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Interview by Dominique Bassallo
Alright, ready to get started? Yes.Okay, what is your name?
Madison Snyder.
Okay Madison where do you live? Cambridge NY.
Do you have any siblings? I have two older sisters, Catherine is my oldest and then there's Allie.
What is the most Important thing your parents have taught you? To be ambitious.
How long have you been Homeschooling? First through fourth grade I was Home-schooled, then went to Private School for two years, and have finished the rest of school as a Home-schooler. So in all ten years.
Do you like Homeschooling better than Private School? It depends. I like the class environment, but I'm a Home-schooler at heart apparently because I can do without the social stuff"
What is your favorite subject? Psychology.
Do you play any sports or have any hobbies?  I do karate and Western horse back riding.
Do you have a job? I had two over the summer. In September my summer job at Shaftsbury State Park ended, and then I have a cleaning job, at a Doctor's Office. Do you like either of them? Um the cleaning job is okay, but i really liked working at the Park.
Are you planning on going to college? Yes. Where? I'm thinking of starting at a two year school, then transferring to a four year school. Do you know were you want to start? Either Hudson Valley Community College or Suny Adirondack.
What would you go for. Criminal Justice.
Where do you see yourself five years from now? Graduated?
Oh, that's good, that's good! Graduated from college... Better question what are your goals five years from now? Hopefully five years from now, graduated college, and gone through all the specific schools, pass all those, to be an air marshal. And then we'll see what God does with you after that. Unless God drastically changes my plans by then.
What did you want to be when you were little? I wanted to be a veterinarian.
How long have you been going to co-op? I've been going for four years.
What is your all time favorite co-op class? Oh Gosh! I really liked Miss Daughton's classes, like the Sign Language class, and the history classes that she has done. And the photography and yearbook classes with Miss Rose.
How has co-op most impacted you. I think it has helped me come out of my shell a little bit, because I'm not worried about people as much. Yes it definitely helped me be little bit more outgoing.
What has been your favorite memory of co-op, or events that you did with the co-op group? Possibly the time I split my snow pants skiing.
Last but not lest do you have any advice for you underclassmen? Don't save all your math for senior year. Because I did do that and it stinks.
Ha ha, that's great, well thank you and good luck.

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Interview by Havah Youngmann
Hi! What’s your name? My name is Miriam Seagrove.

Where do you live? Hoosick Falls, New York.

How many siblings do you have? Six. The oldest is Thomas and then it’s Bethany, Phillip, Aaron, myself, and then Rebecca and Lydia.

What the most important thing that your parents have taught you? Wow, that's a hard question! There are a lot of important things they taught me. One of the most Important things they taught me was to always put God first in my life. Whenever I'm thinking about a decision or whatever I want to do that will affect my future, I can always remember to pray about it and put God first.

How long have you been homeschooling? My family, or me?

You. I've been home-schooled for twelve years.

What is your favorite subject in school? Math.

What are your favorite hobbies/sports? Sports would be soccer. Hobbies? I like to cook.

What are your favorite things to cook? Mostly meals. Like a dinner or lunch.

Do you have a job? If so, what is it and do you like it? Yes I have a job. I work at the Market Wagon which is a bulk food store/deli sandwich kind of thing. Do I like it? For some parts of it I do, but I would like to get a new job.

Are you planning on going to college? I would like to. I’m still praying about it.

Do you have any ideas of where you want to go? Right now I'm just looking for a Bible College of some sort, to go to for my first year. My mom went to one in England, and there’s one in Sweden she thought would be a good one for me to go to. So I don’t know. I’m just trying to spend a lot of prayer in it.

Have you ever traveled as far as Sweden? No I haven’t.

Where do you see yourself five years from now? Wow that's a hard question! I really want to be a mom. Above everything I really want to be a stay at home mom homeschooling my kids.

Do you want a certain amount of kids? I thought I wanted about five kids, but now I want as many as God wants for me.
Have you always wanted to be a mom? Yeah, pretty much.
How long have you been going to co-op? This is my second year. What has been your all time favorite co-op class? Probably Yearbook.
How has co-op impacted you most? I really like how nobody looks at what people look like. Everyone totally look at the person for who they are.

What is your favorite co-op memory? The first time I came to co-op I felt like a sore thumb or that I stood out. And then one day Merry [Meredith Youngmann] came up and talked to me. She was the first one who came to say hi. And it was so nice to see that somebody was like, “Oh yeah, you're here, you're new, I’ll go talk to you.”

