(11 Aug 2024)
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Mankato, Minnesota – 8 August 2024
1. Mankato West High School and football field
2. Sign reading “Mankato West High School”
3. Nicole Griensweic and Ann Vote walking in front of school
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Griensweic, former student of Tim Walz:
“It’s been fun to tell my friends across the nation and also international friends that the memes that are on Twitter about how he’s like the Midwest dad, they’re all absolutely true.”
5. Ann Vote showing photos from 1999 state football championship game UPSOUND (English):
“So here’s the moment of the state tournament where we realized we’re about to win the game. Here’s Mr. Walz just pumped, pointing at the crowd. Next up, the cheer leaders. Here we are celebrating.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann Vote, former student of Tim Walz:
“I used to watch Tim Walz walk down the hallways and I probably shouldn’t even use the word walk. This man moves so quickly, so you could just hear him come in a mile away. But the reason you knew he was coming is he was saying Good morning. Good morning. How’s it going? Hey. Saw that game last night. Great job on the basketball team. Good morning. How are you feeling? you looking a little rough today. What’s going on? He was always checking in with every individual, whether you were in his class, whether you were on the football team.”
7. School doors
8. School atrium
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sherri Blasing, Mankato West High School principal:
“Tim would never like just tell the kids knowledge, you know, he’d give them an issue or a problem and then, okay, you need to talk about it. You need to think through this, make a plan. And so I think he carries that with him still.”
10. School exterior
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Griensweic, former student of Tim Walz:
“You know, his classroom had things that were from all over the world, especially China, like hanging up in the classroom. He would talk about cultures in world leaders and really get us to think broad. You know, we weren’t just talking about Mankato or Minnesota or even the United States. It was really like looking at and and really instilled in me a deep appreciation and interest in other cultures.”
12. Various football team photo with Walz
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Griensweic, former student of Tim Walz:
“My brother was a year ahead of me and he was someone who was bullied a lot. And to see someone like Mr. and Mrs. Walz stand up for bullies as a younger classman, what what can I do as a sibling? Or how can you kind of help support someone when you see them getting bullied? To see them take on that leadership role and say that that’s not going to be accepted, there was kind of a culture shift and, you know, remembering that Mr. Walz was our football coach, dare I say, there’s a lot of toxic masculinity in the whole football realm. And to see someone who is a football coach, but also saying, hey, we’re not going to you know, you’re going to respect everyone, and I absolutely won’t put up with any of that crap. That was really, really bold and very important. And I do think that created a culture shift.”
14. School logo on path
15. Various school football field
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sherri Blasing, Mankato West High School principal:
“And you see that common theme with Tim over and over again that he values every person for who they are, and he is going to do what he can to help them be the best that they can be.”
17. Photo of Tim Walz in school hall of fame
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