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So do you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the Queens Memory informed consent and copyright permission form that I shared with you over email?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=3.0,17.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=17.0,18.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay. So this is Randip Parhar with Katie Blake. We are recording on February 24th, 2023 for the Queens Memory Project. Can you say your full name and spell it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=18.0,34.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Randip Parhar. Spelling is R-A-N-D-I-P. And then the last name is P-A-R-H-A-R.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=34.0,42.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Great, thank you. Okay, so tell me a bit about your connection to Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=42.0,50.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So I actually grew up in Queens. I wasn't born in New York, though. I was born in Reno, Nevada and then my parents moved to Queens when I was about 2-years-old. And I lived in the neighborhood of Fresh Meadows for basically most of my life. And then senior year of high school, we moved to Hollis -- which is a neighborhood near Jamaica -- and that's where I've been living for the last nine years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=50.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=75.0,77.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=77.0,78.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Why did your family move to Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=78.0,82.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So we lived in a multifamily home in Fresh Meadows, and the landlord needed the apartment because their son needed the space. So they gave us some time for notice, and then we started looking. First, we started looking at Fresh Meadows, but our rent was really, really low because we knew the landlord. So by the time we got back on the, I guess, renting market, which is 17 years after we moved in --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=82.0,111.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=111.0,111.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- the rent had gone up a lot [laughs]. Like, a lot, a lot. We were not paying the market price at all, so it was a little bit of a shock. So we ended up scrambling and took the first apartment we thought was a decent deal, which was a two bedroom in Bayside for 1600.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=111.0,133.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=133.0,133.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: 16 or 1600. We only stayed there for the summer though, because the neighbors upstairs they would smoke a lot, and the smell was seeping to the first floor. So we ended up moving. There were also a lot of cockroaches there. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=133.0,151.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Well, that's New York. What year was this?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=151.0,154.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: This was summer of 2014, and then the fall of 2014, we got really lucky because my mom's friend owned a house and their second floor was going to be vacant September. So quickly, we took it and we got it for 1500. And it's very spacious because it's two families, so as big as the first floor, that's how big the second floor is too. So it was a good deal, good timing. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=154.0,182.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Got it. Got it. So from moving at the young age to 14, you were in one location.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=182.0,191.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah, up until the age of 17 I was in one location. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=191.0,194.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay. So tell me a little bit about that neighborhood and community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=194.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So Fresh Meadows, I grew up on 164th Street on 71st Avenue, and I like to think of it like \"Arthur\" --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=199.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [in agreement]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=210.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- how everything is close-knit and you know the people, the business owners, your neighbors. It was kind of like that. We knew all our neighbors. They basically saw me from baby to 17. There's this one pizzeria that we go to all the time, Napoli's on 69th and 164th Street. And the owner saw us. I started going there when I was two, and then my sister started going there and he saw us grow. And even now he's like, \"Oh, my pizza made you grow.\" [laughter] And I was like, \"Yeah, maybe it did, maybe it didn't. Who knows?\" But yeah, it was just very close-knit. There were a lot of smaller businesses, so it wasn't really commercialized in any way. Towards the end of my time there, there were a little more commercialization happening. There used to be this empty auto shop near the pizzeria, and it was just like this open space and they closed down and it stayed an open space for a little bit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=210.0,276.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And I liked it. It was an aesthetic, like an open space --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=276.0,280.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=280.0,280.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- but then they built up a shopping center in place of there. So it kind of became a little crowded. And even, I'm trying to think. There's a few places also towards Kissena. It's a little more crowded there too. Even where I live now, Jamaica -- growing up, we would go to Jamaica a lot --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=280.0,305.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=305.0,305.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- because my mom would get fabric from there for sewing clothes. And even there's a lot more high rises on Jamaica Avenue now, so there's a lot more commercialization. That smaller, the small tight knit feeling's kind of not there anymore. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=305.0,325.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Interesting. She would get fabric or what does she do?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=325.0,333.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Growing up, she'd wear mostly Indian clothing, so she would buy fabric and then give it to someone to stitch suits. So yeah, we would go to Jamaica because they have a lot of fabric stores there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=333.0,346.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Got it. Got it. Is there a large Indian community there that you --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=346.0,353.