Humans of Sophomore Honors: Sophia West

In this interview, I asked Sophia West some questions about herself and what she wanted to do with her life. I then recorded them below.

By Julian G. from Eureka Senior High School in California

¨When I grow up I want to have some type of restaurant or my own business.¨

¨I would say how committed I am to stuff when I really want to achieve something.¨

¨Probably dance because I have never been the best at that and I have always worked to achieve what I wanted.¨

¨A good person, There is a lot of things I would say but the biggest one is probably just a good human being.¨

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Soph Honors, 2nd Period

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