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All right. Hello. Today I have a special guest. Her name is

>> Sam. >> Samra. What's your middle name, Samra?

>> Uh, it's Danielle. >> Danielle. Samra. Danielle, but we call

her Samra. Do you have any nicknames, Sam?

>> Um, my friend calls me Era. I don't like Sam. I'm not a Sam.

>> She's not Sam. Don't call her Sam. [laughter]

Nobody say Sam in the comments. >> Yeah. Or Sammy. I'm not Sammy.

>> Not Sammy. What does your friend call you?

>> Uh, she calls me Era. >> Era. Oh, that's cute. Sam Era. Nice. I

like it. And Samra, how do I explain Samra's relation to me? Well, it's a

little complicated, but basically, um, her mom used to be married to my dad

many years ago. So, she was like my stepmom, but now she's not married to

him anymore. And she had a daughter, Samra. And now, how old is Sam today?

>> I am 12. >> 12 years old. So technically she's not

my sister, but I think of her like, you know, like a halfsister or something

like that because uh her mom was kind of like my second mom. So that's kind of

the the relation here. And she very kindly agreed to make a video with me

and to showcase her natural English. She is a native English speaker from Where

are you from? What is the state? >> Oh, Maine.

>> So you're from the state of Maine, which is where I'm from also.

>> Yes. Where is Maine in the United States?

>> It's in the eastern part. >> Yes. And also

>> it's like it's on the upper part of it. It's

>> northeast. >> Yeah, northeast. Definitely.

>> It's uh on the border of of what country?

>> Canada. >> Canada. Have you ever been to Canada?

>> No, I have not been to Canada, but I've heard about it.

>> Yeah. It's very strange that we're so close and we've never been there.

>> I know. And I've been to places like further away. So, [laughter]

>> yeah. Samra has traveled to She was in Puerto Rico where I just was. She's been

on cruises. Yeah. Where have you been? >> Uh I haven't been like a lot out of the

state, but most of my out of state stuff has been on cruise like going to Puerto

Rico and like San Juan and that kind of stuff.

>> Have you been to Did the cruise stop at Mexico or No.

>> Um the first one I went on did. This one did not though.

>> So you've been maybe to some islands in the Caribbean?

>> Yeah, definitely. >> Okay. Would you like to travel somewhere

else? Um, I don't know. I really like like

where I've been, but probably somewhere like Oh, like Hawaii. I'd love to go to

Hawaii. I haven't been to Hawaii. I'd love to go there.

>> So, you like tropical places? >> Yes, I like tropical. I don't want to go

and travel somewhere cold. [laughter] >> What do you think about living in Maine

in general? Like with the four seasons and the winter.

>> I really like it because it's definitely like when you start to get sick of one

season, the other one comes along. like you have winter is pretty cold and snowy

and I like winter but then I'm definitely sick of it and I'm really

happy for when spring and summer come along so it's nice with the four season

change because you kind of get some of everything.

>> So you like it but you do prefer when it's warm.

>> Yes, I don't like when it's humid. I'm not like I like warm but I don't like

like crazy hot. But yeah, I definitely prefer like warmer seasons

>> like me. Yeah, I I think most people in Maine do prefer when it's warmer here

but they they tolerate the winter. >> Definitely. You find stuff to do in the

winter. You like to go uh snowshoeing with probably with your dad and stuff.

>> Yeah, I go snowshoeing. I really like I me and my sister like make snow forts.

This is it's really fun. And like obviously we would traditionally like

making snowmen and that kind of stuff. >> Oh, yeah. She has a little sister named

Farah who is seven, right? >> Six. She's still six years old.

>> Yeah. I'll turn I will turn 13 in 4 months and then she will turn seven in 5

months. >> Your birthday is in August?

>> Yeah. August 23rd. >> Yeah. So basically Samra is being very

like nice right now and and chill and and stuff she's trying to um you know

speak in a nice way for you guys. But sometimes Samra when she gets um you

know excited about something she talks really fast super fast. And I told her

that my my students they they really like to be challenged with real English.

