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"I was overall super excited and really happy and proud of myself.”

Mrs. Gray told me that the most notable benefit is “student engagement and more student enthusiasm."

"I am also excited to just have a bonding experience with other people going into senior year.”

While some of us were busy mastering Spanish subjunctives or building helical gears, others were having a mid-year realization that the old "study the night before" strategy just doesn't hit the same anymore. 

"I also have a lot of other school work aside from painting Gavin’s shirt.”

“Ever since I was very little, I've always spent a lot of time getting my hands dirty in gardens and in nature."

“I can't lie. I was a little mad when he came because I had gone my entire life being last."

She’s excited to “have time to go on a walk and to play tennis and all these things that I absolutely love to do that I have not done in a really long time."

Ridley recalled the "academic cardio" of her first semester, where she literally had to run from one end of campus to the other just to make it between subsections of the same Chemistry course.

"You learn about aerodynamics and chemical reactions. Also, you learn teamwork skills and practice problem solving."

“She got division I ain’t never seen anything like that..."

“In June I’m going to Vanderbilt for a Psychology program. Then In July, I’m going on an African safari, and I’m also interning at Agape.”

"And then they said, ‘We’re going up in the air!’"

“One time I listened to bunch of music and took a nap and it made me feel a lot less stress.” 

When asked her to scale the burden, she didn't hesitate: "It’s a 9 out of 10."