Interview with Matthew Robinson
IntervieweeInterview with
Matthew Robinson
InterviewerInterviewed by
Lauren Palen
Date28 March 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 48 Minutes, 59 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Matthew Robinson. He was interviewed by Lauren Palen on 28 March 2025 in Burlington, CT.
Matthew Robinson was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
Mathew Robinson discusses leaving high school at the age of 15 in 2006/2007 to pursue at-home learning. Leading up to this decision, he struggled learning in the school environment and felt it would be better to take on learning independently. Matthew had the support of his family because they had numerous struggles with the Torrington school system. He mentions his struggles with socialization both in and out of school.
He describes his life while learning at home. There were positives and negatives throughout his at-home learning experience. Positives included learning at his own pace, learning about his passions like computers, and being around family. Negatives included lack of in-person socialization and feelings of anxiety, depression, and isolation.
Matthew discusses the early internet and the rise of computers and how that affected him. He talks about his mistakes and successes in life based on his experiences.
Matthew Robinson was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
Mathew Robinson discusses leaving high school at the age of 15 in 2006/2007 to pursue at-home learning. Leading up to this decision, he struggled learning in the school environment and felt it would be better to take on learning independently. Matthew had the support of his family because they had numerous struggles with the Torrington school system. He mentions his struggles with socialization both in and out of school.
He describes his life while learning at home. There were positives and negatives throughout his at-home learning experience. Positives included learning at his own pace, learning about his passions like computers, and being around family. Negatives included lack of in-person socialization and feelings of anxiety, depression, and isolation.
Matthew discusses the early internet and the rise of computers and how that affected him. He talks about his mistakes and successes in life based on his experiences.
Object number2024.79.29
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
Subject Terms
- Burlington
- Oral history
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Family
- High school students
- Schools
- Students
- Education
- Internet
- Friendship
- LGBTQIA+ people
- Community
- Computers
- Homeschooling
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project U.S. Department of Education grant
- Redefining Moments of Change Collection
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2022 July 21