So I told her just be normal talk as fast as you want. But you can let let me

know in the comments how you what you think about Samra's English. If you

think that it's easy to understand her or it's difficult because yeah, people

always say that they understand me, but I want to bring on guests on the show to

see how easy or difficult it is to understand them. So, I'm going to pass

you the mic and you can hold it. And I want you to just tell me a little bit

about about you, about your your life here, here on this this farm and what

you like to do and and what are the things, you know, what do you do in a

typical day here? >> Um, I definitely really like it here. We

have a lot of animals. So, a typical day is definitely taking care of them. I go

out and I feed the farm animals with my mom. I feed the cats and then I have to

hold my parrot a lot because parrots need a lot of attention. So, um, your

parrot. >> Yeah, my parrot, her name is Kiwi, and I

she definitely needs a lot of attention. I like to hang out with the cats, so a

lot to do with animals. And then I also am a gymnast, so I do gymnastics here,

which is really fun. I kind of have like my whole little routine. Um, yeah. And I

I also really like doing art. I'm actually just about to get into a paint

project, so that's going to be fun. >> You like uh gymnastics a lot. You're

very passionate about that. and um painting also and being with your

animals. How many animals do you have here?

>> I think we have 46 or 47 which I cannot believe how little we have. I cannot

remember the last time that we weren't in the 70s.

>> And the number is so high because you have a lot of chickens, right?

>> Yes, we have 29 chickens, but we are hatching chicks. We have five eggs, so

fingers crossed some hatch. Um they should hatch in like 2 days, so I'm

really excited. >> Nice. Yeah, she she loves the chickens.

They all have names and they're they're all very unique because they're all

different kinds of chickens, right? They have different um appearances.

>> Yes, we have. Yeah, they're mostly different kinds. You have like a few the

same breed, but then with also like hatching chicks, we have like some mixed

breeds and yeah, they're really cute and they all have their different

personalities. Chickens are not as like a lot of people think chickens are

pretty like dumb, but they're actually they can be pretty intelligent and I

love their little personalities. >> Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Do you

think that they they have a bond with you? Like they they um feel something

toward you? >> Um I would say some do. Some are a

little bit more leave me alone. I I think they definitely like us when we

give them food. It's like they're like, "Yeah, we love you when you have food

for us." But some definitely are friendly and very affectionate.

>> Some you you pet and you you hold them and you touch them.

>> Yes, we have definitely a few who enjoy being pet and are very chill with being

picked up. And then we have some that are total spazzes and just want to like

be like feed me but leave me alone please.

>> How would you describe what does spaz a total spaz mean for someone who doesn't

know English? >> Um it means like they kind of like are

skittish or like nervous a little bit like crazy like they like to kind of

like run away from us and be like leave me alone. [laughter]

>> They go crazy if you try to pick them up. Some some of them maybe.

>> Yeah. And you also have um some goats and a pig.

>> Yes, I have six goats and I have a pig and I love them so much. The pig is

Pooky and then I have the six goats and I love all the goats so much.

>> The the pig's name is Pooky, by the way, in case you didn't understand that. You

have a couple dogs and three cats. And yeah, I think that's a fish. I think

that's all the animals. >> And I have two leopard geckos in my

room, Nick and Lisa. Ah, Nick and Lisa. The geckos.

>> Yes. >> In her room. Okay.

>> They're like >> I forgot about the geckos.

>> Yeah, they're like I think they're like eight. They're pretty old now. I named

them when I was really tiny, so they have classic names. However, Nick may be

a Nicole. We don't know. >> Uh oh, you don't know the gender?

>> Yeah, we know we know Lisa is a girl, but we don't know about Nick.

>> Okay, interesting. And what do they do all day? Do they just chill out?

>> Nick, he is kind of lazy. He's a little on the chubby side. He just like likes

to lay around and when it comes dinner time, he eats basically all the worms.

before Lisa can have any. But >> that's why he's fat.

