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| Kyle Harrison; He's gonna save the world someday | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 10 2018, 07:21 PM (182 Views) | |
| Aura | Feb 10 2018, 07:21 PM Post #1 |
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Name: Kyle Harrison Gender: Male Age: 17 Grade: 12th School: George Hunter High School Hobbies and Interests: Medical studies, religious studies, charity work, discovering things Appearance: At 5'2" and 106 pounds, Kyle is very small for a boy his age. He has pale caucasian skin and his frame is just barely on the thinner side of average. He has weak-looking shoulders that look even scrawnier when he doesn't keep his posture straight. Despite everything else about his body, he does have unexpectedly large feet, giving the impression of a child wearing their parents' shoes. All of that combined with his high, reedy voice makes him appear to many to be younger than he actually is. Kyle's face is rather round, although not very fat-looking like one would expect from the shape. His nose is small and thin, and his otherwise unremarkable lips are most known for often being in the shape of a wide smile, which also happens to show off his very white teeth. His big blue eyes are accented by a pair of rimless glasses with a flexible black frame. His hair is his most noteworthy feature, a red bowl cut that appears oddly flat and smooth, as though it were cut and maintained with the most exact precision. Kyle's manner of dress is best described as simple and casual, yet quite nice. A typical outfit for him consists of a navy blue collared shirt, khaki slacks, and brown shoes. Biography: Born to Chattanooga natives Wayne and Allison Harrison, Kyle's life was comfortable from the start. Wayne left his job as a baker to take care of Kyle, and was quite nervous about how this would affect them financially, but Allison's position as a high-ranked manager a local furniture company ensured that they did not want for much. Living his entire life in an upper middle-class neighborhood, his family was not one of endlessly deep pockets, but he was never in a dire situation. Despite this, his parents were careful to ensure that he did not grow up spoiled, explaining that money cannot be thrown around carelessly, and limiting impulse purchases to occasional gifts for good behavior, and never anything too extravagant. In his youth, Kyle was extremely close to his parents. Although he spent most of his time with his father, his mother was able to get her schedule setup so that she would be home around five o' clock every night so she could spend time with her family. Every bit of Kyle's upbringing was shared and celebrated, from his first steps to his first day of school. Allison even specifically arranged her vacation days so that she would be able to take a day off every year for Kyle's birthday. One of the first things that Kyle learned from his parents was empathy. They didn't want him to grow up sheltered and thinking that everyone was as lucky as they were, so they made him aware of the situations of less fortunate people, which as he grew older. They took him to events that were held by local organizations to help the less fortunate, and encouraged him to participate in food and clothing drives in elementary school. Kyle found that he liked doing things to help people, and as he grew older, he started to actively seek out charitable causes on his own, such as volunteering at the local soup kitchen. At present, he will take almost any opportunity to get involved on other charitable works, whether it be at school, at church, or elsewhere. Another major part of Kyle's life is religion. Both of his parents are Methodist, and as expected, he was raised with the religion. However, his parents never specifically pushed it on him. They took him to church, but aside from that, they left him to make up his own mind. He did end up joining the religion, and he strongly believes in God. At the same time though, he is fascinated by religions of all stripes. He frequently reads about all sorts of religions both in books and online, ranging from currently active religions to the beliefs of bygone times. He believes that by understanding a broad spectrum of religions, he will be able to have a better understanding of God and his nature. In his early school days, Kyle was very active and tended to bounce around social groups, never staying with any for too long. It was this continually shifting focus combined with the fact that a lot of his peers found his personality to be fairly annoying that caused him to have very few good friends until he reached high school. His parents were a bit bothered by the fact that he didn't spend very much time playing with other kids after school, but since he still seemed happy, they figured that he was okay with that. And indeed, it didn't bother him that much, although when he looks back on his younger days, he wondered if he might have been missing out on something. In middle school, a new interest emerged for him, and it was possibly greater than any of his other hobbies. One day he was looking for a project to write a paper about for science class, and he happened upon the topic of vaccines and disease prevention. He marveled at how many diseases had been all but eradicated due to the hard work of doctors and scientists, and he was drawn in right away. Thanks to this, his view of the medical field could be likened to real-life superheroes or wizards, people who deal with things that most people cannot understand or fight, heal the wounded, and remove harmful diseases from the world. He idolized the profession, and he wanted to become one of them. After all, he believed that God wanted people to do their best to make the world a better place, and he couldn't think of a better way to do that than to actively fight against the plagues of the world. He studied science furiously, taking special notice of the history of medicine. He looked at those records the same way one might have viewed a story of mythological heroes. Things like the development of the polio vaccine and the first successful heart transplant amazed him, and