Student of the Week
Greenon High School
Name: Austin Leist School: Greenon High School
Grade: 12th
Age: 18 Extra-curricular: class president, member of National Honor Society, member of Spanish Honor society.
Claim to fame/honors: holding state honors and have over 30 college credits.
Words you live by: amor fati, roughly meaning “love of fate” or “one’s fate.” This essentially means that whatever happens to you is for a reason, and that you should appreciate your life, no matter the events that take place.
Toughest challenge: Starting college courses as a Sophomore as I was taking multiple classes through multiple schools.
Biggest influence: Robin Williams
School-day rituals: making sure to pack my water bottle
What’s on your bedroom walls: Some of my nostalgic items from my youth to remind me where I came from.
When I’m bored I like to: think about what I could be doing better.
Favorite movie: “A Silent Voice”
Person who would play you in a movie: Ed Sheeran”
Favorite TV show: “Criminal Minds”
Favorite musical artist: Juice Wrld
Favorite book: “The Giver
Favorite home-cooked meal: My mother makes the best spaghetti and my father makes baked spaghetti, which are both my absolute favorite dishes they make.
Favorite restaurant: Texas Roadhouse
Whose mind would you like to read?: Stephen Hawking’s mind to see what he was thinking of during his numerous lectures.
Place where you’d love to travel: Dubai
Talent you’d like to have: magic
Favorite school subject: math
Favorite athlete: Michael Phelps
Favorite team: Ohio State football team.
Something in the world I’d like to change: the universal standards people think they need to follow.
Favorite high school moment: I got to recreate The School of Athens painting with my AP European History class.
Favorite junk food: Funyuns with Ruffles Cheddar Cheese chips
Best thing about high school: making connections with people and understanding others.