>> Yes, they definitely leopard geckos like chilling, but Lisa definitely likes to

walk around the tank a little bit more and like adventure more than he does.

>> Nice. Something interesting about you also is that you do homeschooling or

you've been doing homeschooling up until um now and you are you're just

completing now the end of the school year like the sixth grade, right? So

next year your plan is to do what? My plan is to go to school in the seventh

grade and I'm kind of nervous about it, but I'm also really excited.

>> So, she's going to go to an actual school, not not being homeschooled. And

she's you're going to like um a small private school, right?

>> Yes, it is a very small private school. Um there's I think there's only likeund

120 to like 160 students. Pretty small. Like 10 to 15 students in each class,

but I'm really happy cuz my best friend and little sister go there. So, it's

going to be awesome. And and what was your reasoning for why you wanted to go

there besides your friend and your sister?

>> Um well, I'm thinking that once you go through school, you can't try it. So, I

think because I've never gone to school and I've always been homeschooled and I

love homeschool so much, but I'd love to try going to school and see if I like it

and I'd love to have like a bigger friend group. Definitely.

>> So, for the experience to try it cuz you can't go back and try it if you miss

your chance and uh to maybe make more friends.

>> Yeah, definitely. But right now you have um you have your best friend um Autumn

her name is right and you have your sister. Do you have any other friends

that you hang out with or is that mostly it?

>> Autumn is my best friend and she lives close so she's the one I hang out with

mostly but I do have another best friend who lives she sadly moved away. Her

name's Anakah. Um but we still see each other every once in a while which is

really nice. But yeah, Autumn's definitely my main best friend.

>> All right. Nice. Yeah, I think it's good the social situations at school because

I I went through all of the years of public school. Um, sometimes it can be

really great, sometimes it can be not so great depending on, you know, but I went

to a public school with, you know, a huge amount of students. And I think

that a smaller private school, I don't know if it has to do with it being

private, but just a smaller school with less people, I feel like it's going to

be better for for making friends because because it's smaller, so nobody gets

left out. like nobody gets forgotten about and everybody like knows each

other very well and stuff. So, I think it's a good idea. What do you think?

>> Yeah, I definitely think that there's only like I walked around and got I got

to see the sixth grade classroom and I saw everyone in it and it's a very small

classroom. There's only like I think it was like 10ish people in it. So, it's I

think it's going to be easier definitely to like you know like you said

>> she said 10ish we say is it's like uh about 10

>> about 10ish >> could be 11 could be nine somewhere

around there. you kind of just round up to the closest number.

>> Sometimes we add ish to say like about that, you know, like, oh, this is this

is like um grayish color, this thing. It's a grayish like kind of gray.

>> Yeah. >> All right. And so if you if you like it

there and you want to stay, could you could you see yourself I mean, it's hard

to know how you're going to feel, you know, in the future, but could you see

yourself um staying there, you know, up through until you graduate high school

or or what do you think? >> I definitely can. And I think I'm going

to see how this school year or like my the seventh grade goes because my mom

said I want you to at least try out this year. Uh and then I'll see if I love it.

I'll keep doing it. And if it's like, you know what, this was really like not

for me. I'll go back to home school. But I'm really hoping it works out and I get

to go to there for longer. >> Nice. How far away is the school? Is

your Is your mom going to drive you in the morning?

>> Uh yes. My mom and my dad will drive me depending on who I am with. It's like 20

25 minutes away from my dad and it's like 30 35 minutes away from my mom. So

relatively close. >> Oh yes, we forgot to mention her her

parents are separated like mine are. We're at her mom's house right now and

but her dad lives somewhere else like 30 30 minutes away.

>> Uh I think about like 40 45ish, but yeah, pretty close.

>> Okay. Uh her mom is remarried to um I'll let you say

>> Daniel. I love him so much. He is the best bonus dad ever.

>> A bonus dad. And he's been in your life since you were very little, right?

