10 l Senior Edition l The Pepper Box
Senior club experience By: Autumn Jacobsmeyer and Tori Pratt Q: Why did you join the club? A: Having enjoyed PLTW in middle school and taking multiple PLTW classes my freshman year, I thought I would enjoy getting to do more in engineering. Q: What was your favorite thing about the club? A: Getting to build not just a fun robot, but building a close bond with those there. The team has been a safe place for many and we have made a small family of students who also like to build robots. Q: How did your club experience change your life?
A: It opened up many new opportunities from new skill sets in leadership or technical skills, to opening up networking opportunities in engineering.
Why did you join the club? I have always wanted to be a writer since middle school, but there was never a general club for creative writing. When I was told there was one at the high school, I felt that my dream occupation had been recognized, which made me really happy. What was your favorite thing about
A: I know I am going to miss the competitions as well as getting to have fun with the team.
Q: How did your club experience change your career path? A: It further got me into engineering and allowed me to branch out to different types of engineering. Enjoying the design and building part of robotics, I knew I would really enjoy mechanical engineering over other engineering disciplines. Q: What are you going to miss most the club?
Holly Vo Creative Writing
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My favorite thing about CWC was the casual nature. Despite us all being writers, we never held high expectations for each other. You were never required to share or read anything you wrote, and there was this general stress-free aura that made me comfortable sharing my work, even if it was unfinished. How did your club experience change your life? I find that, nowadays, novelists and writers in general are all around us, but are invisible to the naked eye. Coming to CWC made me realize that people were still interested in literature. They were just looking for the next big thing that’d mean a lot to them. How did your club experience change your career path?
Devin Sanders Robotics I wouldn’t be as confident in my writing ability as I am today. I went from writing as a part-time hobby to genuinely wanting to make it my full-time job, so you can say it changed my career path drastically. What are you going to miss most about the club? I’m going to miss all the new people that came in this year. I’m going to miss being able to walk up and read my timed-prompt writing. Most important of all, I’m going to miss the sponsor and main teacher that ran the club, Ms. Love-Hilliard. She’s been a positive influence in my school career (and just my passion in general), and she’s certainly going to be one of the teachers I’ll miss the most when I graduate (If she’s reading this, I hope she knows she’s my favorite mama duck. <3).
