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You think you know me, you don't know me well. episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. You don't know anybody. You don't know anybody until you talk to someone. Someone Hi, my name is Claire, and I am here to talk about how I met Mr. Smith when I was in high school.

I remember becoming aware of him when I was a freshman in high school. He was a teacher, but he was also involved in the athletic community at my high school. I knew who he was more so through the

sports I was involved in. And he was known as the younger, cool, funny teacher who was kind of inappropriate

in terms of pushing boundaries, making funny and appropriate comments. One of those teachers

that was closer to the student's age, so it was easier to relate with him or interact with him versus some of the other

older teachers at our school or coaches for that matter. I remember being made aware of him my freshman

year and having a few interactions with him, but our relationship developed more so my sophomore year because I'd had my footing a little more in high school and I was getting used to extracurricular activities, whether that be sports or like other athletic programs that we had in the school.

As I got more involved throughout school, it opened up more opportunities for me to be exposed to him.

I'm an only child, so I didn't have any older siblings to explain high school to me

or to make it feel more comfortable. I feel like I went into high school. It was all really new

to me. You're meshing with all these new kids that you didn't know before and you're getting

used to it and you're getting used to like this fast pace being around all these older kids that you didn't know before and you're getting used to it and you're

getting used to like this fast pace being around all these older kids when you were used to being

the oldest kid in your middle school. My freshman year I sat back, got used to what sports I wanted to

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