Owen Bruceton Hindman Glass

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Since the age of two weeks, I have never lived in one country for more than three years due to my parents' work with the U.S. State Department. My mother and father were stationed in Bosnia when I was born, and because of a State Department regulation, they traveled back to the United States for my birth. Afterward, we returned to Bosnia for the final year of their assignment.Following our time in Bosnia, we moved to Mexico, where I had the opportunity to attend school and quickly became fluent in Spanish. However, our time in Mexico was cut short, and instead of enrolling me in the next grade, my parents opted for homeschooling for the remaining months of our stay. This decision had a profound impact on me, as it allowed for a more personalized and flexible learning experience. We left Mexico when I was five years old.Our next chapter took us to Virginia, where I continued homeschooling. Although it was challenging to see my friends go to school while I remained at home, this period was a time of anticipation, as we were preparing to relocate to Haiti. However, due to safety concerns, we were reassigned to a small island in the Caribbean. This unexpected change turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.We moved to Jamaica a few months before my sixth birthday, and it was here that I experienced the happiest period of my childhood. Living in a walled compound, I had the freedom to explore and made a wide circle of friends. We spent three wonderful years in Jamaica, and although I was deeply saddened to leave, we eventually moved back to the United States.Upon returning to Tennessee, we embarked on a month-long road trip across the U.S. and Canada, which allowed me to gain a broader perspective on the world. It was after this journey, when I was around 9 years old, that I entered a traditional school setting for the first time. Thanks to the education I received through homeschooling, I quickly excelled academically. By the time I reached the fourth grade, I had founded the first student-run club in the school’s history—a chess club.Currently in the fifth grade, I am excited to continue my education and am preparing to enroll in an innovative “modern one-room schoolhouse” that emphasizes personalized learning. I look forward to further developing my skills and embracing new opportunities.Thank you for taking the time to read my story.

This months blog

Happy New Year...

• By Owen Glass

Well, the year is up. People make such an affair about the new year. But I think it's rather a depressing affair. Quite frankly, it's the celebration of the fact that you literally are now a year further into your life.Which in essence, your either one step closer to losing the ability to say that you are in the height of your life, or, if your over 40, even further past the prime of your life. As I am an 11 year old, I am nowhere near leaving the prime of my life. But still, this makes me one step closer. I’ve realized that I am rambling. The point of this month's blog is this: there are roughly a dozen different celebrations of New Years.The first and most widely celebrated New Year is the Gregorian New Year. It is literally The New Year. By that I mean that it literally takes place on January 1st. Another way to describe it would be: The calendar New Year. Because it is literally the first day of the calendar year. So it's quite obvious what this New Year's purpose is. To mark the beginning of the new year. As a fun side note, for fans of American College Football, it use to mean the first playoff game. However this year with the new twelve team playoff, it means that all the important and entertaining games are played.This next one is my favorite. The Fiscal New Year. And before you ask if I know how to spell, it is actually spelled with an F instead of a PH. This one is my favorite because it has nothing to do with culture, tradition or anything remotely fun. The Fiscal New Year celebrates the start of the Business/Financial New Year. So as you can imagine, I would love it. If you don’t understand why I don't like fun, ask anyone with whom I have associated more than three times if I am fun. The answer is very predictable. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”. Anyway, it takes place on different days, depending on the country. The United States’ starts on October 1st, and runs till the September 30th of the following year. And yes, that does mean that there is only 1 day between the start and the finish of the financial year. No rest for the weary, as they say.This one is the second most celebrated New Year. The Lunar New Year. This is usually celebrated in Asian countries. It changes annually based on the lunar calendar but has a tendency to fall somewhere in January or February. It is typically celebrated by China, Vietnam and Korea. I am going to make the assumption that you are all familiar with the internationally famous Chinese New Year’s celebrations. With the parades, including enormous, perfectly sculptured floats and dragons being carried on sticks.In conclusion, in the United States, we may just think of the New Year as January 1st or the first game of the college football playoffs. But the New Year can actually be much more déverse than we would expect. From the boring for all except me Fiscal New Year. To the fun and culturally vibrant and fun Lunar New Year parades in the streets of Chinese cities. The New Year isn’t just about dropping the ball in time square. That’s just one way to celebrate one New Year. But still, who in the world would want to spend New Year’s Eve in a crowded and overly loud square for hours just to watch a large metal ball, descending slowly while people practice counting backwards. Doesn’t sound fun to me, but then again, I am no expert on fun. Have a good month.