Going into the call, I didn’t really know what to expect. After talking to Caleb, I learned a lot of new information from him and gained many different perspectives. I realize that every person has different passions and different interests that make them happy. Caleb has a passion for plants and nature. Unlike me, he truly enjoys growing all sorts of plants, vegetables, and fruits. On the other hand, I discussed with Caleb about my passions, and it seems like he was very interested. Mainly, because on the outside of me, I look like your average teenage student who plays football, but once we got into deeper discussions, he started to realize I am so much more than just that. Same with Caleb, he was very welcoming and once he got more comfortable he started to tell me more about his life, which then caused me to realize how much different someone can be to their stereotypes.
Caleb and I had many differences but still some commonalities. Some similarities were the sympathy we had for underprivileged students. We got into a lot of good discussion about the funds at schools and different opportunities to certain students. Then we discussed our life in the classroom; we are very similar students. We both have the same bad homework habits, although we still get all our work done on time, while we are leaders in the classroom. One last thing we have in common is that we stick by the phrase, “family comes first”. We both value our family and they are the closest people to us. Caleb has a really tight relationship with his grandma, which I admire. This inspired me to get closer with my grandparents, because Caleb taught me how important it is to spend time and talk with them, since we are both so lucky/fortunate to have them by our side.
With a decent amount of similarities, we also had a lot of differences. One difference we obtained was our most valued interest, mine was football and Caleb’s was nature and wildlife. These two passions are very different from each other, but this caused our personalities to mesh and have great conversations as we taught each other about our differences. Another difference we noticed was our struggles. We talked about different conflicts and issues in our life than affect us in our own ways. Some of them were family oriented, or even treated poorly because of something neither of us can control.
Caleb and I had many similarities and differences, but at the end of the day we both are affected by commonalities. This shows how similar people are based on stuff that is deep down in them. On the outside, Caleb and I are very different people with very different interests, but still have factors that are in our life that coincide with each other.