>> Yeah, he's been in my life since I was like uh three, maybe about to turn four,

right around there. So, yeah. And he was just I immediately loved him so much.

He's just the nicest guy. >> Yeah, Daniel's pretty great.

>> He is definitely. And he's the only one who he's the one giving me my squishies

and my squishy obsession. My mom's like, "No." And he's like, "Yeah, I'll give

you squishies." >> Yeah. Daniel likes to spoil everyone.

>> Definitely. Yeah. He likes to spoil my little sister, too. Um, for those who

don't know, um, can you describe what the squishy is?

>> Uh, squishies, there are several different kinds. It's like a toy, and

it's really fun to squish. They have like really nice textures, like slime,

like they might have like slime in them or really different fun textures. They

have like glitter or beads in them. And I really love them and they're so cute

and I love squishing them. And I'm having a little collection now.

>> Are they all like dumplings? Are they different things? Um, I have six squishy

dumplings. They're very viral v viral right now, but um, the others I have 12

and the other six are different. They can really be like they're probably

every shape in the world. Some are just like a square or like a cube while

others are actual things like butter or cheeses. I love my cheese. I love my

cheese. >> Okay, so they can be different things,

but the dumplings are popular. >> Yeah, the dumplings are probably my

favorite. Okay. So, if you didn't understand, um, to squish is like to do

this to something. It's like a specific kind of texture thing where you can go

like this. And she has some I wouldn't say that they're like stuffed animals.

They're they're not like stuffed. They're just like

>> They're more rubbery. >> Yeah. They're like rubbery little

creatures that are full of something that you can squish.

>> Yeah. The dumplings are full of water and they have like like well some are

full of water and have glitter in them and then others kind of have this stuff

kind of a whipped creamy texture in it and it's I really like that one. So

yeah, they can definitely have a lot of different textures in it and they're

really fun to squish. >> Okay. They they feel like fun to to play

with. It's a it's like a texture thing. Yeah. All right. Nice. Well, I'm going

to take a look at my list here of some random questions to ask Samra. We are

filming outside. It's pretty warm and my camera tends to overheat. So, it might

just randomly shut off at some point. So, if that happens, it's okay. We'll

just cut it there. We'll just end the video there. So, if the video ends

abruptly, that's what happened. But yeah, so I'm just going to ask you

questions until maybe it dies or maybe just a few questions until we get tired

and Yeah. So, I'll ask you a question and then you can you can take the mic

and you can answer as long as you want. Okay. What's What's a movie or show you

can watch over and over? >> Oh, okay. Um, there's this show series

and it's called Gymnastic Academy and I love it so much. I've probably watched

it like eight times over and over again. Like I said, I'm a gymnast and it's all

about gymnastics. So, I really love that and it's it's really fun cuz it's like

teenagers around my age. So, that's one I can just like watch over and over

again and I love it so much. It's like one of my favorite shows.

>> That's cool. It's like uh they're like competing or something. Um, it's this

the main character is named Kyra Barry and she goes from the US to Australia

for a three month a three month like training process to try to get a

scholarship at the gymnastic academy for 3 years.

>> But is it like real real life or reality show or is it like fiction?

>> Um, it is not cartoon. It is a like real reality kind of thing, but it is I think

it's based off a true story, but it's not actually like a true story.

>> Okay, I see. So, it's like a movie maybe like a there's a script, but it's uh

based off a true story. >> Yeah, it's a script because there was

one before it. It's called a gymnast. It's like a It's the same thing, but

it's just called Second Chance instead. And that one was based off a true story.

I'm not sure if Gymnastic Academy is, but I think it might be. Do you

recommend that people watch it? Is it entertaining? Is it good?

>> Yes, I definitely recommend it. It's probably more of a girl show, but I

think anyone who like wants to watch it, definitely watch it cuz it's really

awesome and I love it so much. >> All right. And it inspires you to do

gymnastics? >> Uh, actually the whole reason I got into

gymnastics was actually completely because of that show. I had had no

interest in gymnastics my entire life and then I watched that for the first

time like 6 months ago and now I'm just like got super into gymnast gymnastics

and like trained myself and learned a bunch about it.

