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Remarks: Joe Biden and Jill Biden Visit a Classroom at Yorktown Elementary School - May 3, 2021

  • Unidentified
    Person
  • Cindy Bertamini
    Person
  • Joe Biden
    Person
  • Jill Biden
    Person
  • Note
    Person

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:00:00-00:00:13 (13 sec)
"So I gave my kids a scenario today, and I said that, hey, your teacher went on a cruise. You know, she put -- gave you a sub, and she is on this cruise, then all of a sudden a hurricane came and now she's stranded on a beach." 1

Cindy Bertamini

Positive
00:00:13-00:00:22 (9 sec)
"So I needed their help to build me a structure to withstand the four different storm elements that I am going to have to face. All right?" 2

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:22-00:00:23 (1 sec)
"Whoa." 3

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:00:23-00:00:28 (5 sec)
"[Inaudible] did you want to go ahead and explain your thinking? She had a really good project. She even added a fishing rod for me." 4

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:00:28-00:00:29 (1 sec)
"Oh [Laughs]" 5

Unidentified

Very Negative
00:00:29-00:00:39 (10 sec)
"So, um, this is my, uh, thing. In case I fail, I'm just going to bury my teacher right here this red [Inaudible, Laughter]. These are the fish. They're in the milky water of course, so... And then I caught a fish with my fishing rod. This is..." 6

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:00:39-00:00:40 (1 sec)
"Can we go back, or..." 7

Cindy Bertamini

Very Positive
00:00:40-00:00:43 (3 sec)
"Yes. Feel free. I know this is your element. Go ahead-" 8

Jill Biden

Very Positive
00:00:43-00:00:45 (2 sec)
"Yeah, cool." 9

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:00:45-00:00:47 (1 sec)
"... and walk around, see what they did." 10

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:00:47-00:00:48 (1 sec)
"Come on, Joe." 11

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:00:48-00:00:49 (1 sec)
"Awesome. Coming." 12

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:49-00:00:50 (1 sec)
"This is, uh, me." 13

Jill Biden

Slightly Positive
00:00:50-00:00:52 (2 sec)
"[Laughs] Okay. But I wanna see these fish." 14

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:52-00:00:53 (1 sec)
"This is the house..." 15

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:00:53-00:00:53 (1 sec)
"Aha." 16

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:53-00:00:54 (1 sec)
"Wait, [Crosstalk] a little." 17

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:00:54-00:00:55 (1 sec)
"Thank you." 18

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:00:55-00:01:10 (15 sec)
"Um, so when the flood comes, you know, like, it'll fill up this, and then she can use that as a bath. And then, uh, and this is for the hurricane. But, like, I will shove her in there, and I still want to get her out again." 19

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:10-00:01:12 (2 sec)
"All right." 20

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:12-00:01:14 (2 sec)
"And then I just cover it up like that." 21

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:01:14-00:01:14 (1 sec)
"Mm-hmm." 22

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:14-00:01:15 ( sec)
"Whoa." 23

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:15-00:01:15 ( sec)
"Oh, [Inaudible]" 24

Jill Biden

Positive
00:01:15-00:01:17 (2 sec)
"That's very creative." 25

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:17-00:01:23 (6 sec)
"And then, like, I'm just gonna put the fish back and change how I catch it." 26

Joe Biden

Positive
00:01:23-00:01:23 (1 sec)
"Good idea." 27

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:23-00:01:24 ( sec)
"Then --" 28

Unidentified

Slightly Negative
00:01:24-00:01:35 (11 sec)
"... I thought up the -- so I could -- might stop the flood a little bit." 29

Jill Biden

Very Positive
00:01:35-00:01:39 (5 sec)
"Oh, that's great. Where did you get your ideas? Did you just think them up yourself --" 30

Unidentified

Slightly Positive
00:01:39-00:01:40 (1 sec)
"Well-" 31

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:01:40-00:01:45 (5 sec)
"...or had you read about --" 32

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:45-00:01:45 ( sec)
"Me?" 33

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:45-00:01:47 (2 sec)
"What do you wanna be when you grow up?" 34

