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"The 'being of two cultures' aspect--that's really forked who I am because I have to balance that French side of me with the American side of me...The way of thinking is different. I think that that's the more French side of me...For a range of different things, from a politician on T.V. to your friend, the way of thinking is the same... So you [a French thinker] base your opinions on facts and what you truly believe, and you do your research. Like you kinda figure things out before you take a stance, and I feel like the American way is much different. It's more like you take a stance and then you do research, and you find stuff out in order to prove your stance."
-Clement Lacoudre, Class of 2017
If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be?
“I think I would be cabbage because first of all no one really eats cabbages so I'll be ok. Second of all they are kind of big and round and I feel like they have this presence that other vegetables don’t, like bang I’m a cabbage. To eat it you have to cut it up and stuff you can’t just leave it.”
-Brian DeLong, Class of 2019
“Socially, in high school, I wish I wasn’t as insecure as I think I probably was about all sorts of things. Whether it is with friends, or trying to get girlfriends, or just feeling like I can approach and talk to people. I always thought there was a wall, that probably didn’t exist, and I think, as you get older, you realize a little more about that. In life everyone really wants to say yes to you. I think that’s true socially; I think that’s true professionally. I can remember trying to get an internship at the New York Times or doing other projects in my career where you call people you think are “out of your league” if you will, in terms of why would they take the phone call, or why would they meet with you. If people can, they want to say yes. It’s much easier to say yes then no. So, I think if you have a particular passion about a topic, or an issue, or even a group of friends that you are not sure are really your friends, its probably a lot better then you think. You have all been to school for a very long time, often with the same people. It can get cliquey. Certain people make friendships with certain people. There are groups and things of that sort. Most of that is actually a lot more artificial then it is in real life. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone back to things like high school reunions and it is not like that at all. Generally, people are more open then closed. In high school it felt, since people had their groups of friends, people think things are closed, but it really doesn’t have to be that way.”
-Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times Columnist, Class of 1995
"Don't let anything that comes up in your life stop you and persevere through everything because there is always a silver lining in any situation. I would say that that’s personal to me because when I was in eighth grade, I was diagnosed with celiac. It's been a really hard thing in my life that I had to overcome and out of it, I’ve discovered so many things about myself and I was still really happy with myself… [When I was first diagnosed] it was really scary because before that there was never anything wrong with me, so it was really scary to have such a serious condition. And of course it was upsetting because I had to go gluten-free and that was pretty hard, but over the course of being diagnosed and changing my lifestyle, I’ve learned so much responsibility and so much perseverance.” -Jamie Robelen, Class of 2019
“I think being positive, and helping other people be positive is the best thing you can do. If you’re living life as a hedonist, trying to get as much out of life as possible, trying to give as much joy as possible, you’re gonna have a good life. If you’re focused on happiness, for not just yourself, then there’s nothing that can be bad in your life…”
What makes you happy?
“… The feeling of freedom makes me happy, like not being constrained, not being tied down to anything… I like to sail a lot. I’m pretty good at it, not gonna lie… I always like the ocean. I’ve always liked the ocean. There’s a feeling that’s so freeing about it.”
-Ethan Shapiro, Class of 2019
"I didn't think it would be as hectic as it is now, but it was kind of worth it coming here. The people around here, they're really nice. And the workers, some of them are family, and once you get used to working with a lot of people for a long time they tend to become family even though they're not. That's the good thing about it... At Langes, we've had a couple injuries here. If we're working quick, well, I ended up slicing my finger twice. I learned from it... One of my uncles wants me to be manager for his deli so I go there too. Working here gives me experience for the future, or wherever I go next."
-Welby Escamilla, Lange's Deli of Scarsdale
“I believe that if you have the opportunity to help other people, you should seize it. Going to school in Scarsdale, I find myself constantly complaining about the amount of homework and stress I go through, but when you look at it from a greater, more worldly perspective you realize that so many people actually don’t even have the opportunity to feel stressed because they don’t even go to school. I feel like because I’m so lucky to be receiving such a great education, I should help others get one too. It’s like our one job as people: to help others.”
-Emily Brew, Class of 2017
Emily is a Young Ambassador for the Henrik Lundqvist Foundation and has created a Go Fund Me to raise money for Together For Better for her service project for the foundation. Together For Better helps raise money to build, furnish, and supply schools. Check out the link gofundme.com/emilys-mission-project-tfb!!
“The job wasn’t sketchy, but I got it off Craigslist...”
-Anand Chitale, Class of 2017