Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2009, Page 141

Description:	ShaneGilbertAidaHaddadDiannaHenrymoraanbeardkathleenmcdaniePart of graduating includes experiencing the graduation ceremony and the senior walk, but seniors MorganBeard and Kathleen McDaniel will not get thatexperience.Both are taking steps toward graduatingearly in January.Graduating early just seemed likea great chance to get some real worldexperience, Beard said.Both Beard and McDaniel are usingtheir time after high school to find ways tosupport post-high school costs. Beard saidshe is planning to work during the semesterafter finishing courses at North so that shewont have to worry about earning money in thefall.This way when college comes I can focus onschool and not how to pay for it, Beard said.Beard wants to major in microbiology andplans to take a trip to Princeton University in NewJersey to spend time with her aunt and uncle,microbiologists who got her interested in the field.McDaniel intends to major in child psychology in college. To prepare for this, she plansto go to Colorado to stay with her 5-year-oldcousin, James. His parents recently divorced andMcDaniel hopes to provide some comfort to himduring her stay. McDaniel feels this will give hersome experience in talking to kids about theirissues.A challenge each will face is spending asemester away from each other while Beard isin Indiana and New Jersey and McDaniel is inColorado.Both intend to keep in touch with each otherover the phone and come back before summerbegins. They both want to go to Indiana University and become roommates.We feel like we could learn more about lifefrom experiences than from a classroom, McDaniel said.story by KelseyMcNeilldseniors 141
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