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FILENAME:	2576_1103_1120
TOPIC#:		334
DATE:		910412
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o          A.1 utt1:  Here we go. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Okay,  /
qy^t          B.2 utt2:  {F um, } now we're supposed to talk about social activities.  /
^g          B.2 utt3:  Right? /  

nd^t          A.3 utt1:  {D Well, } the changes that's occurred, - /
sd^t          A.3 utt2: {D like } [ it, + how was it, ] maybe ten, twenty, thirty years ago as opposed to what it is today -- /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd^t          @A.5 utt1:  -- how we're living socially in comparison to maybe from that time period from ten, twenty, or whatever you remember it to be. /  

sv          B.6 utt1:  [ I think, + {F um, } {D well, } I guess ] it would be like your generation compared to my generation.  /
sv          B.6 utt2:  I think your generation is, {F um, } - /
t1          B.6 utt3: what do I say, {F uh, } <breathing>  /
sv          B.6 utt4: {F uh, } [ [ they're, +  they're, + ] + they're ] polite,  /
sv          B.6 utt5: they have more respect for,   

x          A.7 utt1:  <Throat_clearing>.   

+          B.8 utt1:  other people, just [ in, + in ] general I think, and [ just, + just ] towards people and property  /
sv          B.8 utt2: {C and, } {F um, } [ I, + I ] guess they [ would, + would ] be more conservative, some of them I guess. /  

aa          A.9 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.9 utt2: we are, {F uh, } somewhat conservative,  /
sv          A.9 utt3: {C but } [ as far as the, + {F uh, } socially, ] our crime rate has increased,  /
sv          A.9 utt4: {C and } although it's more publicized as opposed to what it used to be it seems like --   

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.11 utt1:  -- violent crime is on the increase from what I've seen,  /
sv          A.11 utt2: {C and, } {F um, } our prison population has significantly increased I would say.  /
sd          A.11 utt3:  {F Um, } our economy, too, [ is really, + it's ] just not what it used to be in the sixties or even fifties from history from what I've read,  /
%          A.11 utt4: {C and } --   

b          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.13 utt1:  -- {F uh, } even the, - /
sv          A.13 utt2: {D well, } it started spiraling down, I suppose, in the seventies,  /
sv          A.13 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } our recovery, {F uh, } economically has not been like it used to be.  /
sv          A.13 utt4:  To me, also, our nuclear family is not the same because more people are living together --   

b          B.14 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.15 utt1:  -- that aren't married -- /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.17 utt1:  -- {F uh, } [ I don't, + I don't ] know if, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.17 utt2: can't make any judgments of that nature,  /
sd          A.17 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, } I don't really want to {C either } <laughter>,   

x          B.18 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.19 utt1:  because I have no problems about it either way -- /  

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.21 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F um, } kids are, [ I, + I ] suppose have been raised by single parents more than they ever used to -- /  

aa          B.22 utt1:  Yes, I agree with, -/  

sv          A.23 utt1:  -- women are more on the rise too --   

b          B.24 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- so far as getting their careers established,  /
sv          A.25 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } they [ don't -- +   

qy          B.26 utt1:  [ {D Well, } +   

+          A.27 utt1:  -- no longer ] feel dependent upon men, /  

+          B.28 utt1:  {D Well, } ] do you think that that maybe, - /
sd          B.28 utt2: {E I mean, } {F uh, } I've heard different, {D you know, } {D like, } {F um, } {D like } - /
sd          B.28 utt3: I know my mom and {D like } other ladies, they complain because they think that, {F um, } the women now are too busy with their own personal life and career that they really don't have time for their kids. /  

aa          A.29 utt1:  That's probably true,  /
sv          A.29 utt2: {E I mean, } [ they, + they ] are, a lot of them that have to put their kids into day care --   

b          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- or having more with baby sitters, - /
sv          A.31 utt2: {C and, } especially if they don't have boy friends or husbands, - /
sv          A.31 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } I guess that's why you always hear these stories about kids being neglected. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  {F Uh, } in fact, {F uh, } there was one lady in this area,  /
sd          A.33 utt2: she was caught going to work and leaving her daughter in her car all day. /  

ba          B.34 utt1:  {F Oh } my gosh, just a baby. /  

ar          A.35 utt1:  Not a baby, she was old enough to, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.35 utt2: I would say she was five to eight years old --   

