May 22, 2025 • 14 mins
Each year, 7th grade students at Oregon Middle School from the 7-O team participate in the Urban Challenge, a hands-on “amazing race” style event in downtown Madison. In this episode we'll learn all about this experience from event organizer, Laura Stoller, and some students who recently completed the challenge.
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SPEAKER1:
Each year, seventh grade students at Oregon Middle School from the 7-O team
participate in the Urban Challenge, (00:05):
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a hands on "Amazing Race" style event in downtown Madison.
I am fortunate to have been a chaperone on this trip for many years, and it is an amazing event that harnesses teamwork,
planning and organizing, among other important experiences.
(00:28):
Today we're going to learn all about this experience from one of the challenge organizers,
Laura Stoller, and some students who recently completed the challenge.
SPEAKER2: Welcome to this episode of Inside the OSD podcast, where it's all about the kids. (00:38):
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Here is your host, lifelong educator and our superintendent, Doctor Leslie Bergstrom.
SPEAKER3: We'll start with Miss Stoller. Could you start by introducing yourself to our listeners and your role at OMS? (00:51):
undefined
Sure. My name is Laura Stoller, and I am a seventh grade geography teacher at OMS on the 7-O Shark Tank team.
SPEAKER1: So you are known as the mastermind behind the Urban Challenge. (01:05):
undefined
Can you explain the Urban Challenge and the goals of the experience to our listeners?
SPEAKER3: As the geography teacher, I love this experience because it really gives kids a hands on opportunity to work on both mapping skills, (01:15):
undefined
but also exploring a place that for some of them, is new.
Even though Madison is close to Oregon, some of them have not spent a lot of time in Madison,
so they have to use their map skills to figure out where they want to go and what they're going to see.
(01:39):
They also use public transportation, which I love.
Um, but a big part of the day is also about team building and working together and problem solving and persevering.
Um, and so it has a lot of components to the day.
And, um, we also then hope that they have some fun in the process.
SPEAKER1: Just hearing this and then having experienced it myself, it's clear it takes a significant amount of work and coordination to put this (01:59):
undefined
together. So why is it important to our educators to offer this experience to our students?
SPEAKER3: I think the biggest reason is that we really do want to give them real world life experiences. (02:13):
undefined
And aside from the -- exploring the city and riding the bus, those pieces, um, the working together part is so important.
And as we're preparing, one of the things we share with them is that as adults, oftentimes we're asked to do things with groups of people that we don't know
(02:37):
very well, and we have to figure it out and we have to keep working.
And so this is a real life way to have them do that, while also, again, having some fun in the process and exploring their backyard,
which is awesome.
SPEAKER1: Absolutely. And from my experience with Urban Challenge, that's what I always take away from it, (02:51):
undefined
is how well the students are learning to work together, to negotiate, to compromise,
to collaboratively plan. I mean, those are skills that will help them in every aspect of their life,
and they get to do it in this relevant and engaging way.
(03:13):
So that's really cool. As you reflect on this year's challenge, what's the highlight for you as an educator?
SPEAKER3: Well, I think the things you just said, the fact that -- if I think back to, um, (03:19):
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where they started and where they ended up watching how they grow and change over time is amazing.
Um, and I think having some of them come back and say, "there were kids in my group that I didn't really know.
And even though we've been on 7-O all year long, I didn't really know who they were,
(03:43):
and I wasn't super excited about them being on my team.
But I found out they're kind of cool or we became friends." Um, and so that's--that's really special.
Um, I also think the weather this year was stellar.
And we also ended up being downtown when it was the day before UW graduation.
So watching our students interact with UW graduates and asking them questions about,
(04:07):
you know, college and their degrees. And that was kind of an added bonus.
Um, to have them--have that as part of the experience as well.
SPEAKER4: Oh, that must (04:15):
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SPEAKER1: have been -- was it a challenge? One of the challenges was it for them to talk to a graduate? (04:15):
undefined
SPEAKER3: It was a bonus challenge. (04:21):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Okay. (04:23):
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SPEAKER3: Because last year it happened the same. We ended up scheduling it similarly without knowing. (04:23):
undefined
And so we made it a bonus challenge for them to talk with a graduate.
Um, and sometimes they just did it, even if it wasn't a challenge.
Um, they just kind of found them and started chatting.
And it was awesome.
SPEAKER1: That--that is an actual bonus. Yes, I love it. (04:39):
undefined
Um, so what growth and skill development do you see over the course of the experience?