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: In Jamaica?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=353.0,355.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=355.0,359.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Because I live near Jamaica, it's mostly a more Caribbean community, and they have roots in India, but they're not Indian, they're Caribbean. I mean, I think the reason there's a lot of fabric stores on Jamaica Avenue is because I know people from the Caribbean also, they wear the same kind of clothing as us, like suits and the lehengas and the saris and stuff like that. So I feel like that's why there's so many fabric stores. Also, do you know Richmond Hill?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=359.0,393.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=393.0,393.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: There's a lot of Indian people there --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=393.0,394.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=394.0,394.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- so it kind of falls in between the two. So I guess it's prime location for business. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=394.0,402.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: That makes sense. What other types of hobbies and activities did you do in your neighborhood growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=402.0,410.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I didn't really go out a lot growing up. I would just walk around a lot. There used to be a Barnes and Nobles on Union in Fresh Meadows, and so most of my time I'd walk to Barnes and Nobles and then spend my summer afternoons there because it's really hot and there it's super cold. And I'd read through the books, but not buy any 'cause they're expensive [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=410.0,434.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=434.0,434.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So I did that. I'd walk with my sister to get ice cream or eat out, go to the park nearby. That's something I did a lot growing up. But yeah, just kind of spend time outdoors in the neighborhood.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=434.0,449.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=449.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=450.0,451.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: And then tell me a little bit about your schooling. What school did you go to and what was that like?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=451.0,460.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So I went to PS 154 for elementary school, which was in the neighborhood zone to it. But I loved my elementary school experience. I think it was very magical. I love learning. Even to this day, I love doing new things and learning new things, and I really have to give that credit to my elementary school because the teachers fostered this love of learning in us. It just seemed so magical. It was a good experience. I just feel like I got a lot. [laughs] It's crazy. I got a lot out of elementary school. I really do believe that. My middle school experience was not as nice because I went to middle school right across the street. Even though it was across the street, I wasn't zoned there for elementary school because I lived on the south side and zoning's weird. So I went there for middle school, but most of the people there were together since pre-K, since it was a pre-K to eighth grade school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=460.0,523.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So by the time I went in in sixth grade, everyone knew each other for all this time. And I didn't know anyone --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=523.0,528.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=528.0,528.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- besides the three people that also got that middle school from my elementary school. And it was interesting because that whole transition from fifth to sixth, it was weird because everyone in fifth grade is so innocent and nice, and then you go to middle school and everyone's cursing and all this stuff, and I'm just like, \"Oh my God, where am I? What am I in right now?\" Also, I feel like my elementary school was a lot more diverse. There were a lot more South Asians in my elementary school and my middle school there were very little South Asians [laughs], so I think I was maybe one of two South Asian people. So yeah, it did feel a little bit like an outsider, but it was just kind of getting through it. I just got to get through it. And then, yeah, you kind of adjust. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=528.0,596.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Right. And then what about high school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=596.0,598.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I went to Forest Hills High School. I did not want to go to Forest Hills High School.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=598.0,602.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: You didn't?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=602.0,602.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I applied to Townsend Harris. I took the specialized high school test. For the specialized high school test, I got into Brooklyn Latin, but that has a -- everyone got into Brooklyn Latin. That's the easy to get into specialized high school, so it wasn't prestigious. And also it was really far, I wasn't going to go to Brooklyn, you know? [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=602.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=630.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And then I was really hoping I'd get into Townsend Harris, but I didn't get into Townsend Harris, and it was really tight. I remember a girl also applied and our scores were pretty similar. There were just very little differences, but it's very cutthroat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=630.0,647.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: It's very competitive.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=647.0,648.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: It's very cutthroat, because when I did start Forest Hills, I did apply again for Townsend Harris [laughs], and I remember in the spring, I think I called the school, I was like, \"Hi, I want to follow up [laughs] about my application.\" And they're like, \"Yeah, we only take 10 transfers, so the chances are very slim.\" And I was like, \"Oh, okay.\" Well, that wasn't a conversation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=648.0,679.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: So you stayed?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=679.0,679.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: But yeah, I stayed at Forest Hills, that was even bigger transition because my middle school was very small. We only had two classes per grade. And Forest Hills at the time had 4,000 students. [crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=679.0,694.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: What year is this?