While interviewing Maggie Fisher, a freshman in college at UPitt, I had the opportunity to hear what she had to say about her high school experience. I started by asking how exactly she felt about her years at WHS, to which she responded by saying it was stressful. But still, she loved it, and certain things got her through it. Adding onto that she talked about why it was stressful to her: “I put a lot of pressure on myself to perform at my best even on small worksheets that didn't count for anything, and doing this for so long only ended up with me burning out.”
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