Andreas CAS

 For my A-term, I traveled to small-town, Seymour Texas which lies about 8 hours away from Houston. This wasn't just for fun though, Seymour is home to a world-class fossil bed that is home to countless amounts of Dimetredons. However, while their name sounds like one, they are not dinosaurs and actually pre-date the entire dinosaur population. This means that they belong to the premamalia synapsis family. In Seymour, my group spent the time digging for fossils and bonding. Whether it was in our ancient cabin when we were playing poker into the wee hours of the morning or huddling together to preserve our warmth I was growing closer to everyone on the trip. This was such a great experience for me as it was almost my last a-term ever and I was so hopeful that it would go out with a bang, and bang it did. I will certainly miss going on A and J terms it is time that I move on the bigger and better things, but I couldn't of asked for a better ending. 

 For my J-term, I spent the two weeks (minus 3 days due to an unfortunate COVID positive test) learning everything there is to know about the fascinating and beautiful cultures of Asia. More specifically though, the cultures of China, Vietnam, and India. I found myself learning so much as each day passed and finding a newfound appreciation for these almost magical cultures and lifestyles. While diving into their cultures was certainly a highlight for me, I'd have to say the best part of this immersion was the food. Almost every single day we went to incredible restaurants that served authentic Asian food, with my favorite of them being "Himilaya" an absolutely incredible Indian restaurant at which I gained easily 5 pounds from the nan alone. With all said and done I am very happy and grateful I had this experience for my last J-term and will definitely recommend it to anyone who is considering doing it next year. 

 As high school began, I managed to get right back into the swing of things, with turning in assignments and participating in a seminar I felt perfectly fine. My brother, however, was a different story, this past week my brother had been struggling with figuring out how the dynamics of high school worked especially with it being online this year. Even though I too was a little confused I had a much better understanding of how our school works compared to my brother. I decided that I would try to set some time away to help him figure things out, at first he was getting mad at me and my "teaching" style, but as I kept trying I found the best way to teach about our school. We went over his classes and even some of his homework. Helping my brother reminded me of how I felt when I first entered high school and how much I wished I had someone to help me figure it out. Even with the setbacks, we had in the beginning I managed to successfully help my brother figure out how things wor...