Ty McBride

Partial Transcript: I'm Jaivonah Adside with the COVID oral history project at Wells College.

Segment Synopsis: McBride introduces himself and gives us insight on his early childhood.

Keywords: Family; Friends; Love; Mom

Subjects: Kinship; Parental influences

Partial Transcript: Good, so, how was it similar or different from Aurora?

Segment Synopsis: Mcbride discusses differences and similarities between Aurora, NY and his childhood neighborhood.

Partial Transcript: So, I'm curious. Who do you consider to be your family?

Segment Synopsis: McBride talks about his familial structure and his upbringing and how that has impacted him. McBride expresses a gratitude towards his mother and how she has shaped him to be the man he is today. He also discusses how he was like as a child growing up.

Keywords: Mom; Sister; age gap

Subjects: Age differences; Childhood; Growing older

Partial Transcript: So, what were you like as a child?

Segment Synopsis: McBride talks about his invariable childhood characteristic that he still possess in present day. McBride shares how he confronted peer pressure and who his true influencer is.

Keywords: Fit in; Gossip; Impress; Nice; Young age

Subjects: Christianity; Male insecurity; Middle school students

Partial Transcript: So, we're gonna jump ahead in time to when you started to think about college.

Segment Synopsis: McBride shares his expectations and thoughts about college. He expresses his discontent towards common stereotypes regarding college. He also shares his experience in applying and finding Wells College, as well as the major that he chose when he first arrived.

Keywords: Basketball; College; Dreams and Goals; Expectations

Subjects: Business; Parties

Partial Transcript: So, we're going to turn to the pandemic now.

Segment Synopsis: McBride shares when he first heard about COVID-19. To construct an approximate timeline to the beginning of COVID, McBride correlates this global matter to the closure of the basketball season and death of American NBA player Kobe Bryant.

Keywords: 2019; 2020; Basketball Season; Beginning; COVID; January; Pandemic

Subjects: January; Kobe

Partial Transcript: Where were you when lockdown started?

Segment Synopsis: Mcbride shares his memories of lockdown and who he spent that time with. He also shares information regarding his daily routine during this time and how it was effected by COVID.

Keywords: Time; girlfriend

Subjects: People in the past; Quarantine

Partial Transcript: What challenges did you and others around you face?

Segment Synopsis: McBride discusses the challenges that he had to overcome during lockdown, as well as things that he struggled with during this time. He also gives us insight on how his faith has helped him overcome those difficulties.

Keywords: Helps; Outside; Runs; Working Out

Subjects: Faith; Mentor

Partial Transcript: In what ways did the pandemic impact you as a college student?

Segment Synopsis: McBride talks about the difficulties that he had faced with schooling and how classroom environment are more conducive to his learning experience. He also discusses the changes that Wells College underwent during this time an how our local traditions were effected.

Keywords: Classroom; Focusing; Homework; Productive

Subjects: Effect of environment on; Productivity

Partial Transcript: As scientists learned more about the virus, government officials began to impose mandates.

Segment Synopsis: Mcbride gives his thoughts on the different mandates that were passed by the government to help stop the spread of COVID-19. He addresses the controversy regarding the mandates and his personal response.

Keywords: COVID-19; Stimulus checks; Vaccines

Subjects: COVID-19; Pandemic

Partial Transcript: Several political protests took place during this period.

Segment Synopsis: Mcbride shares his thoughts and experiences regarding the many political practices that took place during the pandemic. He also shares general thoughts regarding events in U.S history.

Keywords: Black Lives Matter; Protests

Subjects: Protest movements

Partial Transcript: Did illness impact you or your family?

Segment Synopsis: Mcbride discusses his experiences with illness and grief. He also discusses the impact that these experiences had on his life and how he viewed the pandemic,

Keywords: Grief; fear; illness

Subjects: COVID-19; Pandemic

Partial Transcript: Now that vaccines are available and cases are decreasing, life is going back to how they were prior to the pandemic.

Segment Synopsis: Mcbride shares his thoughts on our ability to return to normal and shares his plans on dealing with the pandemic in the future.

Keywords: Normal; Transition

Subjects: COVID-19; Pandemic (Series)

Partial Transcript: Are there any topics that you expected or hoped that we would cover that we didn't get the chance to?

Segment Synopsis: The interview comes to a close with no further remarks.

Keywords: Conclusion; topics

Subjects: Pandemic (Series)