by JOANNA LANDA
Tehya Clark, a sophomore, is a talkative and nice young lady. You might recognize her, for she is known for her very big and curly hair.
Unlike her freshman year, Tehya decided to get involved in school by joining Key Club, Heritage Club, and G.S.A. However, she is not playing any sports this year because she feels “it is too late for me to start learning how to play a sport.” She explains, “If I had started playing sports at a young age, then I would probably be an athletic person.” Tehya’s favorite classes include English and Spanish, but she is interested in learning German because her grandmother is originally from Germany.
Although Tehya has lived in Oregon her entire life and has hardly ever traveled, she likes the idea of traveling and being able to explore different cultures. She would love to visit New York because “it seems as if that's where everyone wants to go and I just want to go with the masses.” Also, she would like to visit New Orleans because of the “different culture and liveliness of it.”
In the next couple of years, Tehya hopes to get more credits towards college. She is very excited and determined to attend because only her grandparents attended, while her mother only went to college for a little while before dropping out. Tehya plans on studying to be an English or Music teacher because she loves knowing that she managed to help someone learn what nouns are or how to sing a b sharp. “The idea of helping a person appeals to me very much and I feel that a teacher is the best way to go about it,” she says.
Tehya’s favorite quote at the moment is, “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire." She feels that the quote not only ties in with her life, but also with everyone else's because “You should always go after what you love or what you are excited about, and I feel that people sometimes forget that, and instead, go for easier options.”
