Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
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achel cin, 18: With English my second language, I often<br />
have a hard time describing myself. By taking photography I<br />
can describe my feelings without having to say a word. I am<br />
usually shy and Ms. Perkins, my art teacher, calls me the quiet<br />
creator, because I have difficulty writing or speaking my ideas.<br />
Since last year, I have gained a lot of confidence and now talk to<br />
people who I would never have talked to before.<br />
annie chang, 18: Both of my parents are from Taiwan, but my brother and I were born<br />
here in the United States. As a result, my personality and character<br />
have been strongly shaped by the Chinese and Taiwanese cultures.<br />
It is interesting to be an Asian-American living in central Oklahoma,<br />
where just five minutes from my home are real cattle farms and horse<br />
ranches. The two cultures seem to contradict each other, but I have an<br />
amazing life that can only come from the welding of two such different<br />
places. I speak Mandarin at home and I love country music. I teach<br />
Chinese folk dancing lessons, and I am also a member of the Norman<br />
Ballet Company.<br />
kelsie corriston, 17: I live in Ho-Ho-Kus, the only town in America to have two hyphens.<br />
I have a twin sister. Sometimes I hate her, but she’s my best friend.<br />
Every weekend during the summer we go to my grandparent’s<br />
house at the Jersey shore. The house is right on the beach of the<br />
Matedaconk River. Often we go tubing or crabbing. Mostly I<br />
just read on the deck that overlooks the beach, an iced glass of a<br />
Stewart Root Beer on the floor next to me. In the evenings we sit<br />
outside and have appetizers. Perhaps the best taste in the world<br />
is a fresh crab dipped in mustard and mayonnaise sauce.<br />
michele corriston, 17: My name is Michele Corriston. That’s M-i-c-h-e-l-e. One “L.” A<br />
few weeks ago, someone told me he “didn’t know if I could rock the one “L.” I told him I<br />
try. And I do. I try to meet the expectations I set for myself. I try to make myself known in a<br />
school where anonymity is heresy and new people approach me everyday, calling me by my<br />
twin sister’s name. I try to break out of my shell, crack by crack, line by line.<br />
olivia dykes, 16: I’m the daughter of parents with rhyming names and the older sister<br />
of a set of twins. Make that two sets of twins if you count the dogs. My grandparents<br />
have to be the cutest couple I have ever seen and when I get older, I would kill to have a<br />
relationship like that. Not to mention, go parasailing off the coast of Bermuda and visit the<br />
moon someday. Sometimes I can be too concerned with my image and I can be indecisive.<br />
I’m really quiet when you first meet me, but if you get to know me, that will change very<br />
quickly.<br />
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