Shirin Akther:
Q: What are your goals and ambitions for the future?
A: “My goal for the future is to graduate from college, and receive all my degrees in cosmology.”
Q:What are you proudest of in your life?
A: “I am Proud of becoming a student here at SLA.
Q:How would you like to be remembered?
A: “ I Would like to be remembered as the person who people looked up to and the person who was there guiding others down the right path.”
Q: Who has been the biggest influence on your life?
A: “My big sister because she never let anyone affect her future, My cousin, because she is very understanding, and lastly, my friends because they are alway trying to help and guide me down the right path.
Humans of SLA@Beeber Epfanio Rios
1.What is your earliest memory?
Epi’s earliest memory is really obscure because the only thing he remembers is waking up in a really big room and wondering why he was there.
2.Whatʼs the most exciting thing youʼve done?
creating a speech and resighting it in front of his whole school, he was really scared but it was also fun
3.What do you think your life will be like when you get older?
He thinks his life can be anything he doesn’t really see his life as anything just one of those floater guys living out of his car but hopefully it would be fun.
4.Tell me a story about your name.
His parents had his named planned out for him since before he was born, they were just wait for a child be named Epi.
5.If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?
Epi would like to travel to Germany he always found it to be really cool to be apart of it and learn the language and cultures of it.
6.Who has been the biggest influence on your life?
Between his father or his English teach Mr.Link, “ Mr.link has just been one of the teachers that he would talk to about problems rather emotional or personal and they well understood each other, he also helped him to be the person he is today, to do what ever feels right to him and to himself no matter what also he’s also the person who got him into writing and gave him the nickname which will forever live (hipi).
7.What are the most important lessons youʼve learned in life?
the most important lessons he has learned is your not going to have someone be there for you all the time sometimes you have to do things for yourself.
Eoin- Hello, how are you?
Max- I’m good.
Eoin- What is your name?
Max- Um, Max Harris.
Eoin- Max Harris, ok. I’m just going to ask you a few questions about your life here.
Max- Alright
Eoin- So, What is your earliest memory?
Max- Um wow, I’m not sure if I have an earliest memory. Like, I definitely have
memories of going to preschool and crying, uh, it was like, this woman who ran a preschool in her house, and it was called, “Sue’s house.”
Eoin- Ok
Max- Um, me and this one kid would go fishing in a pond in the backyard, well, we just stuck sticks in the water, haha, you know, “Fishing, fishing!” But yeah, I have some,... I have a lot of early memories but I don’t know which one would be the earliest.
Eoin- So, what was the most exciting thing you’ve done in your life?
Max- Oh gosh um, what do you mean by exciting? Like dangerous, exciting like, “Yay!”
Eoin- Like, dangerous, important or...
Max- Ok yeah, um, I mean, I, I don’t know, now that I think about it. Most of the things I’ve done are pretty, I guess, average. I have had some memorable experiences, but I wouldn’t say that any of them stuck out in an incredibly exciting way. I have had some dangerous encounters.
Eoin- Ok, what was the happiest moment of your life, and why?
Max- Um, wow. I don’t know, uhhh. I have had a lot of fun moments. I would say that those are happy, but I have not really had the happiest moment because I feel like, at 14, you probably should not have the happiest moment. I feel like that should be something like, your child being born. But, I have had happy moments with my friends, just doing stupid things.
Aaliyah interview
So Aaliyah what is your earliest memory?
Answer: My earliest memory is when it was me my cousin and my dad, and we were at a cookout and after that he took us out to Chuck’e Cheese.
What does your perfect day look like?
Answer: My perfect days is me in the house writing about my life and my stories.
What are your goals and ambitions for the future?
Answer: My goals and ambitions for the future is to go to college and pursue my career.
If I could snap my fingers and make one thing better it would be, like, all of the judging that goes on. I really don't think you can judge someone, because of, like a lot of times, you'll just, like, generalize something and, like, you'll believe it's true. But it's not the worst of it, like, when one person does it, it's that, like, one person does it, like when they do it, like it carries on, like someone will pick that up and use it as a weapon [unclear]. So now you've just caused this chain of hate.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20 years?
In 10 years I will hope to have a college degree in computer science and engineering. I want to, I have a lot of, like, games and apps and technology, like devices I've been working on designing and stuff. But more importantly, like, as a person I want to see myself, like, mature and, like, become wiser over the years, like I want to be able to, like, make something not of, not only of myself but of the world around me [unclear]. ... In 20 years, I actually do not know. I would hope that I have a job that's paying well. I'm not, like, too big on having owning something, but, like, as far as, like, I want to have that creative freedom to do whatever I do on my work, so, yeah.
