C.V L.

Chris Van Lent

“In precalc I had been sitting with people that I didn’t really know for most of the year, then one day I was just like, ‘Alright I am going to change tables and try talking with different people’ and I got to be friends with them pretty quickly. Once I got to know them in math, it was easier to talk to people in other classes too. With the small class size at Community, you’re always going to know someone in all your classes. It’s really easy to think that if you’re not talking to anyone and you’re by yourself, it’s just you being self-sufficient. But when I did start talking to people, I realized there’s no point in being self-sufficient and independent in a school with so many fun people and so much fun stuff going on. At Community, there’s always going to be people talking and doing stuff and it’s really easy to get drawn out of your shell. If you walk through the hallways at Skyline during class, it’s just silent; there’s no one out there. But at Community, if you walk out of your class — take a five-minute break — you could probably talk to three different people in different classes. The ‘buzz’ keeps my day interesting.”