Ashley's+Biography

My name is Ashley Taylor, and I am a highschool junior at Faith Lutheran. Two of my main priorities in life right now are school and synchronized swimming. Right now, my goal is to excell in both and hopefully attend my dream college, Stanford University, which is not only known for its academics, but also has one of the best synchro (synchronized swimming) teams of the nation. So far, I do not know what I would like to do in the future career-wise, and I have many different choices in mind from a marine biologist to an architect. Marine biology is on top because I love the ocean and marine life and biology has been one of my favorite subjects so far. I also plan to go far with my swimming career; if not the Olympics, swimming for one of the National Teams is an important goal for myself. This year, I am trying out for the Junior Team, and we will see where that will take me. I chose to take anatomy because the class sounded interesting to me, mainly because I have a doctor in the family: my dad. I did not take physics this year because it was strongly suggested the student take Algebra II/Trig before taking the class, and I am taking that currently. I am glad that I chose to take anatomy after all because it has been full of information, yet Mr. Orr made it fun at the same time. Making the class project-based really helped me: I think I learn best from taking the time to make a project on something rather than cramming for a test. This way, I know I am learning about the subj