he imagined the people who accomplished such things as larger-than-life figures. It fueled him to study even harder. His hard work paid off by getting him into AP science and biology, and he has continued to put his all into his schoolwork as he aims for a scholarship to medical school. He knows how hard that goal will be to achieve, so almost all of the time that he isn't spending with charity or his friends is put into studying and ensuring that he has the best possible chance to achieve his dream. As a result, he is excelling in all of his classes, rarely scoring below an A on any given assignment. In terms of career ambitions, he wants to specialize in the research and prevention of diseases. With all of the lethal plagues and afflictions that have already been banished from the world, he firmly believes that any sort of sickness can be understood and analyzed to the point that a cure could be created. He wants to be a part of that fight, and either end or create a path towards ending as many diseases as possible. With fewer malignant illnesses plaguing the world, he feels that it would create a better state of living for all mankind. Kyle has a naturally inquisitive personality, to the point that he finds learning about pretty much anything to be an exhilarating experience, whether it has any real meaning or not. Sometimes he will take a walk in park or along a lakeside just to see if he can find anything interesting, and that would qualify as a day of leisure for him. Even if it's something as small as a bird nesting in a tree or a rock that skips particularly well across the water, he still considers it time well spent. Among the student body, Kyle has built up a reputation as very sunny-natured and helpful. Thanks to his naturally charitable personality, he has a tendency to go up to anyone who seems to need any sort of assistance and ask if he can lend a hand, no matter what their issue happens to be. Although this is often appreciated, more than a few people have gotten annoyed by his overenthusiasm, especially when combined with his habit of talking more than necessary. So while there are not many people who would say that they outright hate him, there are quite a few who probably wish that he would learn to tone it down a little. His social status in high school is far better than it was before, though. Although he still doesn't have a wide social group of people he contacts regularly, he has a fair amount of close friends. One such notable person would be Violet Schmidt, whom he gets along very well with due to the similarities between their personalities, namely kindness and inquisitiveness. When he needs someone to bounce ideas off of regarding the future, she is usually one of the first people he seeks out. Kyle is on the fast track to graduating with honors, and it would not be far-fetched to say that his dream college may be within his grasp. He is still sticking by his dreams, but in the meantime, he plans to enjoy the last summer he has before embarking on the hard road to becoming a doctor. Advantages: Kyle is very intelligent and knowledgeable about medicine, which would not only aid his own survival, but make him an asset to virtually any group. His sunny and optimistic demeanor would also make for a good boost of morale for as long as he could keep it up. Disadvantages: Kyle is very small and could be easily overpowered by a vast majority of his classmates. Although he only intends to help for the most part, his enthusiasm in doing so may annoy someone at an inconvenient time. He has very bad vision without his glasses, so losing them would put him at a major disadvantage. Edited by Aura, Feb 22 2018, 12:01 AM.
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| Ruggahissy | Feb 21 2018, 11:10 PM Post #2 |
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Legend has it that one day a hideous creature called Ruggahissy will rise out of the ocean and give you not one, but two critiques. If you do the changes you should be ready to go. If you don't do the changes you have to come drink Baileys Irish Cream out of a shoe with me in my cave. "is pale Caucasian frame" - This reads awkwardly, like just his frame is Caucasian. Also could you be more descriptive in the skin tone? (Don't want Mimi to make you chartreuse for diversity). "frame is notably thinner than average" - I know it's not a perfect way to measure this but his BMI is 20 which is within the healthy/average range. Because he's so short the weight isn't too thin. "His hair is sight all its own" - Is a a sight? "a red bowlcut" - "Bowl cut" is two words Regarding his involvement in charity work, is this something he decided to take up due to his parents telling him about the less fortunate or did his parents take him to charity drivers or encourage him to do charity and he took it from there? What prompted his fascination in medicine? I know it's explained why he likes it but did he see something or experience something that made him take attention to medicine? In the interests and hobbies section it looks like it has listed "history of medicine" but I think maybe just "medicine" or "medical studies" might be more appropriate because it looks like he's studying current medicine as well as the history since it says he hopes to be a doctor. That can also probably replace "science" since it looks like the only aspect of science he studies is what relates to the medical field. Does he know what sort of doctor he wants to be? Who are his friends? Does he have anyone he hangs out with? Also his interests look a bit serious. Does he have anything he does for leisure or does he consider studying about religion and medicine relaxing activities? The bio kind of skips right from his early childhood to high school. When did he pick up his hobbies in religion and medicine? What was he like in elementary and middle school? Doesn't need to be long, maybe just a sentence or two for each. |
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| Aura | Feb 22 2018, 12:01 AM Post #3 |
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| Ruggahissy | Feb 22 2018, 12:44 AM Post #4 |
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