it's an industry that's still a cottage industry -- /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.88 utt1:  -- {C and } I think this [ is  [ # b-, + ]  really # -- +   

ba@          A.89 utt1:  # {D Well, } it's best, #   *[[slash error]]

+          B.90 utt1:  -- is buyer beware. + ]   

+          A.91 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.91 utt2: a cottage industry's the best way to do it really, /  

+          B.92 utt1:  # {D Well, } it is the best way # --    

%          A.93 utt1:  # {C because } if you over, # -/  

+          B.94 utt1:  -- to do it, interestingly.  /
sv          B.94 utt2: I think that, {F uh, } my own interest [ in, + in ] [ development, + human development ] --   

b          A.95 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.96 utt1:  -- leads me to believe that that's a good sign and that, {F uh, } private enterprise is the way to go and that it will lead to a --   

b          A.97 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.98 utt1:  -- fundamental change in the way we learn. /  

b          A.99 utt1:  <Clinking> Yeah. /  

sv          B.100 utt1:  {C Because, } I think what we're going to go to is much more commercial entrepreneurial learning ventures in the market.  /
sv          B.100 utt2: As a matter of fact, my future is banked on that, {F uh, } professionally because I believe [ that, + that ] there are, {F uh, } pressing needs in the marketplace, unmet by schools, colleges --   

b          A.101 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.102 utt1:  -- universities for, {F uh, } learning a lot of things that kids can learn watching Sesame Street and in child care. /  

x          A.103 utt1:  <Noise>.   

sv          B.104 utt1:  Primary skills which turn out --   

aa          A.105 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.106 utt1:  -- to be the most important skills in life. /  

sv          A.107 utt1:  {C And } it's amazing how much good things like, {F uh, } Sesame Street will do. /  

sv          B.108 utt1:  [ It's, + it's  ] phenomenal. /  

x          A.109 utt1:   ((   )) .   

sv          B.110 utt1:  It's phenomenal,  [ the  programming, + the human operating  ] system, / 
