By Maggie Foight For the month of September, the featured male student is proof that greatness in the future starts now - even beginning in high school! He juggles water polo training and games as well as multiple advanced classes with no trouble. Not only does he set up the play as hole-set for his team, but he is setting himself up for a very successful future - give it up for Chris Russo! Sports-wise alone, Chris has his hands full. He has 2 hour practices almost daily, along with weight training every few days. There are games roughly twice a week. Yet he somehow still manages to deal with his hectic schedule and homework for his classes, like AP World History and Honors English. “I found that the busier I am, the more productive I am,” Chris says. “...With many extracurricular activities, I am forced to budget my time and prioritize.” This is a very practical skill for the future, when he will have to balance his time between a job, family life, and personal time.
Along with playing water polo, this sophomore genuinely likes to learn, whether it’s about school or other people. He enjoys Spanish class the most because the skills he learns in that class, he “cannot learn anywhere else.” His parents help him with his other classes, but he says that, while they have college degrees, they cannot help much with Spanish. In a changing world where collaborating with other people is becoming inevitable, learning a second language will be extremely useful in the years to come. Additionally, Chris likes to ask others about their lives. If he doesn’t know something about someone, he will want to find the answer quickly. In the future, he doesn’t know what he wants to do exactly, but he wishes to travel and work with others, possibly in law, business, or marketing. Whatever he chooses, however, he hopes to be successful and happy. When he was asked if would change one thing about the past, he said, “I know they say hindsight is 20/20, but I can’t see anything I would change. Sure, there were plenty of stressful nights of homework and long practices, but I asked for it when I signed up for those classes. So, I wouldn’t change anything yet.” In the end, it’s not the past that builds up future success - it’s the present, and for Chris Russo, it seems like he will flourish.
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Chris Russo
10/4/2016 10:30:42 pm
Great article Maggie!
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