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=694.0,697.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: This was 2011 when I started high school. And the thing about Forest Hills, even though there's more kids coming from different neighborhoods, a majority of their students were still zoned students. They were zoned to the school. So I got into the Carl Sagan program, which was their math and science program, and a lot of the kids in that program actually went to middle school in the neighborhood.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=697.0,723.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So they either went to Halsey [Stephen A. Halsey Junior High School], which was a middle school on 102 Street, or they went to Sage [Russell Sage Junior High School], which is a middle school along Yellowstone. So there was all this beef between them and all this background between everyone. And then I come in and I was one of two students [laughs] that came from my middle school. So it's like, \"Oh, okay, so how do I navigate these existing bounds? [laughs] Where do I put myself?\" Yeah. So it was kind of hard because I'm a shy person, so already middle school, I was very shy and I wasn't really able to be as social in that smaller environment. And now I'm in an environment that's 10 times larger and it's like, \"Okay, well now what do I do?\" [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=723.0,773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. How did you adjust to it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=773.0,775.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I think I didn't make friends with anyone in my classes. A lot of the students in my classes were in other classes with me, but I wasn't really able to fit in. I remember the girls would kind of bully me. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=775.0,795.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Aw.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=795.0,796.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Okay, this was pre-glow up, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=796.0,800.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=800.0,800.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I didn't do my eyebrows, okay, I didn't shave my arms, whatever [laughs]. I was a little bit on the heavier side, so the other girls would make fun of me for these things. And I remember I started doing my eyebrows, and [laughs] the first time I got my eyebrows done was painful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=800.0,823.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=823.0,823.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I never got my eyebrows done before. And I remember the next day I went, everyone was like, \"Oh my God, you have two eyebrows now.\" And I was like, \"I don't know if that's good, a compliment. But also, yeah, it's a compliment, but it's kind of coming from a mean place.\" So I wasn't really sure how to take it. I did try to start losing weight, but that turned into this whole thing of I took it too far and lost too much weight [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=823.0,850.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=850.0,850.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And then people were not talking to me because [laughs] I looked like I was dying. So yeah, it was kind of hard to fit in. I tried to change my physical appearance to fit in, but it just put more stress. Then I was doing all this stuff to keep up. I did make friends with some girls that were a grade above me, so I was able to find my group, but they graduated when I was in 11th grade, so I lost the group [laughs]. And then my senior year, I was like, \"Oh, okay, I'm just going to try to get through this year.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=850.0,893.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=893.0,893.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And get into the college I want to so I can just move on from whatever this is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=893.0,901.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Right. So were you very focused on your studies?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=901.0,904.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: School, yeah. [crosstalk] I was very focused on school. I was very competitive. I had this one classmate my freshman year, and we would always compete about our grades. And then I had another classmate my senior year, and there was competition with grades. And it wasn't an open competition. Maybe it was something I did in my head, but it was like, \"No, I have to be the best.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=904.0,929.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=929.0,932.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Which was why I put all that pressure. Who cares right? Now, it makes no difference. But at the time I was like, yeah. It was a personality trait. It was really bad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=932.0,943.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. Were there other external pressures?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=943.0,948.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: No, my parents, they wanted me to do well in school, but it wasn't like, \"Oh, you must get straight A's.\" They understand sometimes you don't do well, and that's okay. But I think I was like, \"I'm a good learner, so I was able to do well in school without too much trouble.\" So it wasn't really ever a concern for my parents, even if I didn't do well every now and then, they knew that wasn't the norm. So it wasn't anything that they put a lot of pressure about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=948.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: And where did you end up going to college?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=981.0,985.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Okay, this is a long story. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=985.0,987.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay go for it. [crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=987.0,987.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I'm also the first person in my family to graduate from high school and college.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=987.0,993.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: That's great!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=993.0,994.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I remember when we were applying for colleges, I knew this much: I knew I wasn't going to do any private schools. I didn't want to take out a loan, and I knew that I could do Ivy school, but also that may involve me taking out a loan because maybe a scholarship won't cover everything. And I also don't want the stress of an academic scholarship because God forbid you don't do good one semester and then you lose [laughs] the scholarship. So I was trying to be like, \"Okay, I need to focus mostly on CUNYs [City University of New York] because it's a good value for your money and they're very convenient to get to.