“What challenges have you faced this year?”

“Um I’ve had to face… friendships breaking and grades and some family problems, but I’ve gotten through them. Well, I’ve had to talk it out with other people or actually had to talk it out with that one person and I just had to stay focused and I had…well if were talking about school, I’ve just had to keep my mind on what I wanted and I wanted to be successful so I paid attention [in class] and got the help I needed so yeah”