Gibson was interviewed and asked about his thoughts on academics and athletics. Here were his responses:
В: Что общего между академическими и спортивными занятиями?
A: I think that if you don’t care about the thing you’re learning about and the sport that you’re playing, then you can’t do your best in that sport or academic.
В: Считаете ли вы, что одинаково усердно работаете и в спорте, и в учебе? Если нет, то над чем вы работаете больше?
A: I try my best in either, but I find that I spend more time on academics.
В: Какой ваш любимый вид спорта?
A: My favorite sport is skiing because I’ve been doing it for a long time and I love nature.
В: Какой ваш любимый предмет?
A: My favorite subject right now is probably math because I feel like the things I’m learning are very interesting.
В: Есть ли у вас пример для подражания в учебе или спорте? Если да, то кто это и почему?
A: An athletic role model of mine would be my dad because he always works hard to keep his body in shape even when he has a lot of work.
Mikaela was also interviewed on some of these same topics and here were her responses:
В: Что общего между академическими и спортивными занятиями?
A: Something I find similar between academics and athletics is that you have to commit and put your time and effort into both of them to get the result you want. You will never get farther than how hard you try. It’s a lot of work but can also be very rewarding when you do well and know that the effort you put into it has paid off.
В: Чему вы научились в спортивной или академической сфере и смогли применить это в другой области?
A: Something I learned from running is persistence. Cross country taught me persistence since I usually prefer sprints, but a mile and a half to two and half miles is actually a lot longer than 200 meters. It’s very hard to be persistent in cross country, because it can sometimes feel like the race will never end, or like you’ve been running for a really long time. In academics, this has helped me to do better recycles of my math quizzes and not give up on challenging problems, as well as better edit my writing for humanities projects.
В: Какой ваш любимый вид спорта?
A: My favorite sports are track and field and cross country.
В: Какой ваш любимый предмет?
A: My favorite subject is math.
В: Есть ли у вас пример для подражания в учебе или спорте? Если да, то кто это и почему?
A: I don’t have a specific academic or athletic role model, but some people I look up to are my teachers, coaches, family, and friends. They help me to always try and improve myself, and never give up.
Olivia was also interviewed on some of these same topics and here were her responses:
В: Что общего между академическими и спортивными занятиями?
A: The similarity is teamwork. In athletics, you have a team, and you lean on them for support, like you lean on your peers in academics. You might not realize how much you need the people around you regarding school.
В: Чему вы научились в спортивной или академической сфере и смогли применить это в другой области?
A: I’ve learned from athletics not to be afraid because you might just miss out on something life-changing.
В: Считаете ли вы, что одинаково усердно работаете и в спорте, и в учебе? Если нет, то над чем вы работаете больше?
A: I feel that I try my best in both, however some days I might try harder in academics because of a test, and then the next day try harder in athletics because of practice or a game.
В: Какой ваш любимый вид спорта?
A: My favorite sport is volleyball.
В: Какой ваш любимый предмет?
A: My favorite subject in school is math.
В: Есть ли у вас пример для подражания в учебе или спорте? Если да, то кто это и почему?
A: My athletic role model is Suni Lee, because she would spend many hours in gymnastics training or schoolwork. I feel that we both try our best no matter the circumstances, for ourselves and our family/community.