\" And I applied to basically Hunter [Hunter College] and York [York College], Queens [Queens College], I think maybe John Jay [John Jay College of Criminal Justice] or City [City College of New York] and maybe Brooklyn [Brooklyn College]. I only applied to five, but I really wanted to get into the Macaulay program [William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY] because that was their honors program.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=994.0,1048.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And I think back in the day, they used to give a free MacBook and free Metrocard and all this stuff. So I remember I went to my college office at my high school and they told me -- and this is not true -- but they told me this and I just assumed it to be true because I didn't know any better. They told me, \"Well, you apply to Macaulay and you don't get into the Macaulay program, you don't get into regular CUNY programs, so it would be a risk to apply to Macaulay because you'll risk getting into the regular program.\" And I was like, \"Wait, I can't, no, no, then forget Macaulay. I'm just going to apply to regular CUNY.\" That was not true.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1048.0,1094.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Oh, no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1094.0,1095.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: That really sucked. When I found out after the fact, I was in freshman year of college when I found out, I was like, \"Oh my God, what did they tell me?\" [laughs] It's okay. I mean, it's fine. Yeah, I guess the free MacBook would've been nice, but [laughs] other than that, I don't think it really makes any difference aside from the fact that they got to take some nice electives. I remember there was a History of New York elective that was only open to Macaulay students, and I was like, \"Oh, see, this is what I'm missing out on now.\" Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1095.0,1134.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Which CUNY school did you --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1134.0,1135.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I went to Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1135.0,1136.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1136.0,1136.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Queens College. I was going to go to Queens College anyway, I knew I'd get into it 'cause like --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1136.0,1141.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1141.0,1143.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- my grades were good. I was going to get into Queens, but I wanted to go to Queens because at first I lived close by.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1143.0,1150.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1150.0,1150.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And second, growing up, it was such a centerpiece [laughs] of my life because we'd go to field trips there and when I lived in Fresh Meadows, we would walk past Queens College a lot when we did errands and things like that. So I was just constantly seeing Queens College and I was like, \"Well, this is it. Everyone that's in Queens goes to Queens College. That's just what I have to do.\" So it was decided at a [laughs] young age, this is where I'm going to school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1150.0,1182.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Cool. And so tell me about your experience there, what you studied, what you did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1182.0,1186.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So I studied math education and I enjoyed it. I enjoyed my math classes at Queens College a lot. They have a very good math program. The professors are really good. I enjoyed my math classes. I can't really tell you anything now because it's almost four years out since I've graduated. And a lot of the [laughs] stuff I learned in my math courses are just over my head. But it was a good experience. I liked my secondary education classes. There would be a lot of good debate and stuff like that about controversial issues in schools and tracking or segregation even to this day. So I really enjoyed my classes. The campus is really nice, and it was a good experience. I would do it again if I had to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1186.0,1242.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Did you go in wanting to be a teacher?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1242.0,1245.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I did because growing up I always wanted to be a teacher because I loved my elementary school teachers.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1245.0,1251.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1251.0,1251.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I wanted to be just like them. So I was like, \"I want to be a teacher. I want to do what they do. I want to make learning fun.\" There was a point freshman year, first semester, when I realized that there's this thing called majors, because again, I didn't know, [laughs] it's my first time going to college. No one in my family went to college, and it was my first time, obviously, [laughs] but I didn't know there were majors and there's multiple you could pick from. And so I did get a little overwhelmed, \"Do I really want to be a teacher? Maybe I want to be an accountant.\" And I went and took a career test, and the three choices were accountant or IT or something in tech. And I was like, \"Well, those kind of sound bland. I don't want to wear bland clothes and a corporate office and be stuffy.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1251.0,1300.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: [laughs] Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1300.0,1301.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So I went ahead and stuck with being a teacher, but I didn't declare it until the end of my sophomore year because I wanted to give myself time to think about it. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1301.0,1313.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Got it. How did you make the decision?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1313.0,1319.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I just figured, \"You know what? Go for it. You only live once.\" And I always wanted to be a teacher. I should realize this dream.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1319.0,1325.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1325.0,1325.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So yeah, I just went for it. And I don't teach anymore. I'm not a teacher anymore, but I do like that I made that decision, that I had a chance to live my dream.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1325.0,1343.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. So did you teach right after you graduated?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1343.0,1346.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah, I taught right after I graduated. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1346.0,1348.