>> Amazing. Yeah. Before she started gymnastics class, she she basically just

trained herself a lot. She taught herself a lot of the a lot of things

based off like YouTube videos and just practicing and stuff, right?

>> Yeah. like people telling me stuff, YouTube videos, that show definitely a

lot. I taught myself almost everything I know, but gymnastic classes have

definitely helped me get correct posture and that kind of stuff.

>> And you're only in the beginner class, but like there's other levels you're

going to you're going to keep advancing. >> Yes, there's beginner, advanced,

pre-team, and then you're actually on a team. Um, yeah. And I'm really I'm

definitely really loving it. >> And you told me that you're one of the

best ones in your beginner class. >> I don't want to brag. I w but I am one

of the better ones in the class which was really thanks to my training um

because if I hadn't I would have been the worst one there and then because of

the training I came in being one of the better ones but there are definitely

people who are better than me in the class.

>> And have you made friends with any of them like to the point where you would

hang out outside of gymnastics or not yet? Um there Elen, I would have hung

out with her cuz we were like we're best friends in the class, but she went away.

She's going away to summer camp for four months. So that kind of ended that. But

she's coming back or she says she is. I hope she will.

>> Nice. Cool. Is there something like some other hobby or anything that you you

would like to try or you're interested in, but you haven't done it yet?

>> I don't know if there's another hobby that I haven't tried that I'd like to

do. My other hobbies are like I do soccer. I love soccer, but I've done

that. And then like Yeah, most of my hobbies I think I've already done that

I'm interested in doing. >> All right, nice. And anything else like

in life in general? Doesn't have to be like a like a hobby or something. It

could be like Oh, I you know, I would like to see New York City or what? Like

anything that you would like to do? I would like to learn how to bake a pie. I

don't know. Anything that you would like to do at some point in the future.

>> Baking is one of my hobbies. I love baking. So, I'd become a better baker.

But then a lot of the things that I would like to learn how to do have to do

with gymnastics. Like I am so close on a back walk over or like a front walkover

or front handspring. And I'd just love to learn how to do those. That'd be

really awesome. >> I love it. And she sends me videos, you

know, because most of the time I'm not here. Right now I'm I'm visiting, but um

most of the time I'm I'm out of the country and um Samra texts me. She sends

me videos of her at her uh gymnastics classes and and doing the different

things. And yeah, it's very entertaining for me. I love it. I love getting the

videos. >> I'm glad. Yeah, I sent you. I remember I

sent you. I was like, "Yeah, I got my pullover on the bar cuz I was so happy."

Yeah, it's it's it's awesome. >> It's my favorite reality show I watch.

>> I'm so glad. >> All right. What quality do you most

value in a friend? >> I in a friend value probably kindness. I

definitely love like that's something I look for in a person, but I really like

one of the best qualities is if they're funny. I love funny friends, but funny

in a kind way. But I love when you get comfortable enough with them where you

can make jokes that are like really funny. But yeah, kindness, funniness,

creativity. Like I like creative friends and my friend Autumn definitely is. We

like the same stuff. We both love swimming and we always come up with all

these very creative fun games that we do and we're always like laughing so hard.

>> You think Autumn has these these traits that you value in a friend? Yes, I would

definitely say she is funny, kind, and creative. And she is also strong, and

smart, and she's amazing. >> A, that's so cute. I wish I had a best

friend like that. [laughter] I don't have one. Well, it's partially

my fault because I always travel around so much. I never stay anywhere to to

make friends. Next one is, who has influenced you the most in life?

>> Well, um, so many people. So many people. Uh, I'd have to say my parents.

Um like my mom, my dad, Daniel, um Kelly definitely they have all

>> Kelly is uh your dad's partner. >> Yes, Kelly is my dad's partner. They

definitely have all in inspired me so much. And then like coming back to

gymnastics, like Simone Biles, she's like such a great gymnast and she's

definitely inspired me to be a better gymnast.

