Christina Robinson is a self-described “senior-junior,” which might explain why she owns a senior class T-shirt and adamantly denies belonging to the class of 2005.
Older brother Chad Robinson attends CHS with Christina, and she welcomes the accessibility he brings her. When he leaves next year, Christina admits that she will be somewhat lost.
“The way I see it, if Chad leaves, I leave,” says Christina of how she feels about being left to fend for herself at Chamblee.
But it isn’t just Chad’s graduation that dampens Christina’s mood, it’s a school in general.
“As a whole, school makes me nervous,” admits Christina. One source of this feeling is her bus ride, which can sometimes run up to two hours long.
She acknowledges its practicality, saying, “It takes you home.”
But other than that, her stance on buses turns sharply sour.
A strange quirk of Christina’s world is that she puts prices on her words. According to Christina, “trite” is worth a hefty $1000, but like all things in the real world, prices are subject to change.
“I just make [the prices] up,” says Christina.
It’s no wonder she places prices on words, as she frequently mentions she would like to be rich when she becomes older.
Her school and career plans are quite ambitious, but she seems resolved to complete all of the goals she has laid out for her future.
Christina wants to have four bachelor’s degrees and a law degree, all before the age of 28.
Although she has pinpointed the degrees–business administration, economics, accounting, and Spanish–she’s not sure exactly where she will pursue them.
“I want to go wherever they will take me,” she says with a unique confidence.
And what of Christmas and the two weeks she will have free from the doldrums of desks and bus seats?
“I plan to sit in my room and cry and long for school to come back, because what am I going to do at home?” she asks.
She wants to be back at school so that she may have something to complain about. Christina presents the absurdity that plagues most high school students: being at school gives us something to complain about as opposed to being at home where we may be (gasp)…content.
Bravo, Christina, the thought process of both a genius and a future millionaire.