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1348.0,1350.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So my first teaching job was at a middle school in Springfield Gardens, but it was very short-lived job because the spring that I graduated, my dad had open heart surgery and then that fall my mom got sick. So in order to support my parents, I resigned and resorted to subbing instead because it provided more flexibility. So it was very short-lived [laughs] my first position.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1350.0,1381.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Got it. Got it. And how did you shift your career?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1381.0,1389.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So this was basically December of 2019. I left my first teaching job, and I started subbing January. And then around February, and this is February 2020, I started hearing things like \"pandemic\" and \"COVID.\" And I don't really watch the news 'cause I get scared. It's always negative stuff. So I get my headlines from my phone, social media, and that's it. I don't look too deep into it because why stress yourself out? So I was completely unaware that there was [laughs] anything even happening. I think it was the third week of February where I first got inkling that this is happening.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1389.0,1433.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1433.0,1433.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And at that point, it's been happening for two months. It's been in the talk for two months. So I was like, \"Oh, this doesn't seem like it's going to be good for me because subbing might just disappear, right?\" So I was at Forest Hills High School at the time. I started subbing there because they had a lot of open sub positions, and I was like, \"Yeah, why not? Maybe I can sub here and see if they have open positions for the next school year, build that network.\" So the AP for math came up to me and she's like, \"Oh, we have a long-term sub position that goes until June. Do you want to do it?\" And I was a little iffy -- should I? -- because also that first teaching job was not the best environment to start your teaching career. I feel like that first job was definitely a better fit for someone that has more experience. So I was a little like, \"Will I be able to handle it?\" I don't know. But then I ultimately decided, \"Well, I'm not going to know if I don't try. And also, this whole pandemic thing sounds like it's a dangerous situation. Let me just get something a little stable.\" And it worked out because a week after I took it -- it was March 13th, that was the last day we were in person -- everything shut down. And then at the time, the union said that anyone that's a long-term sub, they would have to stay in their position as they were originally signed on. And since I originally was signed on until June, I had money coming in until June. So I'm glad I did it. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1433.0,1535.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1535.0,1535.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: 'Cause it was crazy timing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1535.0,1538.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. Wow. And you were in Jamaica at the time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1538.0,1542.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah, at this point I was living in Hollis, but I was working at Forest Hills High School. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1542.0,1547.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Got it. And so tell me a little bit about the pandemic experience for you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1547.0,1553.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So we taught that first week, we went online. We didn't really teach anything 'cause we were still figuring everything out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1553.0,1559.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1559.0,1559.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And I think maybe the first week we were just doing meetings, like \"How are we going to do this? Zoom, Google Meets? How are we going to share the stuff? Scheduling?\" And then at some point, we started doing Zoom meetings, but not a lot of kids would show up because this was all new. Some kids didn't have the technology at home to join Zoom. And also, most kids don't really use video conferencing tools and stuff like that, you know?. So this was new territory for them too. What 15-year-old uses Zoom for the heck of it? No one --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1559.0,1596.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1596.0,1597.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- Google Meets for the heck of it! I mean, no one does. So I think ultimately what we ended up doing, the co-teacher I was with, we just did two hour-meetings a day and would post assignments on Google Classroom and then videos that we pre-recorded so that they could watch it when it's viable for them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1597.0,1619.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: And then if anyone needed help, they had the choice of coming to these two office hours, but no one would show up. And then a month into my long-term sub position, the teacher ended up coming back from maternity leave, so I was no longer needed in that classroom setting. And instead, I helped the APs do outreach to all the kids that were absent and wouldn't [laughs] join their classes. So I'd be making hundreds of phone calls a day. Hundreds. I would have the DOE [New York City Department of Education] translators, like, \"Hey, your kid's not showing up to school.\" And the parents are like, \"What do you mean? They're at home, I see them.\" And it's like, they see them, but they're not [crosstalk] in class, they're not on. I sometimes have to get the translator on, and then it's like, all this is happening. And I'm just like, \"Okay.\" So yeah, I spent the last two months of that position just doing a lot of outreach.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1619.0,1675.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah, that makes sense. And were you living with your family --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1675.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1680.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: -- at the time? Okay","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1680.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah, I was living at home with my parents. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1680.0,1682.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. And how was that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1682.0,1685.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: It was good. I lived at home [laughs] with my parents my whole life, so it wasn't anything different. It's just that now we're home more often. I guess it would get a little bit kind of funny at times. My dad would be out working most of the time, and now he was at home, and my sister would be at school and I'd be out. So it was kind of the first time we had this extended amount of time together, so we learned a lot about each other's personalities and stuff like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1685.0,1720.