* What is the greatest challenge facing your generation? What will be necessary to address it?
The greatest challenge facing our generation is probably.. well, I can think of two things. One, the lack of resources, seeing as water is becoming a rarity. Two, the switch to the internet and having more entertainment out there that decreases creative productivity. For the first problem, there really isn't much we can do as an individual. I know there is the saying, "An individual can make a difference" and they talk about people like Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK, but they had opportunities. I suppose that is how we can change the course of this generation. By having people take advantage of different opportunities, it brings forth action towards a cause which is all we really need now. I just learned from Shanna's practice TPOL that recycling plastic helps but not as much as we'd want it to since it doesn't recycle to new bottles that get later circulated, it recycles to plastic porches and things that aren't often bought.

As for the second problem, we can only educate people about the difference in the a computer. Many kids don't know the aspect of making a video game, they just play it. But they have the potential to make one and come up with an idea for it. We can take an action like playing video games and turn it into something that will benefit the rest of the world.I'm actually sort of on the fence about technology. It's like a double edged sword, we'd have to see if it's more beneficial to have it then to not.

* Beyond grades, what motivates you to work hard at school? * Describe your vision for yourself in pursuing higher education.
There are two questions, but I'm putting them in the same paragraph since they sort of relate. First of all, I work hard in school for two reasons. It's reasonable to get good grades, as in it's not horribly hard to get good grades, it's just something you put in time. However, it is a positive influence to both your knowledge and how the outer world looks at you. The second thing that motivates me to do good in school is the pursuit of knowledge behind experience. As we know from reading Kurt Vonngut's word, not everyone knows everything about a situation. The only way we proceed in life is by knowing things. To know something in photoshop, to know how to be a confident speaker, to know how to touch the lives of other people. Simply by knowing things, you can go very far in the progress you want to make.

This ties into my vision of pursuing a higher education. More then anything I want to know what people think. In the future, I want to be an animator. An animator makes work for other people meaning you have to appeal to other people. By knowing different sorts of people, it's easier to find a connection thread in knowing what sort of animated movies people like to see. By pursuing this information, I can make a movie that a lot of people like. For those who don't like it, at least they could respect that it's a creative idea, which is also a good feeling to leave a watcher with. It's also good to know how to do things. For example, in college, they teach you how to do things. You learn about computer programs, talking to people, how so-and-so works, how to do this. By owning these skills, you can produce work effectively and efficiently. There is the saying "time is money" in the future, it is.

* What is a quality in a classmate that you would like to develop in yourself?
This is not so much a classmate, but more of an adult. One quality I would like to develop is relating with other people. I'm relatively good at that already, or at least I can understand the stand points of other people. But when Larry, the CEO of HTH, came to talk to us about our Ampersand pieces, I was blown away at how much he related to everyone. He's had so much experience doing things and meeting people. In the future, I would love to have those sort of stories. I want to speak publicly and relate with my audience in a way that they leave the conversation thinking, "Wow, that was a cool person" like how I felt when Larry left. I think just taking advantage of your opportunities and gaining experience to connect with other people is the best thing in the world. That way, your opinion goes farther.