“In high school I want to hang out with friends and have fun with them, but my education is important, so I want to do the best that I can. It is important to me to never stop learning, because I think it will help me be successful later in life. Besides academics, I want to be involved in school activities, too, because  this is your last time to do things like that before college. The first football game I went to was crazy; I remember everyone jumping up and down and screaming so loud when we got a touchdown, and how one of the bleachers broke as everyone was standing on it. There wasn’t a moment when the student section wasn’t standing up. I really like watching games from the student section  because you get to talk to any high schooler from any grade and it’s fun to represent your school, especially since our football team is pretty good.”