ba          B.36 utt1:  {F Oh } my gosh. /  

+          A.37 utt1:  -- somewhere along that range,  /
sv          A.37 utt2: {C but } that's just an extreme example. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.39 utt1:  I would imagine, {D you know, } the situations are out there. /  

b          B.40 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.41 utt1:  {F Um, } /  

sv          B.42 utt1:  {D Well, } {F um, } {F um, } {D well, } I think [ the education, + {D like } our education ] has, {F um, } increased dramatically,  /
sv          B.42 utt2: {C but } then I think also that we're forgetting {D like } basic things, {D like } we should know -- /  

aa          A.43 utt1:  I agree there. /  

sv          B.44 utt1:  -- {D like } [ I, + I ] think, {D well, } {F um, } in the morals and values of {D like } my generation [ for the most, + for most ] people are totally different from the morals and [ valleys, + {F um, } values ] of {D like } per se your generation.  /
sv          B.44 utt2:  {C But } I think as we get older, it gets to your, {E you know what I mean. } - /
sv          B.44 utt3: I think the kids now [ are, + are, ] I would say, louder now until after they reach like twenty-five,  /
sv          B.44 utt4: {C and then } I think they really have a strong decline and start to settle down and realize things. /  

aa          A.45 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.45 utt2: {F um, } I could agree with that, because used to conservatism was inherent at a much younger age, /  

aa          B.46 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
aa          B.46 utt2: yeah,  /
sv          B.46 utt3: because I think we're given more now, whereas you had to work for everything,  /
sv          B.46 utt4: {C and } kids nowadays are just given so much that they really don't have to work,  /
sv          B.46 utt5: [ {C and, } + {D you know, } {C and } ] [ they, + they ] don't have any intent to go working until they have to. /  

aa          A.47 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sv          A.47 utt2: that's an agreeable topic there <laughter>. /  

x          B.48 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

t1          A.49 utt1:  {F Um, } what else considering beside family, economics, {F um, } - /
sv          A.49 utt2: our transportation system has changed for us.  /
sv          A.49 utt3:  {E I mean, } [ we can, + we can ] now travel around the world in no time.  /
sv          A.49 utt4:  It's just a hop, skip and a jump to get into a plane to go from the east to the west coast -- /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.51 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } {D well, } [ I, + I ] think what's happened, too, is just our technology is just advancing so rapidly that, and there's so much information available out there that folks out there just have a hard time keeping up, aside from just going through their daily routine of living to get from day to day -- /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.53 utt1:  -- {C and } to keep abreast of the knowledge out there, we got to constantly read, go to school, {F uh, }  /
sv          A.53 utt2: T V watching [ has sure + hasn't ] gone too much out the door because T V is still, {D well, } - /
sv          A.53 utt3: the cable system and the satellite dishes has made it to where a lot of people can just leave regular T V programming and watch [ a lot of other, + a variety of ] programs out there, as well as use of the V C R -- /  

b          B.54 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

qr^d          A.55 utt1:  -- {D so that, } I don't know if it really hampers or it helps our education system. /  

no          B.56 utt1:  I don't know, because [ I know I don't watch, + while I'm up here at school, I don't watch ] hardly any T V.  /
sd          B.56 utt2:  {D Like } Thursday night I like to sit down and watch a few shows,  /
%          B.56 utt3: {C but } I, -/  

qy          A.57 utt1:  Do you watch L A LAW? /  

nn          B.58 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.58 utt2: I don't watch that <laughter>.  /
sd          B.58 utt3:  I used to,  /
sd          B.58 utt4: {C but } I don't any more. /  

sd          A.59 utt1:  I like that. /  

%          B.60 utt1:  {C But, } all, - /
sd          B.60 utt2: [ {E I mean } there are, + even though there's ] a few up here, we call them couch potatoes,  /
sd          B.60 utt3: they love to sit in front of the T V,  /
%          B.60 utt4: I  ((   ))  /
sd          B.60 utt5: {C but } for the most part, [ I will, + I will, ] - /
sd          B.60 utt6: {D well, } I live in an all girls dorm,  /
sd          B.60 utt7: {C but } for the most part we're all between the ages of eighteen {C and } like twenty-one -- /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  -- {C and } there isn't really a lot of T V watching. /  

ba          A.63 utt1:  {D Well, } that's good,  /
qy^g          A.63 utt2: at least you're hitting the books, right. /  

