Coming from a high school with almost 3900+ students, accepting diversity has become almost second nature for me. Because of the sheer amount of people that attend Adlai. E Stevenson High School and the gracious 4 years that I get, it is not a matter of “if” I will meet someone, but rather “when”. The staggering variety present in this amazing institution has provoked “the past me”, a timid freshman, to blossom into an assertive rising senior, who is not afraid to walk up to the captain of the football team and initiate a friendly conversation. I’ve learned, starting from my freshman year, to comfortably mingle with personalities, which I would not have touched in middle school; I’ve learned that the key to success is to not only accumulate,
