Weeks away from the start of my senior year, I was asked to proffer a speech to a culmination of faculty members, many of whom I have known for the better part of my existence. It was requested that I speak on my vision and purpose of the Winton Woods District, and how it has afforded me a wealth of opportunities that will forever be stitched into the fabric of who I am. Immediately, I seized the chance to describe to a couple hundred educators exactly what they signed up to be a part of. Winton Woods and its teachers are concerned with more than a curriculum scripted across a syllabus that is to be approved by the state or a profiting institution. Winton Woods is more than a homogenous body of students work solely on building a resume that
