Humans of City High

I am gay and I’m good at math and I’m very thinky. I think a lot about a lot of things. I’m pretty in tune with myself.

I think we are just trying to find a place for ourselves. With that, you kind of look around at other people and see where you are compared to them. It’s not like I’m trying to put myself down. It’s not really a ranking but sometimes it feels like that.

For me, it’s not quite being an adult yet but it’s still having those responsibilities. You have almost all of the responsibilities as an adult but you aren’t treated as one. You don’t have the status of an adult. You still have to follow your parents rules, you still don’t have a say in things because you’re living with your parents even though I work, I pay taxes, I go to school, I do...

I’d really like to get out and travel somewhere because I’ve never left the midwest. It’d be nice to actually get out. That’s one of the things I want to do most in life, experience everything possible. That’s the ultimate goal.

We are building ourselves a pathway to the future. I have no idea what I want to do in the future. I don’t know what college I want to apply to. I don’t know what I want to major in or minor in. I have no idea what I want to do. I’m just afraid that I won’t have my life figured out in time.

When I was younger I always loved to perform and I felt like “me” was me onstage. It was the whole me and not just the me I put on for other people. I feel like, when I am onstage, I’m so much more confident and passionate about what I want. I know what I want and I get what I want when I am onstage. It’s my decision. I can affect so many people with one note or how you play something. It ...

When it comes to politics, I don’t have a huge opinion on it. Even when the national anthem comes on I don’t put my hand over my heart because I’m an american citizen so I don’t feel like I should be doing that because I don’t have the right in a sense to do that since I’m just not a citizen. I just put both of my hands behind my back which some americans do that anyway but I just feel ...