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:47-00:01:49 (2 sec)
"I wanna be a fashion designer." 35

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:49-00:01:50 (1 sec)
"All right." 36

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:01:50-00:01:51 (1 sec)
"A fashion designer?" 37

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:51-00:01:52 (1 sec)
"Mm-hmm." 38

Joe Biden

Positive
00:01:52-00:01:54 (2 sec)
"Very good. How about you?" 39

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:54-00:01:55 (1 sec)
"A barista." 40

Joe Biden

Positive
00:01:55-00:01:57 (2 sec)
"A barista. That's good." 41

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:57-00:01:58 (1 sec)
"Or a chef." 42

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:58-00:01:59 (1 sec)
"A chef? Whoa." 43

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:01:59-00:02:00 (1 sec)
"[Laughs]" 44

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:00-00:02:03 (3 sec)
"Holy mackerel. What do you wanna be..." 45

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:03-00:02:04 (1 sec)
"A music artist." 46

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:04-00:02:05 (1 sec)
"... when you grow up?" 47

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:05-00:02:07 (1 sec)
"A music artist." 48

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:07-00:02:14 (8 sec)
"A music artist? I'll be darned. How about you?" 49

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:14-00:02:15 (1 sec)
"A [Inaudible]" 50

Note

Neutral
00:02:15-00:02:15 ( sec)
"[Break in Video] " 51

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:15-00:02:23 (8 sec)
"Well, I'll tell you what, you guys are impressive, really impressive. This is ninth grade, right? [Laughter]" 52

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:23-00:02:40 (17 sec)
"Oh, no. You seem like ninth grade, you're so smart. Tell me, what do you do, I mean, what do you focus on, in terms of, is it mostly projects to get them associated with what they're learning?" 53

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:40-00:02:40 ( sec)
"[Inaudible]" 54

Cindy Bertamini

Positive
00:02:40-00:02:43 (3 sec)
"That's fine. That's okay." 55

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:43-00:02:43 (1 sec)
"[Inaudible] his project." 56

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:02:43-00:02:44 (1 sec)
"We can fix it." 57

Joe Biden

Negative
00:02:44-00:02:50 (6 sec)
"That's probably my fault, I probably walked by too closely." 58

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:50-00:02:52 (2 sec)
"That's been one of the challenges of the shield." 59

Cindy Bertamini

Positive
00:02:52-00:02:54 (2 sec)
"Oh, yes." 60

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:54-00:02:54 ( sec)
"[Crosstalk] overcome." 61

Jill Biden

Positive
00:02:54-00:02:57 (2 sec)
"There we go. Are you okay? You weren't scared, were you?" 62

Unidentified

Slightly Negative
00:02:57-00:02:57 ( sec)
"No." 63

Joe Biden

Very Negative
00:02:57-00:02:58 (1 sec)
"He doesn't look like he's scared." 64

Cindy Bertamini

Slightly Positive
00:02:58-00:02:59 (1 sec)
"That's okay." 65

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:59-00:03:00 (1 sec)
"It happens a lot." 66

Cindy Bertamini

Very Positive
00:03:00-00:03:22 (22 sec)
"So, our students actually have a lot of opportunities to work hands on with materials like this, all the time. Me, my class [Inaudible] love science, so I try to incorporate as much hands-on activity, um, as possible. And with York County's return-to-school plan, our students' desks, they're distanced, they have their masks on, they have their shields for the extra safety measures, and -- and their desks are wiped down." 67

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:03:22-00:03:31 (9 sec)
"But they're still building relationships with each other, there's, they see me every day. They're building relationships with their peers, they're working hands-on." 68

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:03:31-00:03:31 ( sec)
"Mm-hmm." 69

Cindy Bertamini

Very Positive
00:03:31-00:03:43 (12 sec)
"And that to me, is just, it's amazing experience to see all that these kids have overcome, and show that growth mindset. So class just goes on as normal, you know?" 70

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:03:43-00:03:45 (2 sec)
"Do you also have kids here, on Zoom?" 71

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:03:45-00:03:47 (1 sec)
"So, we did at one point." 72

