Senior Spotlight!

Each week, we will feature one of our senior tutors and ask them questions so you can get to know them better before they leave. We're starting with one of the original writing center tutors.

Aman Kapoor
This is his third year of tutoring in the writing center.

Favorites

 

Color: royal blue!

Artist/Band: Mac Miller

Actor and Actress: my favorite actor is Johnny Depp and favorite actress is Mila Kunis

Movie: Shutter Island and The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Book: The Harry Potter Series and 1984

Planet: Earth

Animal: dog

Clothing Store: Zumiez

Olympic Sport: TRACK

Subject: Calculus.. :)

Questions

 

1. What college will you be attending (or hoping to attend)?

I'm not sure yet, but I'm leanings towards UVA.

 

2. What are you planning to study/major in?

I will major in engineering possibly minor in business

 

3. What are you most looking forward to about college?

Not having to wake up at 6!

 

4. What will you miss most about high school?

The Writing Center, obviously :)

 

5. How has being a WWC tutor affected your own writing?

I think the WWC has helped me think of new techniques to incorporate into my writing process because I learn from all of the tutees. Advanced Composition has helped me because it has introduced me too all types of writing which I will inevitably need in college.

 

6. If you were an ice cream, what flavor would you be and why?

CHOCOLATE because of that character in Spongebob.

 

7. If you could be best friends with any celebrity who would it be and why?

Britney Spears because I want her to shave my head

Reading Recommendations

172 Hours on the Moon
by Johan Harstad
In the future, NASA decides to make space travel popular again. Their idea for relaunching the space program is to send three teenagers to the moon for a week. Once they arrive, nothing goes right.

Redefining Beautiful: What God Sees When God Sees You by Jenna Lucado
The book speaks about what beauty is from God's perspective. The author reveals that when we look to God as our father, it can change our focus, look, and our lives. She looks at scripture and also speaks about her life in the process.

The Thin Executioner
by Darren Shan

The story is about a scrawny boy named Jebel who is from a very close minded and hateful country and was raised to believe that their race is superior to all the others. The Executioner, a.k.a Jebel's dad, is idolized and it is expected that one of his sons are to succeed him. Jebel decides to go on a quest that no one has ever survived from to prove himself worthy enough. Jebel then sets off with his slave on a series of adventures where he explores different cultures and places. It is such a mind opening story that really highlights acceptance and tolerance.

Book Recommendations

Unbearable Lightness by: Portia de Rossi

In her autobiography, de Rossi discusses her battle with anorexia in a bhearbreaking yet ultimately uplifting way; she shares how she dieted on an off until she eventually weighed only 82 pounds and had to be hospitalized. She reveals how her career in modeling and acting made her hate her body and how society's stigma against homosexuality forcered her deeper and deeper into the closet. Despite how depressing Unbearable Lightness seems, it shows the strength of human spirit and that sad stories can have happy endings.

The Host by: Stephenie Meyer

In this book, an alien race invades Earth by taking over human bodies. The main chararcter Melanie had recently been resisting the aliens up until her capture. However, the alien that was put in her was unable to extinguish Melanie's strong-willed soul, creating a lot of internal conflict (literally). The story focuses on the two separate characters, Melanie and Wanda (the nickname the alien develops), sharing one body and builds when Melanie encounters a large resistance group who isn't sure if they can trust her. Read more to find out what happens!

Of Mice and Men by: John Steinbeck

This book follows two men who travel from place to place searching for work and dream of eventually settling down to a place of their own. One of the man's lack of intelligence causes them to constantly find themselves in trouble, and finally they get into a situation that is impossible to get out of. If you're curious, I suggest you get a copy to find out what happens.

Would you rather...?

Last week, we asked our tutors five would-you-rather questions. Here are their responses: