Assignment 1 - Haley Drake

Hello! I'm Haley Drake and you'll probably go throughout the year seeing me as most teachers see me: one of those quiet, awkward girls who never participates in discussions. I'm really quiet. Like all the time. It's getting to be a bit of a problem as I get older, which is why my main goal this year is to break out of my shell a little bit and participate more than I would usually be comfortable with. While I'm not exactly a social butterfly, I was ironically loud this summer, but not in the talking kind of way. Music is probably the thing I'd say Geeks me out the most, whether it's performing (mainly violin, but a bit of guitar and piano), composition (my proudest moment this summer was finishing up writing a Hip Hop Overture), or history (I'm pretty sure I've bored my friends to death talking about obscure Renaissance composers), it's my biggest passion. Though I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing with my life, I'm pretty sure music will be involved whether I plan for it to or not. Other than that, I didn't do anything overly exciting during the summer. I did visit family in St. Simon's Island Georgia (pictured below), I was introduced to Pokemon Go, and I visited one of my favorite websites, Netflix. Stranger Things is awesome by the way - I'd definitely recommend it.

                                                                     St. Simon's pier