Each month the Ballard Rotary selects two students of the month from Ballard High School. This month, seniors Mallory Cummins and Jamie Thelen have been selected.
From Ballard Rotary:
Mallory Cummins, Senior
Current ASB Vice President, Mallory is an ambitious student leader who sets an exceptional example of excellence for her student body. She has been involved in ASB for 3 years, is a member of the Astronomy Club, started the Invisible Children Club and raised over $2,000 for Ugandan schools, and also received honorable mention for a documentary she produced. She aspires to attend a four-year university in California with a career goal of becoming a high school administrator.
Current ASB president, Jamie is an exceptional and positive student athlete leader who not only excels in the classroom but on the field as well. She has been a 4 year varsity letter winner in Fastpitch, an active ASB member since she was a sophomore, mentored freshman as a Link Crew leader for 2 years, member of the Maritime Academy, while maintain a 3.9 Accumulative GPA. Her future goals are to graduate from a 4-year university with a degree in business specializing in Marketing. Her ultimate career goal is to become a dolphin trainer at Sea World.
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Thanks Rotary for honoring these great kids!!!
if you want to train dolphins, wouldn’t it make sense to get a degree in marine biology instead of marketing?
also, isn’t the idea of attending college in california a little too broad? I’m sure there’s some horrible schools down there–she needs to be more specific in her goals.
congrats by the way.
If I knew the bio I was sending to Rotary was going to appear on this site for the trolls to poke at, I’d be more than a little vague with the details, too.
I’m serious gurple. If one of your children told you her lifelong goal was to train dolphins, wouldn’t you want to steer her on a path to achieve this?
I agree with you though that these details are easily mocked by trolls.
As a dolphin currently at Sea World, I can’t wait to play with Jamie.
see, that’s the problem with our world.
when I went to college there were millions of minions in marketing. it’s a catch-all major for those without deep aspirations who are looking for a relatively easy academic life in college.
why doesn’t she say her goal is to make money then?
For crying out loud, if you don’t have anything nice to say, please don’t say it. This is a local high school kid who is being acknowledged for being the student of the month. A simple congratulations and ‘good job’ will do. Troll!
hey nicey, are you my mother?
I don’t think I said anything nice, nor anything evil. Just questioning the facts and motivation.
I hope the students read this and think about it.