Because you said--you spoke about for some kids not knowing each other well, as an example,
in the beginning. What skills do you see develop over the course of time as you prepare for this?
SPEAKER3: I think one of the big ones is listening and taking a step back. (04:59):
undefined
So when they first start in their teams and they're doing some very simple get to know you activities,
oftentimes kids are doing other things and kind of, you know, you have to rein them back in and refocus them.
Um, and as time goes on, you see them more invested in each other as a person.
(05:19):
So those get to know you activities become more engaging and more real.
And then when we actually get to the planning of the day, seeing them ask each other for their opinion or,
um, stop and maybe say, "oh gosh, that idea is really good, I think it's even better than mine." Um,
so some of those real life group work skills about asking people for their opinions and,
(05:46):
um, trying to come to consensus about things and deciding what's a priority and what's not a priority.
Um, kind of watching that progress over time is, is really pretty awesome.
SPEAKER1: Yeah, that must be a lot of fun for the teachers to see that level of growth and then see how it plays out during the challenge itself. (05:58):
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SPEAKER3: Exactly, exactly. (06:05):
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SPEAKER1: All right. So now we're going to talk to a few students about what this experience was like. (06:07):
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So let's start by having each of you introduce yourself to our listeners.
SPEAKER5: My name is Sarah. (06:16):
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SPEAKER6: My name is Maeve. My name is Cortland. My name is Will. (06:17):
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I'm Jack.
SPEAKER1: All right. Thank you. Um, what was it like preparing for the Urban challenge? (06:22):
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And I'll go in that same direction again, starting with you, Sarah.
SPEAKER5: Um, I think it was pretty good because we did some mock challenges for geography, (06:31):
undefined
and that really helped me prepare for the real Urban Challenge.
SPEAKER7: Thank you. (06:40):
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SPEAKER6: Um, it was very nice because we got to work in teams developing skills to help us with problem solving and working as a group with others. (06:41):
undefined
Yeah, we got put, like our mock Urban Challenge.
Like, we didn't like pick. So we got to like, meet new people, which like kind of like related back to like our actual Urban
Challenge group where we got to like, meet new people.
(07:02):
So it helped us like kind of like start conversations and like learn how to like,
talk and like think about their ideas as well.
Great. The mock Urban Challenge, because it helped me prepare, like making a map or meeting new people and working with them.
SPEAKER8: Yeah, I would agree the mock Urban Challenge, because it was like, we got to meet new people and do the Urban Challenge, (07:17):
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but still like in a place that we knew.
SPEAKER1: All right. So this is new for me. Is the mock Urban Challenge something that you do around the school in preparation for your big day? (07:26):
undefined
Yes. Okay. And was it this team that did it together?
No. Oh, so that's how you got to know other people.
You had to do it within a team that wasn't the team you had been preparing with.
(07:47):
Oh. That's interesting. Um, what was the highlight of the Urban Challenge?
Not the mock, the real. What was the highlight of the real Urban Challenge for you?
SPEAKER5: It was getting closer to people that, like I knew before but were like, didn't really talk about. (07:56):
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And I met new people too.
SPEAKER6: I think the highlight for me was just working with our teammates and just walking around the sites and just kind of having fun with that. (08:03):
undefined
Great. Yeah, I think like getting to know new people because like, obviously like we got to know them during like the prep days.
But I think like actually being there, like we still learn more about each other as like the day went on and like learned who knew stuff about certain sites that
(08:26):
we went to and some people didn't. So then we just kind of all like shared ideas.
SPEAKER1: So everybody had their own talent or interests to share, sort of? (08:30):
undefined
SPEAKER5: Um, meeting new people and walking around (08:34):
undefined
SPEAKER6: at the sites and having fun. (08:36):
undefined
SPEAKER8: Yeah, I would say exploring Madison because, I mean, it's where we live. (08:38):
undefined
So it's good to like, know where we're going next time we go there.
SPEAKER1: Did anybody have a favorite site that they visited? (08:47):
undefined
Just share. What was it?
SPEAKER9: Mine was probably the Union where we just got to see the pretty lake. (08:53):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Mhm. (08:57):
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SPEAKER6: I like the Veterans museum. (08:58):
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SPEAKER8: I like the Capitol. (09:00):
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SPEAKER6: Yeah I like the Veterans Museum too. And like, the lake. (09:01):
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Both.
