Interview Essay: Anthony's High School Career

Junior year. My junior year I realized things about myself that I hadn’t previously known. Things I’ve never done before and things people thought I couldn’t do. Situations I thought I wouldn’t be in and there I was. Junior year, I did it.

I have always been in love with the game of softball. I love all the competition and the thought of working at it brings joy to my heart. I could always go to the field to get my mind off things and just focus. But in May of 2015 my life changed and I had a whole new mind set on everything.

When I lived in North Carolina in 2012, I lived in a small school within a tight nit community. From day one I felt as though I didn’t belong, and the ones who made me feel most out of place were my teachers. My teachers told me to leave and go back to Maryland because if i stay I would fail. I couldn’t believe teachers would say that I was so shocked. My teachers rarely attempted to help me with my work as if I was unteachable because I didn’t learn as fast as everyone else.

My eyes repeatedly peered to the stands which had a crowd of at least four hundred students eagerly waiting as we were warming up. Observing the crowd I noticed the left side of the field was full of students in orange Parkview High School shirts while to my right students were in purple Brookwood High School shirts. It was the Lacrosse Region Championships between Parkview, the school I played for, and, Brookwood High School. Both of our schools were ranked top ten for biggest rivalries, we knew it would be a fight to win the most significant game for us.

I have had the opportunity to get to know Zach St. Clair this year during my student teaching at Eisenhower High School. I have Zach in Honors Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry. Zach is a remarkable student that balances academic with extracurricular activities and volunteer work while still holding down a job. Mr. St. Clair is a student that doesn’t find everything come easily to him and has to work for it. At a point in the semester Zach had fallen behind due to his heavy work load and missing an extended period of time due to an illness. Mr. St. Clair worked as hard as anyone at Eisenhower and was able to get his grade from a C to the A he currently holds in a matter of weeks contributing to his 3.56 GPA over his four years.

Living in Small town located in the Central Valley in state of California. I began my freshman year in 2012 at the Avenal High School. My first day of class and everything seemed to be new for a fourteen years old teenager with big expectations about his future education .Dealing with new people and teachers that I did not back time, I go used to them. Attending to school seemed to be easy when it is not, but also it is not hard if you have determination and discipline. I can tell that I have not fallen my none of classes. There was moment when I got lower grade because I have not been paying attention to the lessons that the teacher was teaching to the class. The mistake of getting lower grade did not make a weak student. I learned to

First off, Anthony’s preferences on certain questions I had asked him tell a lot about his personality. Currently, his favorite meal to cook/bake would be chocolate cake, although he says he is able to cook multiple things and is still a student to culinary arts. The next question I asked was his favorite band/musical artist, and he responded that it is very difficult to choose just one, but he chose Foxes.

“I can do it.” Although it may seem like a simple phrase, these four words comprise the root and core of my character. It makes me smile that the strength behind these four words came from a three-year old boy, my older brother Anthony. Anthony was born with a double right outlet and ventricular septal defect, meaning that he had twice the difficulty performing the same activities as any other three year old. He never let this ailment get in the way of enjoying the pleasures of childhood. He would say “I can do it” and sure enough conquer any task that was presented to him. He even uttered his saying before open-heart surgery and ultimately survived the procedure. Although Anthony passed away a year later from cardiac arrest, it is the strength of those words and the confidence embedded in his character that allow me to understand the wisdom in his

There’s four main seasons that occur throughout the year. I’ve always loved the saying “like the seasons we change.” When I hear this saying I like to think of a tree; how it can go from being a little sprout, to small tree with only branches, to being so full of life with colors and leaves everywhere. This tree withstands the scorching hot summers, the brutal cold winters and all of what is in between. This tree stands strong and continues to grow and mature through it all. I would compare myself to this tree as I have grown, and matured as well. Throughout my four years of high school I’ve changed just like the seasons.

As Anthony’s younger cousin I can confirm that he has always displayed a high degree of integrity, responsibility, and ambition. He is definitely a leader rather than a follower. In addition to her excellent scholastic accomplishments, He has proven his leadership ability by organizing the youth group at The Wesleyan Army of Christ church to provide young people an opportunity to serve the community and serve in leadership positions.

I am Slayde Kerner and I am a 15-year-old attending the Viera High School. I was originally born in New York, but we moved down to Melbourne, Florida when I was young and have lived here ever since. At 12 years old I started a club in my old middle school, The Viera Charter. This club was the MinecraftEdu club. For two years I had been running this club making almost 14,000$ a year (pure volunteer work), for the school. Now at 15 I have expanded my club into its own company; CraftingEducation Academy. CraftingEducation is built off of something I developed called the Leadership Academy. In all the courses we offer, we do not have any adults that teach any of the classes, everything is run and designed by kids, including

Academically, Tony has proven his academic abilities throughout high school. His freshman year he was challenged by a few honors courses, although this was tough, successfully completing the year was not enough, he knew he could increase his rigor. Each year he continues to push himself academically with the most challenging courses. Tony never complains,

Based upon specific word choices and phrases, what can the reader determine about Anthony's character from the tone of his speech?

His key traits were determined, visionary, risk taker, tenacious, dedicated, high energy, caring, conscientious, motivated, persistent, and ambitious.

When it comes to school, I have tried to better, challenge myself and further my academic