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1720.0,1720.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Like, I talk very loud. That's something that wasn't realized before --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1720.0,1724.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1724.0,1724.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: -- because we were all busy. And now it's realized. My dad sniffles a lot. [laughter] I didn't pick up on before, and now it's like, \"Oh my gosh, this sniffling!\" It's not even cold.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1724.0,1736.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1736.0,1736.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: So yeah, we started noticing little things about each other. [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1736.0,1743.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. Wow. Yeah, it was kind of crazy --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1743.0,1748.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1748.0,1748.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: -- during that time. Okay. So, 'cause I don't have [Zoom] Pro, I have five minutes left in our conversation, but I kind of wanted to see if you could talk a little bit about maybe some of your favorite places in Queens now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1748.0,1772.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1772.0,1772.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1772.0,1772.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Sure. Okay. Number one: Forest Park.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1772.0,1776.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1776.0,1776.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: I love Forest Park. It's in, I guess, Kew Gardens kind of, but it stretches out all the way to Woodhaven, and there's these hiking trails. It's really nice. The minute you enter the park, you don't even hear outside noise. It almost feels like you're upstate or something. I really like -- I mean, everyone must, it's like center of Queens -- Flushing Meadows Corona Park. But I like the side where the lake is because it's more quiet and calm. Let's see, what else do I like? Because I like going to parks a lot. So those are my top two favorite parks to go to. There's this other side of Corona Park on the Van Wyck side, and I've never been to that side, but I know there's a lake on that side, too. So I want to at some point go explore that side of the park because I think I read online there's some nice kind-of hiking trails there too. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1776.0,1836.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. What do you think makes Queens a unique borough compared to the other boroughs in New York City?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1836.0,1848.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Well, I think the trait I'm going to say is shared by almost every borough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1848.0,1854.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Mmm-hmm. [affirmative]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1854.0,1854.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: It's very diverse, but just because you live in Queens doesn't mean everyone has the same experience. Everyone's experience of Queens is very, very different. Kind of my time in Queens, I would spend a lot of time outdoors in the parks and stuff like that. I wouldn't really go to landmarks or stuff, popular places to eat at or anything like that. I spent a lot of my time in the park growing up and even now, so I wouldn't really have too much to offer about experiences regarding that aspect. Sorry, someone's at the door. [laughs] But yeah, I think it's interesting how everyone's experience is different. Do you mind if I just get the door? [crosstalk] They're just going to keep doing that. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1854.0,1906.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: You're good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1906.0,1913.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Sorry.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1913.0,1914.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: No, you're good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1914.0,1916.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Okay. There you go. [laughs] [crosstalk] Yeah. I think Queens is nice, even though it's in the city, there's a lot of outdoor spaces you can find that are very quiet and calm. So you're able to have the best of both worlds. And also [crosstalk] everyone's experience is very different, [laughs] so that's interesting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1916.0,1939.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Right. Have you seen any of these parks or public spaces change over time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1939.0,1946.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: In my opinion, not really. I only started going to Forest Park within the last two years, but Flushing Meadows Park, they are renovating. The Meadow Lake side, the roads aren't the best, and there'd always be flooding and stuff, but they started renovating and making better infrastructure. Oh, this, I noticed: they're making more bike lanes around the park.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1946.0,1973.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: That's great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1973.0,1973.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/159","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: On the Grand Central, there's a really nice bike lane. I already know Queens Boulevard has a nice, pretty decent bike lane, but I feel like they're expanding more bike lanes around the park area, which is good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1973.0,1988.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/160","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Yeah. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1988.0,1990.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: Making it more accessible and better infrastructure. That's something they've been working on at Corona Park. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1990.0,1998.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: That's great. Okay, so we have less than a minute, so I'm going to end, but if you have a final thought before I lose you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=1998.0,2013.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Randip Parhar: No, I think [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=2013.0,2015.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745/transcript/65083/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kathryn Blake: Okay. I'm going to stop recording.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/101173/file/199745#t=2015.0,2018.42939"}]}]}]}