nd          B.64 utt1:  <Laughter> They're either hitting the books or something else,  /
sd          B.64 utt2: I don't know what,  /
sd          B.64 utt3: {C but, } [ I know, + {F oh, } {D well, } I guess, ] they have their crowds, like during the soap operas, {D you know, } like in between classes or something -- /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  -- {C but } I can't say that there's really that many people that {D like } sit in front of the T V all day. /  

ba          A.67 utt1:  {D Well, } that's a change then,  /
sv          A.67 utt2: {F oh, } of course, going to school, too, it's different from the home environment, /  

aa          B.68 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd          B.68 utt2: {C but, } {D then, } {F um, } {D like } I know this girl.  /
sd          B.68 utt3:  She's doing her student teaching  /
sd          B.68 utt4: {C or } she's just working {D like } within the school,  /
sd          B.68 utt5: {C and, } {F um, } yesterday she was at the kindergarten,  /
sd          B.68 utt6: {C and } there's this little boy,  /
sd          B.68 utt7: he {D like } didn't want to do anything,  /
sd(^q)          B.68 utt8: {C and } he said I'm not doing this,  /
^q          B.68 utt9: I don't like it,  /
sd          B.68 utt10: {C and } he sat at his desk with two pencils in his hand, and pretend like he's playing Nintendo --   

b          A.69 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- {D you know, }  /
sd          B.70 utt2: {D so, } {F uh, } I don't know how, - /
sd          B.70 utt3: {E I mean, } I never really watched [ that, + a lot of T V ] when I was younger,  /
sd          B.70 utt4: {C but } my parents really didn't allow us to watch that much T V,  /
h          B.70 utt5: {D so } I don't know. /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  I agree with your parents,   

x          B.72 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.73 utt1:  because, {F uh, } T V kind of ruined me,  /
sd          A.73 utt2: {C because } [ that's + that's ] all that we had -- /  

b          B.74 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ar          A.75 utt1:  -- {D well, } not really,  /
sv          A.75 utt2: {C but, } {E I mean, } it's, {F uh, } for the top medium of entertainment. /  

aa          B.76 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.76 utt2: {D well, } [ we watch a lot of, + I guess we watched a lot of ] T V in the Winter time,  /
sd          B.76 utt3: {C but } in the Summer, like right now, my mom, {D well, } {D like } she doesn't let us watch T V until like eight o'clock at night, {D you know, } /  

qy          A.77 utt1:  Even at your age? /  

nd          B.78 utt1:  {D Well, } {D like } my younger brothers and sisters at home. - /
sd          B.78 utt2: {D Like } when it starts --   

b          A.79 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.80 utt1:  -- getting nice outside in the Summer and everything --   

b          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.82 utt1:  -- [ she'll, + she ] makes us go outside,  /
sd          B.82 utt2: even now when I go home for the Summer, she makes us go outside,  /
sd          B.82 utt3: {C and } we're allowed to come in and watch T V until it's dark, because she doesn't like the T V herself -- /  

bk          A.83 utt1:  I see. /  

sd          B.84 utt1:  -- {C and } if it was up to her, we wouldn't have one.  /
sd          B.84 utt2:  {D So, } {D you know, } she feels that kids are too dependent on it also. /  

b          A.85 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qy          A.85 utt2:  {F Oh. }  Is there anything else? /  

b          B.86 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

b          A.87 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

qo          B.88 utt1:  What about in our work ethics? /  

b^m          A.89 utt1:  Work ethics, {F oh, } <laughter>. /  

%          B.90 utt1:  I, -/  

sv          A.91 utt1:   ((   ))  [ It's get-, + it's maybe getting ] better.  {F Um, } a little,  /
sv          A.91 utt2: of course, [ [ we-, + we-, ] + we're ] having to weather through the savings and loans --   

b          B.92 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.93 utt1:  -- all the other scandalous items that, {D well, } the greed that overwhelmed us in the eighties -- /  

b          B.94 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.95 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } I [ think, + I think ] it's going to have to have it's patchwork put on us --   

b          B.96 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          A.97 utt1:  -- because we have so much to pay for now.  /
sv          A.97 utt2:  It's going to be really passed on to your generation and maybe a few others --   

b          B.98 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.99 utt1:  -- including what's left of ours <laughter>. /  

fc          B.100 utt1:  <Laughter> {D Well, } I really can't think of anything else. /  

fc          A.101 utt1:  {D Well, } it was nice talking to you. /  

fc^m          B.102 utt1:  It was nice talking to you too. /

qw            @@A.103 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } what are majoring in? / 
