George Wieman Journey

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It was the end of junior year when Wieman nominated several people, myself included, to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington D.C.. I had never been to the East coast so I jumped at the chance to go. It was extremely costly but strings were pulled and I actually came up with the $2000 tuition. Although it broke my wallet, it was by far the best six days of my life. I had an amazing journey and the destination was nothing to sneeze at either. My exciting journey started on the 4th of October, the beginning of my senior year of high school. It was the 4th of October and I had been up for hours. My flight was at 6:45 a.m. and I was supposed to be up at 5:30. Unfortunately for me, due to my overwhelming

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