>> Simone Biles is cool. >> Yeah, she's awesome. She's like won so

many Olympic medals. >> Yeah, it's amazing. Yeah, gymnastics is

super cool. Also, it's it's very good for us, I think, to to stretch, to be

flexible, um to to be mobile, move our bodies. I think as we get older, as we

age, to be able to move our bodies still like in those ways, I think is very good

for our health. So, this is this is a great thing for you to practice your

whole life, even if it's like not, you know, not competitively, but even just

like by yourself at home. I mean, a lot of adults, they do yoga, which is like

has similar things. So, yeah, it's a really cool hobby. I'm glad you like it.

>> Thank you. >> All right, maybe we'll do one more

question and then we'll end it. All right, unless there's anything else you

want to talk about or anything that crossed your mind. All right, what is

Oh, this is a funny one. What's something you believed as a kid or when

you were younger that turned out to be totally wrong? If you can't think of

anything, don't worry about it. >> Um, let's see. Like for something I

think when I was little I believed in like lying a lot. I guess I was

definitely a fiber and now I like can't even lie. But like yeah I like to sneak

around a lot. I remember one time there was a peanut butter cup that's really

yummy candy um on the island and I was like oh if I eat it someone's going to

notice. So I took a bite out of it and then left it which was like way more

noticeable and I was so sneaky. I thought I was like so awesome and it was

like that was pretty obvious. [laughter] That's just one of my mischievous things

I do. >> So you used to tell some some fibs. A

fib is a a little lie. Like a small lie. White lie we say. So you used to be a

fiber. Used to lie a little bit. >> Yeah. I used to do like harmless little

lies, but I thought it was like so clever back then. Now now I really can't

lie. Makes me feel sick. >> Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. Same. It's very

hard to lie. But yeah, a lot of little kids, they they don't realize that it's

that the parents can obviously see that it's a lie and they they think they'll

get away with it, so they they tell little lies. It's funny.

>> Yeah, it's cute. >> Then when you get older, you also have

like the conscience that makes you feel guilty when you lie. And when you're

little, you don't really have that. >> That's good. You you developed the

conscious conscience to not lie. That's good because some people don't ever

develop that. [laughter] Some adults are out here lying. [snorts]

>> Yeah. Some Some people gets worse. Just slowly the lies build. They just get

better at lying and it gets crazy. >> Yeah. I didn't rob the bank. [laughter]

>> Exactly. So, I'm glad that um that's not you. All right. Well, I said that was

the last question, but I want to do one more. So, [laughter]

>> I'm fine with that. >> What's a challenge you're proud to have

overcome? >> There's definitely a few. One is that

when I was younger, I was very not okay with being left alone at all. And I've

definitely overcome that where I'm okay to be like, "Yeah, I'm fine if I like

left a home alone with Farah. Like, it's okay." Now, another one definitely with

gymnastics, getting better gymnastics. I overcame a lot there. Overcoming that

when I was younger, I struggled with reading a little bit. Um, not like

badly, but I'm the kind of person that I have to want to do it, and if I don't

want to do it, I'm not going to try to do it. And then it just like I found a

book that I loved and it took off and now I'm like like I read way above my

grade level. So amazing. >> Yeah, it's awesome.

>> Wow. So you went from not wanting to read or having resistance to reading to

being like a better reader than than normal for your for your age.

>> Yeah. Yeah. I was I kind of went in steps where I wouldn't read and then I

was definitely not that good at reading and then I was kind of like average and

then I just there I found came across some books like wings of fire I love the

dragon books and then like keep it together Ko Carter just be cool Jenna

Kai and those are long chapter books and I just fell in love with them and now I

just like read all the time like nth grade level so

>> wow that's awesome that's amazing and I know well when I was here in past years

you You were always listening to the audio books. You always liked that. You

always liked I think you always liked books, but you would spend more time

maybe listening to them. Maybe now you read more of them. And you also always

liked writing. You like to write your own stories, right?

