Why I Chose High School

On a particularly sunny morning in Washington, Mr. Charbonnel, sipping on a mug of tea over skype, answered my question regarding his choice in university. He gave me two separate answers to my questions. The first answer being the one he gave to his family and friends, “I wanted to go to school with my sister so I applied to Washington State!”. But after a moment’s chuckle he responded, “The actual reason why I choose Washington State over any other school was that I had procrastinated all first semester, and it was the only school that was actually still taking applicants.”. Having known Mr. Brandon Charbonnel most of my life, once as a teacher now as a friend and a somewhat of a role model, I was satisfied with the second answer he had …show more content…
He listed 4 things about his childhood, he was born in the state of Washington, he was homeschooled until the 4th grade, he started going to “normal” (later mentioned that he was at a private school) after that, and that since the first year at the normal school he has always been known to be good at math (perhaps why he ended up as a “math” teacher). After the short conversation about his childhood he started sipping at his tea again and told me a story from his years in university. “I at first enjoyed the engineering classes, although now I know I only enjoyed them because they were a intro class and they are usually designed so that students are not scared away, I thought it was the right place for me. But after my second year, I hated what I had to do for the class and I saw no future for me in the subject, so I dropped out and took a year off. I stayed on campus because I had been living with my girlfriend, who knows what would have happened if I left the campus, I think I may have end up just working for my dad or home still