THE JOHNSON FORUM

Jill Boynton

“Community has given me a lot more freedom and with that freedom, it’s also given me time to grow more and mature faster. Because when you’re given freedom, if you take too much of it, it really can come back to bite you in the ass and I feel like figuring out that balance while you’re in high school is very helpful and it’s gonna benefit me when I go to college. I wish I could tell my freshman self to just be more involved, to be active in forum, and not just sit there, but actually participate. Because when you do you get so much more out of it than if you’re just sitting there and not really doing anything. I feel like Community’s block schedule and open campus and stuff like that has really showed me what college is going to be like, because in college you don’t have classes everyday. I feel like the close relationships you build with teachers is also very similar to what it’s going to be like in college. I’m really looking forward to being a student athlete [at Henry Ford College] next year because the school gives the student athletes all these tools and access to tutors that can help you just stay on top of your work and make sure that you are staying academically eligible to play. That was one of the main things that made me commit because if I am playing with them, they want to make sure that I’m doing good in school as well.”