SPEAKER5: What do you think, Sarah? Um, I think it was like I forgot how it's called, but by the lake, (09:08):
undefined
because I just really think it was really pretty, and it was really peaceful.
SPEAKER1: I think that was the Union, because that was the only lake spot, was it not? (09:15):
undefined
Yeah. Well, yes, the Union is always a lot of fun, but I really do like the challenge where you have to go into the Veterans Museum
because you have to actually read the things in order to answer the question.
That's a part of the challenge. So I always like that one.
(09:37):
Um, what was the most important thing that you learned?
SPEAKER5: Uh, I think it was riding the metro busses because I learned how, like how to use a card and how people like, (09:42):
undefined
like, act when they're in the Metro bus.
SPEAKER9: I'd have to agree with Sarah. Trying to figure out which stop you had to get off on the Metro bus. (09:52):
undefined
SPEAKER6: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I think Metro busses are like social skills and, like, knowing how to, (09:57):
undefined
like, interact. Like, not only with, like, the people in your group, but like, also like other people that were also just
there. Mhm. Um, like working with people you might not know in your groups and using public transportation.
SPEAKER8: Yeah. I would say exploring with your team. (10:15):
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SPEAKER1: Yeah. How many of you was this your first time on public transportation? (10:17):
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One. Okay. The rest of you have tried it before?
All right, all right. Is there anything you do differently if you could do the whole thing over?
SPEAKER9: I don't think so. I think it was very nicely well planned, and I kind of liked that it--There was some of our own--own choice that we got (10:32):
undefined
to put into it, but there was also some structure.
Nice.
SPEAKER6: Yeah. I would say like taking maybe like a little bit more time at like each place to like, (10:44):
undefined
really like know what it was for and just like get a better understanding of it.
Um, I think we did pretty good, but we had a lot of extra time so we could have put something else or done something else.
SPEAKER8: Probably visit more places. (11:01):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Yeah. Okay. Um, anything to add on that one, Sarah? (11:02):
undefined
SPEAKER5: Um, like, I agree with Maeve when she said that, like, we did pretty good with our time and everything. (11:07):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Yeah. Um, so you had a little bit of time left over where maybe you could have done a few more challenges or stayed longer at some of the places that you found (11:13):
undefined
interesting? Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense.
Okay. So how do you think you'll use these things in the future?
SPEAKER5: I think maybe like in the metro busses, because in the future, in case we go to Madison, (11:28):
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or if one of us goes to UW Madison for school or college.
SPEAKER1: Absolutely. (11:37):
undefined
SPEAKER9: Um, even using Google Maps to just find our way around the campus of figuring out which way I was telling us to go and reading the street signs. (11:38):
undefined
SPEAKER6: Yeah, I think like, either like knowing how to, like, use the transportation or like the social skills of like being able to, (11:47):
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like, talk to people and like, start like actual conversation and just like, know what you're talking about.
Um, using public transportation.
SPEAKER8: Yeah. Using maps and the busses. (12:03):
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SPEAKER1: Mhm. Mhm. By the way, where did you guys go for lunch? (12:05):
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SPEAKER9: Raising Cane's. (12:09):
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SPEAKER1: Raising cane's. Okay. Just wondered, just wondered because I know that's a big decision on these days is where are you all going to agree to for lunch. (12:11):
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So you're about to finish up seventh grade first year at OMS.
What advice do you have for incoming seventh grade students, either related to this or really anything about seventh grade?
SPEAKER5: Um, I would say enjoying your time in seventh grade because next year it could get harder. (12:35):
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And to actually pay attention in class so you actually know what you're doing.
SPEAKER9: Oh good advice. I would say just keep a like not a plan, kind of a planner of just keeping on top of homework and schoolwork, (12:44):
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but then also not being afraid to just talk to new people because it's everyone's first time in seventh grade.
Yeah.
SPEAKER6: Yeah. Like a growth mindset and, like, always like being open to meeting new people and like, (12:57):
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obviously like, have your friends, but also like meet other people because obviously like with RCI and FES combined and plus like the new kids,
you can always meet some new people. Um, meeting
SPEAKER5: new (13:13):
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SPEAKER6: people and (13:13):
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SPEAKER5: Everything is homework if you don't (13:15):
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SPEAKER6: get it (13:17):
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SPEAKER5: done in class. (13:17):
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SPEAKER8: Yeah. Staying on top of your homework so you don't fall back. (13:18):
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SPEAKER1: That--it's great advice, you guys. Thank you very much. (13:23):
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You can find this podcast anywhere you can find podcasts.
