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Going Back to College

From: Youth Media Project
Length: 00:03:13

The influence of my childhood experience with college on my current desire for a degree. Read the full description.
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When somebody says, "I'm going back to college," they're usually a successful professional looking to change careers. Not me. I'm a 19-year-old freshman. I would be having my first experience with a college campus, except my mother went back to college (in the traditional sense) when I was a kid and took me along. But she never finished her studies. Can I do better?

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Review of Going Back to College

Martin's sweet narrative was extremely well put together. His voice was clear and enjoyable, with brilliantly crisp sound bytes and the absence of distracting background noise. Martin articulates his point well- and in an interesting way, framing his message around the idea of "going back to college." However, I find Martin's tone to be degrading towards his mother at several points throughout the piece- and as a listener would like a little more clarification about his relationship with his mom. Despite this, though, the piece flows quite well, the opening and closing song puts a nice cap and tail on Martin's amusing and unusual narrative.

Broadcast History

First broadcast March 7, 2007 as part of the Santa Fe Youth Radio Project's "Meet Radio" on KSFR, Santa Fe's Public Radio.

Timing and Cues

There are small music bookends on this piece that fade away under the spoken track. More information about me: Martin Burch, 19, from Santa Fe, New Mexico is a second-semester freshman majoring in Agriculture Communications at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.