Shweta




 * THE GIRL WHO LIVES **

Let’s play the guessing game! Okay, I’m thinking of a person, so here are the hints. Hint 1: She is a tall girl with black hair and brown eyes. Hint 2: She is unsure of her future; she just hopes to be successful. Hint 3: She is a part of the Ravenclaw house (actually, she’s a Muggle, but shhh). Give up yet? The answer is Shweta, a classmate that I had the pleasure of speaking to, learning many things I hadn’t known before. So, put your hands together (metaphorically) for Shweta! Most young children, are either a shy flower or a loud, naughty little tyke. As a small child, Shweta was a quiet one, always keeping to herself. Rather than hanging out with kids her age, she was always seen with her sister’s friends. “…I now have my own friends. But I used to follow my sister everywhere,” she shares. Instead of a special stuffed animal or certain long piece of cloth that we all know, her special “toy” was her art set. A shy girl, hmmm? Well, she can recollect he craziest childhood memory and proudly say that she squirted glue all over her house and to this day has no idea how her mother cleaned it all. Innocent? //I think NOT!// Her younger days were also far from uneventful, unlike most of ours. She remembers “…when my dad was driving me, my sister, and my brother home. It was raining and then all of a sudden a lightning bolt struck our car and there were red and purplish sparks everywhere. Then, everything went back to normal and our car wasn’t damaged!” Does the first time your tooth fell out seem as exciting now? School. For some, it is a place to hang out with friends and/or learn a few things. For others, it is purgatory. Shweta’s opinion of school is more of an optimistic one, luckily. To her, eight grade is a breeze. The teachers are fair and she gets to see all of her friends. For her, Herbert Hoover Middle School in general is fun and relaxing, much better than elementary school. Everything is different (translation: potentially fun): the changing of the classes, seeing her friends a lot more, and simply the cafeteria (which was nonexistent in her old school.) Her favorite class is English, mostly because of her 7th grade teacher, Ms. Spiezio, who made class more fun and “unclass-like”. How could I possibly forget to add this? This is Shweta we’re talking about, Herbert Hoover’s resident Potter Fan. She says it herself; “I am literally //obsessed// with the series.” Of course, it doesn’t stop there. Out of the whole of J.K Rowling’s gift to literature, Shweta’s favorite book is //Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.// Her words exactly, “It has the best conclusion ever, yet it’s so sad.” Many can relate, since we all love Harry as much as the next person does. However, one thing you must never //ever// do in the presence of Shweta is insult the //Harry Potter// series. That, my friend, would be a death wish. Shweta is good in math, loves to read (Harry Potter, anyway) and loves her school, but when asked what she wants to be when she grows up, the answer is “I don’t know,” she admits. To her, all of her option look good, except flipping burgers or being a cashier. The answer is the same for college, mainly she doesn’t know what she wants to be. Her possible preferences are for Harvard or MIT, but the future is far off for Shweta. As for her goals, they are simple, yet vague. “My main goal is just to become successful in life. Whatever I specialize in, I am hoping to become rich. My family will live in a big house and have an awesome, energy-saving car.” So there you have it, our good friend Shweta in a nutshell. Of course, this is just the tip of the wizardly iceberg when it comes to her. There is only so much you can learn from simple questions, after all. But when it comes to simplicity, Shweta can be described with one thing: enchanting.
 * Strange Little Girl **
 * The School Days **
 * Obsessed with Potter **
 * An Uncertain Future **