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Quips From A Mall

I downloaded this week’s This American Life (Scenes From a Mall) just to hear one little snippet again. Ira Glass asked three eighth-graders about the economy.

GLASS Has the recession affected the three of you?

GIRL 1 What!? “Recession”? What does recession mean?

GIRL 2 That’s a big word.

GIRL 1 We’re not the smartest people here.

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Alex Chernavsky Says:
December 17th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Reminds me of Jay Leno’s excellent “Jaywalking” segments.

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