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a hands on "Amazing Race" style event in downtown Madison.
I am fortunate to have been a chaperone on this trip for many years, and it is an amazing event that harnesses teamwork,
planning and organizing, among other important experiences.
(00:28):
Today we're going to learn all about this experience from one of the challenge organizers,
Laura Stoller, and some students who recently completed the challenge.
SPEAKER2: Welcome to this episode of Inside the OSD podcast, where it's all about the kids. (00:38):
undefined
Here is your host, lifelong educator and our superintendent, Doctor Leslie Bergstrom.
SPEAKER3: We'll start with Miss Stoller. Could you start by introducing yourself to our listeners and your role at OMS? (00:51):
undefined
Sure. My name is Laura Stoller, and I am a seventh grade geography teacher at OMS on the 7-O Shark Tank team.
SPEAKER1: So you are known as the mastermind behind the Urban Challenge. (01:05):
undefined
Can you explain the Urban Challenge and the goals of the experience to our listeners?
SPEAKER3: As the geography teacher, I love this experience because it really gives kids a hands on opportunity to work on both mapping skills, (01:15):
undefined
but also exploring a place that for some of them, is new.
Even though Madison is close to Oregon, some of them have not spent a lot of time in Madison,
so they have to use their map skills to figure out where they want to go and what they're going to see.
(01:39):
They also use public transportation, which I love.
Um, but a big part of the day is also about team building and working together and problem solving and persevering.
Um, and so it has a lot of components to the day.
And, um, we also then hope that they have some fun in the process.
SPEAKER1: Just hearing this and then having experienced it myself, it's clear it takes a significant amount of work and coordination to put this (01:59):
undefined
together. So why is it important to our educators to offer this experience to our students?
SPEAKER3: I think the biggest reason is that we really do want to give them real world life experiences. (02:13):
undefined
And aside from the -- exploring the city and riding the bus, those pieces, um, the working together part is so important.
And as we're preparing, one of the things we share with them is that as adults, oftentimes we're asked to do things with groups of people that we don't know
(02:37):
very well, and we have to figure it out and we have to keep working.
And so this is a real life way to have them do that, while also, again, having some fun in the process and exploring their backyard,
which is awesome.
SPEAKER1: Absolutely. And from my experience with Urban Challenge, that's what I always take away from it, (02:51):
undefined
is how well the students are learning to work together, to negotiate, to compromise,
to collaboratively plan. I mean, those are skills that will help them in every aspect of their life,
and they get to do it in this relevant and engaging way.
(03:13):
So that's really cool. As you reflect on this year's challenge, what's the highlight for you as an educator?
SPEAKER3: Well, I think the things you just said, the fact that -- if I think back to, um, (03:19):
undefined
where they started and where they ended up watching how they grow and change over time is amazing.
Um, and I think having some of them come back and say, "there were kids in my group that I didn't really know.
And even though we've been on 7-O all year long, I didn't really know who they were,
(03:43):
and I wasn't super excited about them being on my team.
But I found out they're kind of cool or we became friends." Um, and so that's--that's really special.
Um, I also think the weather this year was stellar.
And we also ended up being downtown when it was the day before UW graduation.
So watching our students interact with UW graduates and asking them questions about,
(04:07):
you know, college and their degrees. And that was kind of an added bonus.
Um, to have them--have that as part of the experience as well.
SPEAKER4: Oh, that must (04:15):
undefined
SPEAKER1: have been -- was it a challenge? One of the challenges was it for them to talk to a graduate? (04:15):
undefined
SPEAKER3: It was a bonus challenge. (04:21):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Okay. (04:23):
undefined
SPEAKER3: Because last year it happened the same. We ended up scheduling it similarly without knowing. (04:23):
undefined
And so we made it a bonus challenge for them to talk with a graduate.
Um, and sometimes they just did it, even if it wasn't a challenge.
Um, they just kind of found them and started chatting.
And it was awesome.
SPEAKER1: That--that is an actual bonus. Yes, I love it. (04:39):
undefined
Um, so what growth and skill development do you see over the course of the experience?
Because you said--you spoke about for some kids not knowing each other well, as an example,
in the beginning. What skills do you see develop over the course of time as you prepare for this?
