"I’m not sure that it’s been totally positive. These days I’ve been getting home later and later, and when I get home I barely have enough time to eat dinner before I have to go to do my extracurriculars...

"This year I get to wake up later, which is nice because sleeping in kind of helps; however, I also get a later start on my homework which means I go to bed later because after-school activities and sports...

This year, I’m most proud of getting into a good college that I like, picking a major that suits me, finding a roommate, preparing myself to leave. I’m proud to finally be getting out of the state!...

"I’m proud of getting into college, as I am the first male on my dad’s side to attend college, which is pretty impressive. I’m also proud that I was able to find an affordable and educational post-high...

"The past year as a whole has been very weird and challenging in the aspect of virtual and in person activities, which kinda made me struggle with getting stuff done on time, because my daily schedule...

"This year has been pretty interesting, especially with COVID-19. The virtual days have both helped and hurt, because sometimes it’s hard to keep up with schoolwork, but at the same time the virtual...

"Something that people may not know about me at first glance is the fact that when I was little, I loved playing with fireworks, and one time I was playing with them unsupervised, and I let the whole firework...

Over this past year, I’m really proud of passing my classes. COVID kind of made everything more independent and harder, so I’m proud that I didn’t totally fail because of the pandemic. I’m kinda...

I’m really proud of my grades this year, because I’ve been able to keep them up through the pandemic, which obviously caused everyone to struggle a little bit, so I’m happy that I was able to not...

"(On April Fools’ Day), when I was younger, I used to go to my parents bathroom and do whatever I could, (such as) throw toothpaste on the walls and just make a mess. It was funny until my parents were...

"When I graduated from fifth grade, I got off of the bus on my last day of (elementary) school and my parents hid behind a tree and they ran out and soaked my brother and I with squirt guns. I was a little...