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:03:47-00:03:47 ( sec)
"Uh-huh." 73

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:03:47-00:03:50 (3 sec)
"But not right now 'cause we are now all back into the building." 74

Jill Biden

Positive
00:03:50-00:03:50 (1 sec)
"Oh, good for you." 75

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:03:50-00:03:53 (3 sec)
"At one time, we were teaching concurrently." 76

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:03:53-00:03:53 ( sec)
"Uh-huh." 77

Cindy Bertamini

Positive
00:03:53-00:04:01 (8 sec)
"Where I had some friends at home, and then I had my in-person friends. Um, but we have recently moved to all in-person." 78

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:04:01-00:04:03 (1 sec)
"Mm-hmm." 79

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:04:03-00:04:09 (7 sec)
"How did you like doing this from home?" 80

Unidentified

Positive
00:04:09-00:04:11 (1 sec)
"I liked it." 81

Unidentified

Slightly Positive
00:04:11-00:04:12 (1 sec)
"It was okay. [Crosstalk]" 82

Cindy Bertamini

Neutral
00:04:12-00:04:12 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 83

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:12-00:04:12 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 84

Cindy Bertamini

Positive
00:04:12-00:04:13 (1 sec)
"Yes. [Crosstalk]" 85

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:13-00:04:16 (2 sec)
"All right." 86

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:04:16-00:04:17 (2 sec)
"Did you wanna call on her?" 87

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:04:17-00:04:18 ( sec)
"Yeah." 88

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:04:18-00:04:25 (7 sec)
"It was a little difficult with all the glitches, but it -- it ended up being pretty good. I definitely prefer it this way, though." 89

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:25-00:04:29 (4 sec)
"Mr. Biden, Dr. Biden's a teacher too, she teaches full-time." 90

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:04:29-00:04:32 (3 sec)
"I teach English. So, what'd you, what [Inaudible]" 91

Unidentified

Neutral
00:04:32-00:04:33 (2 sec)
"What?" 92

Jill Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:04:33-00:04:35 (2 sec)
"What would you like to say?" 93

Unidentified

Leans Negative
00:04:35-00:04:38 (2 sec)
"Um, I didn't like virtual." 94

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:04:38-00:04:38 (1 sec)
"You didn't?" 95

Unidentified

Slightly Negative
00:04:38-00:04:39 ( sec)
"No." 96

Jill Biden

Slightly Negative
00:04:39-00:04:40 (2 sec)
"No?" 97

Unidentified

Negative
00:04:40-00:04:42 (1 sec)
"It was terrible." 98

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:42-00:04:43 (2 sec)
"How about you, honey?" 99

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:04:43-00:04:51 (7 sec)
"It was kinda fun, because sometimes, when Ms. B. was like, paying attention to something else, you could eat anytime --" 100

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:04:51-00:04:51 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 101

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:51-00:04:51 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 102

Cindy Bertamini

Very Positive
00:04:51-00:04:56 (5 sec)
"Yep, there's a lot of kids [Inaudible] at one time, that's for sure." 103

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:04:56-00:04:56 (1 sec)
"Yeah." 104

Jill Biden

Very Positive
00:04:56-00:04:57 (1 sec)
"Yep. Yes?" 105

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:04:57-00:04:58 (1 sec)
"Well, I'll tell you what --" 106

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:04:58-00:05:05 (7 sec)
"Sometimes like, if um, if she like, wouldn't let us like, like if we were like, really tired, then we can, you know, take a little nap." 107

Jill Biden

Slightly Positive
00:05:05-00:05:06 ( sec)
"Yeah. [Laughter]" 108

Jill Biden

Very Positive
00:05:06-00:05:14 (8 sec)
"Yeah, you'll start off the karma, I've seen that. Yeah, you call on some, and your teacher calls on you, and they're like, "Where are you? Where are you?"" 109

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:05:14-00:05:19 (5 sec)
"And like, and if you don't know the question, you can just pretend like you're line doesn't work." 110

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:05:19-00:05:19 (1 sec)
"Oh. " 111