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Tucker was raised in and around Middlebury, VT, and has a unique perspective on how the College relates to the town. I hoped to get to know Tucker better as well as practice guiding conversation in an interviewing setting.
Interview took place in the upstairs classroom of Sunderland, sitting across from one another at a conference table, just after watching the Meatheads ski flick. No intruding noises.
1:00 Born in Weybridge. Lived there for 14 yrs
1:30 Divorce and move to N Ferrisburg
1:50 Move to Middlebury
2:30 “There’s just so much woods around!” Collecting newts.
3:30 “Did some serious damage with a boomerang”
4:10 Hard to live between families
4:30 aversion to hiking because of divorce announcement
5:05 (divorce) has not been a bad thing in my life at all… it’s what my parents needed to do
5:25 it’s extended my family
7:30 closest relationship to his youngest sister
8:30 No other schools as pretty as Midd – 45% off tuition, mother works here
9:18 Live off campus next-door to mother
11:55 Been nice being separated from campus
13:40 Study Abroad in Spain
15:25 Worried about interviewing – leading it in the right direction
16:00 interested (based on personal situation) on interviewing about kids in s-boro
16:42 always feel home here
18:22 Grandfather in career for life
19:00 Farming
20:15 Science fiction writing “I enjoy being outside, but science is interesting”
Modern day philosophy (solaris)
22:30 more than cold, hard numbers
23:40 no religious affiliation not raised in church
25:00 Gaia/world without us
27:50 separating ourselves from everything else too much (human as something other than natural)
31:00 enjoys personal relationship with professors
I talked too much; should have allowed Tucker more freedom in his responses.
Talking with Tucker brought the idea of young residents of Starksboro into a more prominent place in my thoughts about the interviewing process – perhaps focus on how Starksboro views Middlebury/Burlington/Montpelier, as well?