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Photo essay featuring students and teachers outside of the academic environment, modeled on Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York
Connor Ryan, Class of 2020
What is the sport of theatre like?
I have been apart of a long line of football family members ranging from my father, my three uncles and even my brother at Yale. I had two concussions when I was younger and found that I was very cautious to not play football. So I found theater in third grade and it has become my third sport aside from baseball and basketball and it was the greatest decision I ever made. Theater has helped me gain new relationships and as well help me get over my fear of public speaking. I was very timid and did not speak much when I was younger so theater helped me get out there and talk to more people.
Tyler Blais, Math Teacher.
Everybody knows that you are an avid hockey player and ravenous Bruins fan. How'd you get into golf and why?
While I was in college, many of my hockey teammates played golf in the off season, and since shooting a puck and hitting a golf ball require a lot of the same motion and skill, picking up the sport just made sense. Plus, any reason to get away and hang out with the boys seemed like a good way to waste time!
Angus Lodge, Class of 2020
What does running provide for you outside the classroom?
Running outside the classroom provides me with focus. Running also provides me with strength because I try to beat my time. It keeps me focused because sometimes I pretend I’m in a movie I like in a time when I have to run to catch something fast.
Ben Waldeck, Class of 2021
What made you want to make music and/or rap and how are you different from other "SoundCloud Rappers"?
I wanted to start making music because I have always loved music and the feeling I get when listening to it. The music I make is different than the music that the typical “SoundCloud Rapper” makes because I have my own style, and I don’t conform to the style of music made by stereotypical SoundCloud rappers.
Thomas Hopper, English Teacher
What got you into role-playing games, and why have a club at Eagle Hill?
As an awkward seventh-grader, role-playing games gave me a way to interact with the worlds that I had come to love from the books and games in my life, like The Lord of the Rings, the Wheel of Time, and Magic: The Gathering. In RPGs, you can be the hero, the villain, or something in between, and there isn’t an author writing your character’s life—you are. That empowered me a lot at the time, and I want to give our students that same experience.
Play is so important to learning, yet play has become synonymous with screen-time. For two hours, with dice instead of screens, we get to tell a story together. Playing different roles brings out different sides of our personalities, which leads to self-discovery in a space of play. Unfortunately in the real world we can’t cast spells to solve our problems, but for two hours a week, we can. That retreat into play helps us see our world and ourselves more deeply.”
