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I would say my

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day in the life is pretty atypical,
to be quite honest with you.

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I can go to school and watch recordings
and I have the flexibility to do that.

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Or I can go to classes live
or I can do my high school work

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and then do some of my college dual
enrollment work later on.

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They can definitely follow
the bell schedule.

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I did that with in middle school
and then some of high school as well.

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So you have your homeroom,
then you have like

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your first period is like math
and then second period is English.

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The teachers give you more time
to kind of work on your own.

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There's lots of breakout rooms.

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Normally, like, you're able to work on
past assignments, work on like the current

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assignments or extra work and extra credit
and that kind of stuff.

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I feel like it's a lot more flexible
than previous grade bands.

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You can take a break and go hiking.

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You can do your work from anywhere.

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I have the flexibility to do my classes,
kind of whenever.

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As well as that work, whenever.

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So it's like that progression
to more freedom throughout the grades.

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Going virtual was great for us,
because she was able to to test in

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to where she was academically achieving.

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And then we were able to like,
push those strengths and push

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her and more - push her in the direction
to where she needed to go.

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The reality of it is

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she was always capable of doing it,
and she was being missed in public school.

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So at GCA she's been fully supported to be able
to work at her own individual pace.

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I feel incredibly supported.

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Just the Counseling Department alone.

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My counselor, Mrs.

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Rose, she's always like helping me
with anything.

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Scholarship recommendations, helping
make sure I'm graduating and I'm

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on the right path and everything. I've won,
I think three local scholarships,

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as well as the Amazon Future
Engineer Scholarship.

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I’m absolutely thrilled about that.

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It's $40,000.

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And then I get a paid internship
next summer.

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Keep applying,
because a lot of students don't apply,

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especially local scholarships.

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There's a local art contest.

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I've applied all four years.

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I've won every single time
because nobody else has applied.

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The main thing that GCA has done
to help me prepare for college

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is just the flexibility
to allow me to do dual enrollment.

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I started doing college courses
at 13 years old in the ninth grade,

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so it was a great opportunity for me
to kind of get thrust into all of that

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hard coursework
as well as getting like my high school

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and college kind of requirements
done at the same time.

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So I'm going to Georgia Tech.

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I'm going to go ahead and major
in industrial engineering

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and then minor in computer science.

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Like, industrial engineers,
they're all about optimizing,

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checking out efficiency
and it's so versatile.

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So you can go into any field,
but working for like an amusement park

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or something in the film industry,
I think that would be absolutely amazing.

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I would say absolutely, join GCA.

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It's an amazing experience,
because you have that support system.

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The people are there for you.

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The teachers are wonderful.

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It's similar to a brick and mortar school,
but if you have that flexibility

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in those kinds of levels, you're able
to do your work and then kind of move on.

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Yes, join GCA.

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It is definitely better
than regular brick and mortar schools.