Henry Macfarlan- Assignment 1

• My name is Henry Macfarlan, I was born March 11, 2000 in Lexington, Kentucky to Lissa and David Macfarlan, and I have lived here to this day.  My goals for this year are to not only maintain my GPA and score well on my AP tests, but I also want to invest myself in my classes more this year.  I want to really try to gain mastery of the subject I am learning rather then just pass a class.  Striving for mastery will not only help me achieve an A and a good AP score, if there is one to be had, but will also allow me to enjoy learning the subject more.  If I had any super power, it would be to fly, as it is one of the only super powers with no glaringly apparent side effects.  If you can read everyones mind you will eventually drive yourself crazy.  The ability to fly, however, would allow me to live my normal life with the added bonus of leaving the ground when I see it fit. My favorite things to study are history, but I geek out while on a bend to learn to do something or while trying to better myself by learning about whatever I happen to have on my mind.  This summer was meaningful not in a single moment but because I was not only able to spend extensive amounts of time with my friends but I was also able to spend some of the hours of the day trying to teach myself something new.  For instance I spent a few weeks in the beginning of the summer trying to do woodwork.   Doing things like carving, because it was something that interested me so I spent a strange amount of time trying to teach myself to whittle.  What I geek out about is finding a new and interesting subject and trying to learn as much as possible about it.