Brag Sheet (2010) Career Explorations

Here is a little "brag sheet" :

My GPA so far is 3.4/4.2, although for 10th and 11th grade I have a 3.75/4.75

I lettered 9th and 10th grade for tennis and in 11th grade lettered in

swimming, and was part of a freestyle relay team with state qualifying

times.

In 9th grade I participated in the Model UN, receiving the distinction

of Outstanding Delegate at Middlebury and Honorable Mention at

Dartmouth.

The National Forensics League has given me the level of Distinction

for 267 points in 9th and 11th grade. In 9th grade I was state

runner-up in Dramatic Duo. In 11th I qualified for nationals and was

runner-up in the Western Carolina Conference. Both years I performed

pieces cut out of Mel Brooks, "The Producers"

Theatre has always been exciting for me; being on stage is the fruit

of months of preparation and is a thrill I always jump at. In addition

to the Dramatic Duo work I've done, I also have participated in many

different plays in the past years. I received best actor awards in

8th, 10th, and 11th grade. Plays I have been in include: Tales from

Armageddon by Edward Albee, Agammenon by Aeschylus, The Clouds by

Aristophanes, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, and The Beauty and the

Beast by Linda Woolverton.

In the Meeting of the Minds, I researched and represented Aldous

Huxley, a pioneer in recognizing that a "free" society such as our own

can use pleasure to control society, painting a poignant picture that

supplemented George Orwell's 1984, a book I wrote on in 10th grade, in

warning us the devolution of our society.

I was President of the French club in 11th grade. After swearing off

the language freshman year, I picked it up again at the end of 10th

grade and have achieved a level of semi-fluency, doing an exchange to

Pt. Audmere in Normandy last spring and working on a farm outside of

St. Jean, Quebec where workers from Quebec City acquainted me with the

Quebecois dialect. This is my only work experience outside of

accounting for my mom's practice, Vermont Dermatopathology. French is

now one of my favorite subjects.

Another experience that had a huge influence on me was my experience

as a legislative page at the Vermont State House. This job paid about

600 dollars for six weeks of work in the thick of the legislative

process. I got to see debates and votes on gas taxes, GMO's

(Genetically modified food), and luxury car taxes, as well as

countless other proposals.