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LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 11.17 43 What do you think makes someone a good writer? "Their ability to take what they've experienced and put it into writing so that other people can feel what they're going through and relate to what they're going through." What did you do with the Naঞonal High School Poetry Compeঞঞon? "I believe that was ninth grade. I was still being homeschooled. It's lost now; I don't have it anymore. It was about this girl who walked home from school one day and found that her mom had overdosed on pills. I sent that in. I didn't get picked, but I was a finalist." What do you do for fun? "I really enjoy reading. I want to publish one of my novels someday. I've never completed an entire novel, but I've Amy Stemann Age 18, 12th grade, Southern High School Though she's a senior, this is only Amy's second year of high school, having transferred from homeschooling. In that time, she's taken numerous AP and dual-credit courses, participated in the Governor's Scholar Program and won awards on her school's academic team. She is also the president of the Key Club and served on Chick-fil-A's Leadership Academy. With a passion for writing, she has published poetry and restarted her school's newspaper. completed a pretty long short story. It's about eight pages long and it's about a girl who was sexually abused. I read as much as I can. I love reading. I work on my writing. I also love hiking. And just hanging out with my friends." Do you know what college you want to go to? "My top colleges right now are Berea College or Transylvania University or Bellarmine University. I'm also thinking of applying to Brown and Yale. It's always been my dream to see what I can do." What inspires you? "I guess failure and challenges inspire me. Every time I fail at something or if a challenge arises, I know I can do better. It's like this mountain in front of me and I want to climb it and achieve everything I can." Tell us about your school service project. "Mine is for German native speakers, preferably in homes where they can't do things on their own, and German high school students from Manual. To try to get both of them to socialize for two 30-minute sessions. It not only improves the high school student's German, but it gets the older people out of the house and socializing. Unfortunately, elderly people do spend too much time in the house watching TV instead of socializing. I think it's a good thing for both sides." How do you keep up with your fluency? "Every day I practice doing audio things. I just listen to it, because it's not only fun but it keeps my fluency going. I try to Andy Kelmanson Age 13, eighth grade, Sacred Heart Model School Andy says that one morning he woke up and wanted to learn German — so he did. He now has some fluency in several languages: English, Afrikaans, German, Dutch and Russian. He's attended the Concordia Language Villages Camp in Minnesota to build his knowledge of languages and is working on a service project that would pair native German speakers with high school students. have conversations with myself in my head, not only what I would say, but other people. Just in my head, not out loud. That's how I do it. That's just the most fun way to do it. I also read books as well." What's on your bucket list? "Probably to get into Manual right now. But moving to Germany and going to university there. That's one of my main goals." What do you want to do for a career? "I want to be a CFO, a financial director or a chartered accountant." What's your favorite food? "For snacks, probably gummy bears or banana chips. For dinner, I like German food. Just a coincidence."