10 - Up first is when Chris got an A on his 10th grade English research project. Granted that he got to work with two friends of his and play video games as an excuse for homework and research (you could say his "duty as a gentleman has never interfered with [his] pleasures in the smallest degree," but the long hours of writing and the completion of the most daunting task many high schoolers face was historic (Wilde 30).
9 - Next we have the perfect score he received on one of Mr. Kerul's most brutal closed calculator trig tests in sophomore year. Typically, when it comes to Mr. Kerul's often confusing and overly challenging tests, "they eat us hungrily, and when they are full, they belch us" (Shakespeare 3.4.105-106). But this 50/50 he received was so mind blowing that he kept it til this day, mostly to brag about the absurd answer of (x - 7/158)^2 + (y - 1 and 139/158)^2 = 885842/24964 to a question about an equation for a circle which he answered correctly.
8 - His 5 on the AP Calculus AB test Junior year. His second 5, this score managed to continue his streak of mathematical excellence, which was slightly blemished by his admittedly poor performance on the Mock AP test Mix Master Maas crafted for this students. But after this "[numbed] him, like a poison," sure enough, he turned Mr. Maas's frown up-side-down with his good score (Lahiri 282). :C ---> C:
7 - Not so much of a triumph, but just a recognizable moment was when Chris had completed his first semester finals of Senior year, the last finals he would ever have to take in high school. He could finally "Put out the light" (Shakespeare 5.2.7)
6 - The 4 he got on the AP Physics. While it is not a 5, this score was still impressive for Chris, who was stumped by Physics most of the time. After he saw the score, he kept thinking "'I don't know. It's not what I thought it would be'" (Lahiri 252).
5 - The 5 he got on AP Comp Sci, in only his sophomore year. In a class of mostly Juniors and Seniors, Chris took on the challenge with only 3 other sophomores. In this rather difficult course, in which "the truth is rarely pure and never simple," he mastered the material under the teaching of the brilliant Ms. Petite, and scored a 5 on the first AP test he ever took (Wilde 6).
4 - Austin Sauey, Alex Kreger, Brian Binder, and Chris all worked together on a Spanish movie project, for a movie to be based off of a story called "El Novio Robado." The 22 minute epic film also completed a trilogy of Spanish films they had made, of the title "Zapatolones," a name which roughly translates to "shoe-pants." Upon completion of the movie (in which "the good ended happily, and the bad unhappily," the boys earned 100% on the project, as well as special calls home from Sra. Walsh herself to congratulate us on the excellent (and perhaps even over the top) job they did (Wilde 22).
3 - Near the end of Junior year, Chris discovered that he was accepted to attend the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Summer Seminar, a two week scholarship art program to which he applied (all expenses paid). It took place in the beginning of July in Colorado Springs, and he meet 20 highly talented artists and new friends. Often times, he misses this time in which he hung out with new friends and made art all day long, and he curses "O, blood, blood, blood!" (Shakespeare 3.3.448).
2 - In the fall of Senior year, Chris was inducted into the Cum Laude Society, a very prestigious academic honor. Even so, more hard school work had to be done, because metaphorically, "the muffins are the same" (Wilde 41).
1 - In Mid December, Chris received notification of his acceptance into the University of Cincinnati, at which he will study Industrial Design. In all of the excitement about college, he could not help but wonder "When would it sink in?" (Lahiri 226).
High Stile,
ReplyDelete1. Did you know you misspelled "style"?
2.Very interesting blog, I had no idea you were smart!
3.Congrats on Cincinnati! They're lucky to have you!
4.Thanks for being a really cool guy!