SPEAKER3: I think one of the big ones is listening and taking a step back. (04:59):
undefined
So when they first start in their teams and they're doing some very simple get to know you activities,
oftentimes kids are doing other things and kind of, you know, you have to rein them back in and refocus them.
Um, and as time goes on, you see them more invested in each other as a person.
(05:19):
So those get to know you activities become more engaging and more real.
And then when we actually get to the planning of the day, seeing them ask each other for their opinion or,
um, stop and maybe say, "oh gosh, that idea is really good, I think it's even better than mine." Um,
so some of those real life group work skills about asking people for their opinions and,
(05:46):
um, trying to come to consensus about things and deciding what's a priority and what's not a priority.
Um, kind of watching that progress over time is, is really pretty awesome.
SPEAKER1: Yeah, that must be a lot of fun for the teachers to see that level of growth and then see how it plays out during the challenge itself. (05:58):
undefined
SPEAKER3: Exactly, exactly. (06:05):
undefined
SPEAKER1: All right. So now we're going to talk to a few students about what this experience was like. (06:07):
undefined
So let's start by having each of you introduce yourself to our listeners.
SPEAKER5: My name is Sarah. (06:16):
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SPEAKER6: My name is Maeve. My name is Cortland. My name is Will. (06:17):
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I'm Jack.
SPEAKER1: All right. Thank you. Um, what was it like preparing for the Urban challenge? (06:22):
undefined
And I'll go in that same direction again, starting with you, Sarah.
SPEAKER5: Um, I think it was pretty good because we did some mock challenges for geography, (06:31):
undefined
and that really helped me prepare for the real Urban Challenge.
SPEAKER7: Thank you. (06:40):
undefined
SPEAKER6: Um, it was very nice because we got to work in teams developing skills to help us with problem solving and working as a group with others. (06:41):
undefined
Yeah, we got put, like our mock Urban Challenge.
Like, we didn't like pick. So we got to like, meet new people, which like kind of like related back to like our actual Urban
Challenge group where we got to like, meet new people.
(07:02):
So it helped us like kind of like start conversations and like learn how to like,
talk and like think about their ideas as well.
Great. The mock Urban Challenge, because it helped me prepare, like making a map or meeting new people and working with them.
SPEAKER8: Yeah, I would agree the mock Urban Challenge, because it was like, we got to meet new people and do the Urban Challenge, (07:17):
undefined
but still like in a place that we knew.
SPEAKER1: All right. So this is new for me. Is the mock Urban Challenge something that you do around the school in preparation for your big day? (07:26):
undefined
Yes. Okay. And was it this team that did it together?
No. Oh, so that's how you got to know other people.
You had to do it within a team that wasn't the team you had been preparing with.
(07:47):
Oh. That's interesting. Um, what was the highlight of the Urban Challenge?
Not the mock, the real. What was the highlight of the real Urban Challenge for you?
SPEAKER5: It was getting closer to people that, like I knew before but were like, didn't really talk about. (07:56):
undefined
And I met new people too.
SPEAKER6: I think the highlight for me was just working with our teammates and just walking around the sites and just kind of having fun with that. (08:03):
undefined
Great. Yeah, I think like getting to know new people because like, obviously like we got to know them during like the prep days.
But I think like actually being there, like we still learn more about each other as like the day went on and like learned who knew stuff about certain sites that
(08:26):
we went to and some people didn't. So then we just kind of all like shared ideas.
SPEAKER1: So everybody had their own talent or interests to share, sort of? (08:30):
undefined
SPEAKER5: Um, meeting new people and walking around (08:34):
undefined
SPEAKER6: at the sites and having fun. (08:36):
undefined
SPEAKER8: Yeah, I would say exploring Madison because, I mean, it's where we live. (08:38):
undefined
So it's good to like, know where we're going next time we go there.
SPEAKER1: Did anybody have a favorite site that they visited? (08:47):
undefined
Just share. What was it?
SPEAKER9: Mine was probably the Union where we just got to see the pretty lake. (08:53):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Mhm. (08:57):
undefined
SPEAKER6: I like the Veterans museum. (08:58):
undefined
SPEAKER8: I like the Capitol. (09:00):
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SPEAKER6: Yeah I like the Veterans Museum too. And like, the lake. (09:01):
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Both.
SPEAKER5: What do you think, Sarah? Um, I think it was like I forgot how it's called, but by the lake, (09:08):
undefined
because I just really think it was really pretty, and it was really peaceful.