And last but not least, do you have any advice for underclassmen? My advice would be to definitely keep God first. That is the biggest thing. If you keep God first then you will be in his will wherever you go.

Awesome! Thank you!

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Interview by Havah Youngmann
Hi! What's your name? My name is Rachel [Alix].

Where do you live? I live in Valley Falls.
Do you have siblings? Yes.

How many? I have four. Bess, Gabe, Hannah, and Dan.

What is the most important thing your parents have taught you? They always taught me to love and respect.

How long have you been homeschooling? Twelve years.

What is your favorite subject in school? Probably reading. I like reading and writing.

What is your favorite book genre?
I like mystery, Amish, and some fantasy.
What are your favorite hobbies/sports? I like to draw. I like art. Sketching and painting. And sports? I like Ultimate Frisbee.

What do you like sketch and paint?Flowers, scenery, and animals.
What is your favorite winter sport? Snowboarding.

Do you have a job? Yes. I’m currently working at Liberty Ridge Farm.

Do you like it? Yes, I like it. It’s fun, very fun!

What do you do at Liberty Ridge farm? I am a hunt actor. Which means I scare people, I get into this costume with fake blood and makeup and I scare people.

Are you planning on going to college? That’s a hard one! I don’t know if I’m planning on going to college yet. Maybe, maybe not.

Where do you see yourself five years from now? I kind of see myself working at a farm. Planting, growing stuff. So, agriculture.

What did you want to be when you were little? I don’t exactly remember. I think I wanted to be a masseuse or a cook.

How long have you been going to co-op? Ever since it started.
What has been your all time favorite co-op class? Probably Photography or the cooking class we had.

How has co-op impacted you most? You get to learn a lot of things and meet new people.

What is your favorite co-op memory? This one’s hard. Probably Yearbook, just hanging out and making the yearbook with friends.

And last but not least, do you have any advice for underclassmen? Good luck! That’s my advice I guess! Good luck, do well in school, and keep at it. If you're having a rough go of school, just keep working and pushing through all the difficulties.

Awesome! Thank you!

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Interview by Dominique Bassallo
Okay what is your name? My name is Bob, No Jake that's not your name, what is your full name. Okay, my name is Jacob Waite.
Were do you live? I live in the sky. [laughing] I live in Berlin NY.
How many siblings do you have? I have two little brothers, Levi and Isaac.
What is the most important thing that your parents taught you?To love God and work hard.
How long have you been Home-schooled? Well it was kind of off and on for a while, I started in private school. Was there to third or fourth grade, I don't remember. That's okay. Then Home-schooled till high school. I did freshmen, sophomore, and a little bit of junior year in a public school, and then Home-schooled for the rest of junior year and started senior year.
Okay, what is your favorite subject? Uhh... recess? Umm, lets see, math is fun, chemistry is fun, writing is fun, and I like black smithing.
Do you like private, public or homeschooling best?
It depends, I mean, private school not really, we didn't do anything fun and there weren't that many kids. Public school, was good only because I leaned a trade. I learned Masonry, and I was in Machine Tool Manufacturing. Cool. So that was really fun, but every thing else in public school was terrible. Okay so homeschooling has been the best for you. Yes.
Do you have any hobbies or play any sports? Lets see, air soft, paintball, building stuff, forging and reading, I like reading.
Do you have a job? Yep, I work for a chimney mason. We build chimneys and repair them,  stuff like that. Coolio, do you like your job? It's better than a lot of jobs.
Are you planning to go to college? Well, No I don't want to go to college. Hey that's fine you can be a chimney mason.
Alright, were do you see yourself in five years? Umm, kind of like, where ever God puts me. I mean, being in Haiti would be amazing. I mean, I kind of hope to be there. So your interested in missionary work. Yes.
What did you want to be when you were little? Well when I was little, all I wanted to do was to have fun. Preach it.
Okay, how long have you been going to co-op? Well, I've been going to co-op for like three weeks. Have you been to another one? Yes I have, it was absolutely horrible. It was so bad, I didn't like it.
Okay, what do you like best about this co-op? Definitely the people.
What has been your favorite class? Sports.
How has most it impacted you? Uhh, I don't know, its just great to hang out with people.
What has been your favorite memory of co-op?  Umm, probable the last sports night when the Phippens brought all those water balloons. We were just sitting around and they started throwing hidden water balloons at us.
Last but not least do you have any advice for your underclassmen? Love God, respect your parents, and don't be stupid like me.