How do you describe yourself as a person?
As person, I would describe myself as very confused. Because I often, like, doubt every little thing. So I'll be like, like high, and then I'll be like, "Wait I shouldn't have said that - should I have said that?. Wait, no I'll just go with it." I try to like prevail a message, but I feel like the way I say things, like, just never come out the way I mean it to come out so I end up failing a lot of people doing that.
Interview with my friend Jorge
If you could snap your fingers and make one thing better in the world, what would it be? Why?
It would probably be how LGBT people get treated because I know that there is a lot of homophobic people out there. I don’t really understand why society just views them as bad people because we’re all humans. We all have the same internal organs inside, we’re all the same inside and out. Obviously we can’t ever live in a Utopia but that would mean a lot to me since LGBT gets discriminated a lot just because they’re different.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?
I would travel to Paris, France because I always wanted to go to the eiffel tower since it’s so famous and beautiful and romantic. It has always been a dream of mine. Or I would go to the place where the next Olympics would be and I would watch them because I don’t really play sports or anything but I like watching them.
What are your goals that you have now? Do you think you are going to be able to achieve those goals before you leave High School?
My goals for now would be to end High School with a really good GPA because I want to go to a good college and be successful in life. I do believe I will be able to achieve my goals before I leave High School since I work hard and my future is very important to me.
QUESTION ABOUT THE PAST
Whatʼs the most exciting thing youʼve done?
Hmm that, that tuff but umm if i had to chose one thing my top one of the most exciting things i've done would have to be the sky coaster that i did in philadelphia i mean in florida what's wrong with me not Philadelphia cause it like 300 ft tall and it this string not a string but a wire that brings you up to this humongous poll and drops you it like one of the closes thing i've done to like jumping out of a plain , but yeah that has to be one of the most exciting things i've done.
What are the most important lessons youʼve learned in life?
Umm i can just pick one like the most obvious one to me was , i have learned that no matter what im doing i should always strive to be the best it because if like, because if not then what's the point in wasting your time in something, if you're just meeting expectations then you're just being average and anyone can be average
What was the happiest most of your life?
(Laughs) well , okay, umm that's really tough , umm but if i to pick one i would say that it would be when i was around the age of 7 my family would have this tradition of going to Blue Marsh lake to celebrate my cousin summer birthdays, umm there was always someone you couldn't make it, but this specific time everyone was there it was the most fun i had ever had with my family, because it was the only time i could see all my family smile
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENT
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?
If i had to travel to one place in the world it was be the himalayas because like it someone that you get a good view you somewhere you can just stop and have a good view.
Whatʼs the best thing about being a teenager? The worst?
Umm the best thing i would say is that i know i have many years to come know you because im young , the worst thing i would say is that i know that i don't know what lies ahead which is kinda scary
What are you proudest of in your life?
The thing i would say in most proudest of just happen a few days ago when i was actually was about to run a 5k without stopping. Befor that i had underestimating my mindset and when i finished it i got stronger which was why i joined students style philly run.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE
What does your future hold?
O okay well i obviously can tell you what going to happen in exact detail but what i can assure is that theres going to be way more excitement adventure, and like, i just know its going to be big
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20 years?
In 10 year i going to be graduating college with my doctoral degree and in 20 ill probably be somewhere in the himalaya
Q1: What is your family life like?
Asmar B: Well basically, my family life is normal. I see my family every week. We see each other, have fun, mainly the normal life of a family. We have drama but it’s not too dramatic.
Q2: What makes you happy?
Asmar B: What makes me happy is actually other people being happy because I cant stand to see somebody sad. That makes me feel bad as a person. If I see somebody sad, it makes me want to help them and make sure that they are happy because if they’re happy, I’m happy.
Q3: What inspired you to go to SLA and why?
Asmar B: Basically the science. I loved science when my new school opened up science to me. Now I want to explore science as a career and as a profession.
Q4: What were your previous academic experiences like?
Asmar B: It was rough. I had many tests that i weren’t really prepared for but I did manage to pass some.
Q5: What are your expectations for your personal future?
Asmar B: I want to be successful. I want to have enough money to provide for me, my family, and everyone that I love.
Q6: Does your personal life affect your academic life?
Asmar B: 100% because this school is very social, and most of my social life is in this school. So anything that happens in this school will happen in this school and outside of school.
Q7: Would you say that that is a positive or negative thing?
Asmar B: It depends on the situation. If it is a positive situation that happens in school then it’ll be looked at as a positive thing but if there is a negative situation then it will be looked at as a negative thing.
