StoryCorps: Ky-Antre Compton and Stuart Chittenden

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Ky-Antre Compton speaks with Stuart Chittenden, his mentor from Big Brothers Big Sisters. Read the full description.

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Compton_small Ky-Antre [key-ON-tray] Compton, 11, and Stuart Chittenden [CHIT-in-den], 38, met through the youth mentoring program Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Compton remembers, "When I first met you, I thought this was going to be so boring, that this was going to ruin my whole summer, my whole life," But their relationship grew, and after one year of friendship, there is no end in sight.

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Ky-Antre [key-ON-tray] Compton, 11, and Stuart Chittenden [CHIT-in-den], 38, met through the youth mentoring program Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Compton remembers, "When I first met you, I thought this was going to be so boring, that this was going to ruin my whole summer, my whole life," But their relationship grew, and after one year of friendship, there is no end in sight.

Broadcast History

NPR's Morning Edition 7/27/07

Transcript

SC: So how long have we known each other now?

KC: Probably a year.

SC: Does it feel that long?

KC: Yes, more like nineteen years. When I first met you, I thought
this is going to be so boring. This is going to ruin my whole summer, my
whole life. But then, you taught me respect. You taught me how to be
mature. You taught me how to be a young man. You know how I ask you
all time, 'Why are you so polite, why are you so respectful?'

SC: Uh - huh

KC: I understand that you are trying to just be a good mentor to me,
and I love that. And there's times when you messed up. You told me it's
okay to make mistakes, it's okay to get mad but it's just not okay to
get out of control. So Stuart what are the things you believe in? Like
if you believe in God, are you scared that he won't pick you to go to
heaven or something?

SC: Well I don't believe in God, so I don't have a faith, l...
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Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Time now for StoryCorps.
This project is traveling the country, recording interviews between
everyday people.
Today, a conversation between Ky-Antre Compton and Stewart
Chittenden .

Ky-Antre is 11 years old.
Stewart is 38.
They MET through a local Big Brothers-Big Sisters mentoring program ...
... and sat down in Omaha, Nebraska ...
... to reflect on how that program has forged a friendship.

OUTRO:

Ky-Antre Compton with his mentor, Stewart Chittenden in Omaha, Nebraska.
Their StoryCorps interview will be archived along with all the others at
the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
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