By Tanisha Naik
When I found junior Lauren Smith in the library, she told me she was working on the “Honors Amstud Reading,” which reminded me that I had to complete it.
Her favorite subject is History which I was quite surprised to hear because of the challenges I have faced in that class. We then went on a quick tangent and shared our struggles with the class. “It does take a lot out of me,” she said.
For her marine bio class, she is doing an internship which she is pretty excited about. She gets to work with the tanks in the classroom. “We learn to take care of the systems and their tanks, feed [the fish], and clean the tanks as well,” she said.
As for clubs, she has signed up for Children’s Healthcare Association of Atlanta, and Hospital Art club as well.
When she is not working on AmStud or taking care of the fish, Lauren hits the water with Atlanta Juniors Rowing. She practices three hours a day, 5 days a week in fall and 6 days in spring, which is quite a time commitment. This month, they have raced every weekend, and she will race for the next two weekends as well.
Rowing is definitely “hard but fun,” she said. She loves her team and “it’s good to meet people outside of school.” Despite rowing being difficult, “It is a lot easier to do hard things with teammates you like to be around,” she said.
Another hobby of hers is traveling. She has been to some really cool places, one of her favorites being South Africa, where she went on many safaris and saw some cool animals.
Here at school, she is most excited about wrapping up the semester-long projects that she’s been working on, “to see the finished product,” she said.
“Any hopes for the remainder of the semester?” I asked.
“End with an A in AmStud and make it out of this year with halfway decent grades,” she said.
