Chris Neuhaus, Daniel Landgren, Cole Hamilton
Graduating high school to competing in a Lady Gaga singing tour- nament, juniors Chris Neuhaus, Daniel Landgren, and Cole Hamilton have mapped out what they want to accomplish in life.
According to Neuhaus, Landgren, and Hamilton, they have already ac- complished things like going to every day of Lollapalooza and getting their driver’s licenses. While other things, like visiting Jim Morrison’s grave or eating a crepe in France, are still tasks they must undertake.
They each have their own primary goals they want to achieve.
“[I would]probably climb Mt. Kilimajaro,” Landgren said. “It seems like it would be a great feat to accomplish.”
According to Hamilton, making the list has made him realize how many goals there are to complete in life and how little time there is to do all of them.
“It makes me appreciate that we aren’t here for that long,” Hamilton said.
On the other hand, Neuhaus feels that it has taught him to appreciate the “famous term” YOLO.
“I like to live in […] the concept of YOLO,” Neuhaus said.
From growing a mustache, to being an extra in a movie, a bucket list is a creative outlet for fulfilling all of your wildest fantasies.
Janie Kahan
Sophomore Janie Kahan wanted to convince a group of people in a pub- lic place that she is British. Her motivation: moving towards completion of her bucket list .
According to Kahan, leading a Chinese dragon in a parade tops the list as the goal she most wants to accomplish.
Kahan said she was most amazed after standing in a thunder storm for the list.
“I was in Wisconsin,” Kahan said. “Even though it was a little danger- ous, I just stood outside and watched this amazing show of lights.”
According to Kahan,her proudest completion of a goal is throwing a bowling ball down an alley and not letting go.
“I ran down the lane and I slid and it was probably very dangerous and I did get injured a little bit and I ended up getting kicked out of the bowling alley, but it was the most fun 30 seconds of my life,” Kahan said.
Noreen Andersen
Live without electricity for a week, be a guest on “Oprah”, and own a house on the coast of Australia. For many people, these things do not even cross their minds.
This is not the case for sophomore Noreen Andersen. According to Ander- sen, these are all goals on her bucket list. She had a unique way of creating it in the first place.
For Andersen, her list developed due to a night of homework procrastina- tion. According to Andersen, her bucket list allows her to be an individual and accomplish her own dreams.
“For me, it’s more being able to say that I’ve done some things that a lot of people haven’t been able to do in their lives,” Andersen said.
According to Andersen, climbing a mountain is the one goal that she wants to accomplish the most.While climbing a mountain is physically challenging, she feels that it would be very rewarding.
Andersen explains how making a bucket list has not changed her sense of direction in life because what she wants to do is all across the grid.
“I have more of a sense of what I want in the future,” Andersen said.
Seong Ha
For Seong Ha, South business education teacher, the list was merely an assignment to do in his high school English class. The prompt: make a list of fifty goals you want to accomplish in your lifetime. Sixteen years later, Ha has accomplished 47 of the 50 goals on that list.
Graduating college, buying his own car, going to a FIFA World Cup match, and traveling to the east or west coast are all goals on his bucket list, according to Ha.
Ha says being a Chicago Cubs season ticket holder is the goal he wants to accomplish the most.
Ha explains how he feels it is great, as an adult, to be able to look back and see all that he has accomplished because of his list.
“Whenever you put your mind into something, just do it,” Ha said. “Say that you did it at full tilt, with all the energy possible, and be proud of the efforts invested in your desired result with no complaints. In essence, don’t be perceived as being weak.”