SPEAKER1: I think that was the Union, because that was the only lake spot, was it not? (09:15):
undefined
Yeah. Well, yes, the Union is always a lot of fun, but I really do like the challenge where you have to go into the Veterans Museum
because you have to actually read the things in order to answer the question.
That's a part of the challenge. So I always like that one.
(09:37):
Um, what was the most important thing that you learned?
SPEAKER5: Uh, I think it was riding the metro busses because I learned how, like how to use a card and how people like, (09:42):
undefined
like, act when they're in the Metro bus.
SPEAKER9: I'd have to agree with Sarah. Trying to figure out which stop you had to get off on the Metro bus. (09:52):
undefined
SPEAKER6: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I think Metro busses are like social skills and, like, knowing how to, (09:57):
undefined
like, interact. Like, not only with, like, the people in your group, but like, also like other people that were also just
there. Mhm. Um, like working with people you might not know in your groups and using public transportation.
SPEAKER8: Yeah. I would say exploring with your team. (10:15):
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SPEAKER1: Yeah. How many of you was this your first time on public transportation? (10:17):
undefined
One. Okay. The rest of you have tried it before?
All right, all right. Is there anything you do differently if you could do the whole thing over?
SPEAKER9: I don't think so. I think it was very nicely well planned, and I kind of liked that it--There was some of our own--own choice that we got (10:32):
undefined
to put into it, but there was also some structure.
Nice.
SPEAKER6: Yeah. I would say like taking maybe like a little bit more time at like each place to like, (10:44):
undefined
really like know what it was for and just like get a better understanding of it.
Um, I think we did pretty good, but we had a lot of extra time so we could have put something else or done something else.
SPEAKER8: Probably visit more places. (11:01):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Yeah. Okay. Um, anything to add on that one, Sarah? (11:02):
undefined
SPEAKER5: Um, like, I agree with Maeve when she said that, like, we did pretty good with our time and everything. (11:07):
undefined
SPEAKER1: Yeah. Um, so you had a little bit of time left over where maybe you could have done a few more challenges or stayed longer at some of the places that you found (11:13):
undefined
interesting? Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense.
Okay. So how do you think you'll use these things in the future?
SPEAKER5: I think maybe like in the metro busses, because in the future, in case we go to Madison, (11:28):
undefined
or if one of us goes to UW Madison for school or college.
SPEAKER1: Absolutely. (11:37):
undefined
SPEAKER9: Um, even using Google Maps to just find our way around the campus of figuring out which way I was telling us to go and reading the street signs. (11:38):
undefined
SPEAKER6: Yeah, I think like, either like knowing how to, like, use the transportation or like the social skills of like being able to, (11:47):
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like, talk to people and like, start like actual conversation and just like, know what you're talking about.
Um, using public transportation.
SPEAKER8: Yeah. Using maps and the busses. (12:03):
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SPEAKER1: Mhm. Mhm. By the way, where did you guys go for lunch? (12:05):
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SPEAKER9: Raising Cane's. (12:09):
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SPEAKER1: Raising cane's. Okay. Just wondered, just wondered because I know that's a big decision on these days is where are you all going to agree to for lunch. (12:11):
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So you're about to finish up seventh grade first year at OMS.
What advice do you have for incoming seventh grade students, either related to this or really anything about seventh grade?
SPEAKER5: Um, I would say enjoying your time in seventh grade because next year it could get harder. (12:35):
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And to actually pay attention in class so you actually know what you're doing.
SPEAKER9: Oh good advice. I would say just keep a like not a plan, kind of a planner of just keeping on top of homework and schoolwork, (12:44):
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but then also not being afraid to just talk to new people because it's everyone's first time in seventh grade.
Yeah.
SPEAKER6: Yeah. Like a growth mindset and, like, always like being open to meeting new people and like, (12:57):
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obviously like, have your friends, but also like meet other people because obviously like with RCI and FES combined and plus like the new kids,
you can always meet some new people. Um, meeting
SPEAKER5: new (13:13):
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SPEAKER6: people and (13:13):
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SPEAKER5: Everything is homework if you don't (13:15):
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SPEAKER6: get it (13:17):
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SPEAKER5: done in class. (13:17):
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SPEAKER8: Yeah. Staying on top of your homework so you don't fall back. (13:18):
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SPEAKER1: That--it's great advice, you guys. Thank you very much. (13:23):
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