-Name, age, grade, city of residenceRami Walker, 18, senior, Watsonville
-What inspires you?
Being in nature, climbing things, and exploring. Also the type of feel good movies that make you want to live a better life.
-What is your favorite subject in school, and why?
have always been fascinated with biology. To have the tools and knowledge to understand the world around you is one of the most magical things.
-If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?
I would change the education system so that children and adults could learn whatever and wherever they like without having to worry about money or social status.
-If you could go anywhere, where would you go?I would travel to an undiscovered planet somewhere far out in space where everything was new and perhaps more peaceful and welcoming. However, since that is a bit unrealistic, I would like to go to an English tea house in the 1870s.
-Name one big challenge in your life right now:
I am struggling to both hang onto, and let go of, my life at Mount Madonna. I have never known anything else and I am both excited and scared of what is coming next.
-What is your dream job?I would like to say a scientific researcher because that is where my current education path is taking me. However, the dream on my bucket list is to open a small cafe somewhere unobtrusive where I could bake and sell tea and know my customers by name.
-What are your three favorite things?
Raindrops on roses, bright copper kettles, and brown paper packages tied up with strings; just to name a few… Also hot tea, the smell of old books, and hugs that last exactly the right amount of time before getting awkward.
-Favorite book?
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Choosing one book is like choosing a favorite leg.
What do you want to do after high school?I don’t really know yet. I’ll start with college but I am not quite sure where that will take me.
-Something that makes you smile:
When cats do that nuzzling, head-butting thing when they want your attention.
-A favorite MMS memory – and why?
I remember celebrating fairy day in preschool and kindergarten. I believed so wholeheartedly that it was the fairies that left glitter and gold nuggets in our cubbies. I can’t help being in awe of the imagination and belief that kids seem to have. If we found a way to preserve that sense of wonder into adulthood, I am sure that the world would be much more magical
Top three most played songs on your iTunes or iPod:
Ivory by Adam French
Into the Wild by Lewis Watson<
Winter by Kina Grannis