Home is Where the Heart is

Home to me has always been more than one place. It's multiple places. It doesn't even have to be a physical place, It's wherever my family is or when I'm out with my friends. The sense of belonging I feel is what makes a place home to me. There are a few specific places that stand out to me when I think of home. The first being the house I live in with my family. Any place that my family is I could make into a home. However the house we live in now is so unique it fits our personality so well. Our house has doorbells all over the inside. I'm not actually sure what the purpose of the doorbells are because when you press them they don't do anything. In my room there are four little doors that lead to little rooms and they are just a super cool little space. It's a space that we've made into our own.

Another place I consider home is the stage. It doesn't matter what stage although I do have a deep fondness for the stage at Saucon Valley High School. I've always said that being on the stage is the closest thing I've ever felt to magic. I get such an incredible feeling being on stage and It's so hard to describe it with words. When I'm surrounded by people I love that feels like home to me. When we are sitting by the fire singing together looking at the sky and the stars that is home. When ever I'm in nature that is what I consider home. There is a certain feeling I get in all of these places and in all these experiences . I can't explain the feeling but I feel infinite and happy and like nothing can bring me down. It's those times I feel like I'm home.

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My Education

I don't remember much of my elementary school education. In elementary school I went to Saucon Valley. I don't remember much of my time there. I do remember everything about 2nd grade.  In 2nd grade I had a teacher names Mrs. Singer. She is the best teacher I have ever had. She had these two bears named Barnabas and Flowers and at night these bears would come to life and cause all sorts of trouble. They would hid our homework assignments and we would have to go on a scavenger hunt to find them. One day we came in and the room was covered in silly string. I learned so much from her. Imagination was always first. Her approach to learning was that if it was fun you would be more willing to learn. This made it very hard for me when I transferred to Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School.  LVA was a school where education was first. We wore uniforms and because LVA is an IB school the standards for our work was incredibly high. Which makes my school experience very different than the experiences we read about in class. I had a very wide array of knowledge taught to me and much more available to me if I wanted. They pushed me when I needed it. I am so grateful for my education however I think that it was too much for me. LVA is set up so that four years of high school is finished in the first two years. Then the next two years is college and DP work. It was very rigorous and stressful. I noticed a physical difference in my self. My hair was always frizzy, I was always in pain. I was just anxious every day. There was no balance in LVA. There was nothing fun offered. It was all work and I feel like a school should be balanced in that way. You can't expect the best work out of a student who is stressed all the time and you can't expect a student to do well if all they do is play. There needs to be a common balance.

If you are curious about IB & DP I've included a link to the website as it is very hard for me to explain! IB WEBSITE  LVA

Introducing Janet!

Janet was born May 23rd and is a graduate from Freedom High School. She is born and raised in PA and if she ever moved it would be down south. Janet is a nursing major and works at LVPP. Her goal is to become a nurse. She really wants to be able to help people and is specifically interested in helping patients who have suffered from trauma. Janet spends most of her time at school and at work which is okay with her because she really enjoys it! Janet loves to learn and gain knowledge. She thinks that "College always has something to teach you!"

Janet's most embarrassing moment is when a patient ran into a wall because he was too busy looking at her! Once a patient came into her work because he couldn't breath and every time a nurse or doctor would come in he would try to punch them! Despite this Janet finds her job to be very rewarding and talks about it with so much passion. If she had to choose another career choice she would be a teacher but she is happy helping people.

Janet's favorite show is Greys Anatomy. She has two brothers and values her friends and family above everything else. In fact if you walked into her room her walls are covered in pictures of her nieces, nephews and friends. She loves minions from Despicable Me. She listens to all types of music except for rock and country. Her pet peeve is when people chew really loud. She has multiple piercings and her celebrity crush is Bradley Cooper. If she could go anywhere right now she would go to Florida and lay on the beach. When asked what her advice for life is Janet said " Do what makes you happy. If you aren't happy you aren't living."