Turning Point: Claire Steigelman
The roster for the Gold Team sat on the screen of the laptop. There was a name absent from the list: mine.
I was not going to States.
I scrolled through the names. They valued qualities that I didn’t have: quick thinking; the ability to retain large quantities of information; perfect grades. They seemed to value advanced classes more than the actual substance of a person’s mind.
I sat there and stared at the harsh, white screen, my heart slowly sinking into my stomach. It was clear: this was not where I belonged.
About the Writer
Claire Steigelman, Multimedia Editor
Claire Steigelman is a senior at CHS. This is her third year on The Communicator, and her second year as Multimedia Editor. She is currently nominated for the NSPA Multimedia Journalist of the Year Award. Outside of Room 300, she is part of the engineering sub-team for Zebrotics (FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5708) and has been playing violin in the Pioneer High School Orchestras for all four years of high school. When not consumed by school, she loves to make art, spend time in nature, dream about high-speed rail and adore her cat.
