Junior Mike Yimer posing for a photo in the 6200 hallway at Huron High School. Photo by Jules Heskia.
Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself and things you do in and out of school.
A: Something I do in school is I’m in full DP. Something else I do inside of school that is also extracurricular is I lead forensics which is speech and debate. I ran with the track team for a little bit Sophomore year and am planning on doing that this year as well. My favorite thing to do outside of school is walking my dog. It lets me take this stress off my shoulders.
Q: What is your favorite Huron event and why? (Multi Culti, Homecoming, Clap Out, etc.)
A: I can’t really get over a Multi Culti. I mean a lot of these other events you kind of have to go to, football games you have to go to, it takes a lot of time off your shoulders. Multi Culti is something that you do inside of school. It doesn’t really hurt you and you have fun stuff. And you can’t really beat the Multi Culti at Huron, it’s really the defining event.
Q: Where is your favorite spot at Huron and why? (Certain lunch table, classroom, outdoor area, etc.)
A: I like under the stairs. The reason is there’s some lunch tables there, and if my ride is running late or I’m staying after school for a club and it ends up finishing early, I can just sit down under the stairs to get some work done. Study for whatever I need to study for.
Q: What is one of your favorite high school memories and why?
A: My favorite High School memory happened in ethics and it’s over debating this really interesting case. It’s about gift-giving and there’s a lot of hot opinions flying around. I like it because it’s an open environment, all opinions are accepted and they’re expanded upon their criticism. Also, they’re built up, and I feel like that’s the sort of environment I want to enter. That’s my and people also agree that it’s very accepting of controversy and there’s no pressure to have an ironclad argument. There is no pressure to be a genius.
Q: If you could make up a class and teach it at Huron, what class would you teach?
A: I’m going to make up DP philosophy. It teaches you philosophy quite like TOK but more in depth. It attempts to investigate, so instead of having questions such as are there right or wrong statements in moral statements or is there right and wrong in moral statements, you just say what is non-cognitivism and what is cognitivism. It would be significantly more informative and establishes the foundations that you would need in order to become an independent and critical thinker.
Q: What is something you would redo about your sophomore year if you could?
A: I think I would tell myself to be less ambitious with my core selections. In no good way, I’m currently swamped in both prepping for the SAT and dealing with all these difficult courses. I would say that maybe I should have taken that free hour 5th period instead of AP Chemistry in addition to my DP courses. I could have allowed myself more time to do what I need to do in all of my classes rather than getting stressed.
Q: What’s an interesting fact or hidden talent about yourself?
A: I can do a planche, I discovered this 30 minutes ago. I discovered this because I tried to do one during lunch and met minimal success. I told my friend that I met minimal success and asked him to take a picture of me trying it again on a table. I did not fall.
Q: Who is your idol and why?
A: My idol freshman year was no one. Sophomore year it was no one. Sophomore summer it was David Goggins. As time progressed and junior year got harder and harder, I noticed that the reason why I never had idols my freshman and sophomore year was because it just takes too much time to have idols.
Q: What is one lesson high school has taught you?
A: I think one lesson high school has taught me is that people need to start taking hits on the chin more. I feel like oftentimes you can see people walking around complaining about test grades or complaining about results. Criticizing teachers or teaching and, although I can say sometimes these may be valid, oftentimes it’s about the dedication and the effort that you put in. And then complaining about things outside of your control oftentimes deprives you at the agency in order to fix it.
Q: What is a hot take of yours?
A: Pineapple on Pizza is delicious. It’s sweet, it’s savory, and it’s a perfect mix of both.
