winter update: Seb

Sebastian has also been busy this winter, with school and soccer. This January marked his first real experience with final exams, with exams and final projects in multiple subjects all scheduled for the same week. He was a little stressed on the day that he had three exams, in geometry, physics, and Spanish. But he did well in second quarter and we're proud of his overall adjustment to high school. He's doing his best and taking school seriously; he's learning how to study and memorize difficult concepts (like Spanish vocab and trigonometry); he's really good at communicating with his teachers and taking the lead on group projects. In English, they're reading Homer's Odyssey -- recently they had an in-class debate in which he had to defend Polyphemus' actions (he ate Odysseus' men). He did well and made some good points, and clearly understood how to refer to textual evidence. He recently forecasted for next year and is hoping for electives in culinary arts, photography, and business marketing, as well as a continuation of Spanish (and obviously English, history, algebra 3-4, and chemistry).

His winter soccer season with PCU has gotten off to a bit of a rough start - they've played four games and only won one. They've been shorthanded in a couple matches, and missing some key players (like their forwards). One of the games was absolutely miserable -- pouring rain, blowing wind, freezing -- but the others have been tolerable, and this weekend was sunny and beautiful. And they won 2-0! Seb is playing well at center attacking mid, and we're so glad he's got this group of teammates. It's a good group, really positive, and it's fun for him to make friends from other local high schools.

 

Another thing of note in Seb's life is his ongoing driving lessons. We've gone out multiple times and he's getting more comfortable navigating streets and intersections and other cars. No highways yet, and not downtown, but it's fun to see him behind the wheel. He's always loved cars; he loves sports cars and super cars, especially Japanese cars, and has an incredible wealth of knowledge about specific makes and models.