Published: May 13, 2022
Some things never change. Senior Trent Clifton has wanted to do the same thing throughout his life and it was never a question. Clifton got into art and video games at a young age and as he grew up the love for design grew with him.
“[I want to do] the same thing. I’m actually going to Maryville for game design next year,” Clifton said. “Art and games have been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember, and I want to be able to make something or contribute to a game that someone else would enjoy as much as I enjoy games.”
Sometimes the reasoning behind a big change stays the same. Senior Cheyenne Leahr always wanted to help people, as a kid she wanted to be a teacher and help little kids just like her teachers did for her but as she’s grown up she’s wanted to go into nursing or cosmetology.
“I want to go to nursing school or cosmetology school because I still want to help people, just in different ways,” Leahr said. “It shows I’ve grown up and it shows we have so many more options now than we did before.”
Things can change repeatedly, senior Chase Dishon wanted to be multiple things when he was younger. In kindergarten he wanted to be a pilot and in third grade decided he wanted to be a LEGO set designer. After that childhood dream wore off and more logic was placed into what Dishon wanted to be when he grew he decided on being a computer engineer.
“I want to be a computer engineer because I spend all my time on computers and I feel like that’s all I know how to do anymore,” Dishon said. “It’s always like that childhood fantasy where you’re just like, oh, I want to be an astronaut because I want to go to space but then you realize you have to do math.”
There is always the possibility of the unknown. Senior Piper Stutsman wanted to be a teacher when she was younger but as she has grown up and has been continuing to get to know herself, she doesn’t know.
“When you’re a kid you don’t really know yourself yet. But now I’m trying to still find myself and what I want to do in the long run,” Stutsman said
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