>> Yes. I love the audio books. And I my dream job um which I hope will become

true is I want to be an author 100%. I like language arts is my favorite

subject in school. I love writing so much. I am currently working on two

books. One, somebody said, "Hey, I want you to try to make a story out of this.

It's called Gnome's Adventure." And then the other, I am like 70 pages in. I'm

writing it by hand, and I just came up with this. Uh, it's about a girl called

Paisley, like managing middle school kind of, and I just I love writing. I

don't know what it is about it, but I love it so much.

>> Wow. Amazing. I love it. I'm excited to read your books someday. Yes.

>> I I will buy your books as soon as they're published. Well, even before

they're published, I'll buy them. I'll [laughter] read them.

>> Yes. She'll be you'll you'll have the privilege of being one of the first ones

before they're even published. >> Yeah. Before anyone knows her before she

becomes famous, a famous author, I will read her books. [laughter]

That's awesome. My mom was like that. She always wanted to write books, but

but she Well, she wrote one. She had one, but um I think she wanted to do

more. But but yeah, I think you got the you got that spark. You got that fire

and you should definitely do it. >> Thank Yeah. Thank you. Everyone always

says like you have that talent that you can really bring it to life and I can

picture it perfectly and I hope that's really true because yeah like I said it

is. I love writing. I definitely want to make more books. Um the one I'm working

on right now with Paisley um I'm it's going to be a series of three. I'm only

on the first book right now and I'm really happy. It's going to be like it's

going to be called BFFs and the first one's going to be like starting middle

school and the second one's going to be managing middle school and then the last

one's going to be pro at middle school. So

>> you big plans. You already got it all planned out. Amazing.

>> Yes. Yeah. I definitely have the names planned out. I plan a lot, but I'm one

of the um kind of authors that more of I have an overall vision of where I want

the book to go, but I'm more right in the moment. I don't plan things out like

as much as some authors would. >> See where it goes. Yeah. Nice. That's

that's amazing. You have you have a vision and I'm here for it. I love it.

[laughter] Awesome. Well, um hopefully one day I'll

be able to announce on this channel that she has a book available to read and you

guys can read it and um practice your English English reading. So that's it. I

I think we'll end it there. Thank you, Sam, for for coming on the show.

>> Thank you for inviting me. Thank you. >> Oh, sorry. I didn't put the mic.

>> It's okay. [laughter] Thank you for >> What was she saying? I She didn't put

the mic. >> Thank you for inviting me so much. It

was such an honor. Thank you. >> A Isn't she great? Can you believe she's

She's 12 years old. Well, she's going to be 13 in August. Yeah, she's she's so

grown up. I can't believe it cuz last time I was here, you know, she was like

a couple years younger, few years younger. And so I'm I'm amazed every

time I come here to see the the the growth. And so yeah, so we're going to

go. I'm going to let Samra go and get back to her life. And thank you for

being here. Tell tell me in the comments what you thought about her her English,

like how easy or difficult it was for you. I think it was pretty good. Samra

has like a I would say she has a standard American English accent which I

think that I have too. A lot of young people, younger generations, they have

this accent. Our our grandparents have like a more like traditional main

accent, but the younger generations I think don't really have it so much

anymore so strongly. >> Yeah, definitely.

>> Do you agree? >> Yeah, I'd say I don't think of myself

having an accent cuz this is how everyone talks, but obviously from

someone who speaks another language probably sound like an accent. But like

I definitely think of my grandma having an accent, a very minor accent.

>> Yeah, we a lot of the young people we what we have is the the I call it the

standard American English accent. You know, it's the accent you hear when you

turn on the TV and it's you know what what most people have like younger

people and um what they have on the news. But yeah, a lot of our a lot of

our older generations, our grandparents and stuff that you know have spent their

whole life in the state and they they are from a a different time before the

internet and before um you know certain things in the modern worlds. They they

have a more