Lalem Yilma '26 Recruiting Profile

Unusually, I had a dream of being a great Astronomer Athlete since I was little. To do so I don't have to be so strong in only academics but also physical and social interaction with people. I grew up looking at our brilliant brilliant athletes like Haile Gebrselassi, Kenenisa Bekele, and so on since I am from their country Ethiopia East Africa. So I took all of their characteristics, strengths, and a sense they have for the people, as far as I could. so I used their strength to build my ability which I had before. This may make me very great to be friendly with people who I meet in no time. 

When I was in grade 5th, one day I think it was Wednesday, our teacher was teaching us a social science subject and she said" My children, do you know that the interchange of a day and night is due to the earth rotates on it's axis " I was surprised for me because I have never heard of it before. immediately I raised my little hands, Miss said "Yes me child", do you know what my question was? "Miss if the earth is rotating on its axis, then why we are not moving from place to place?" The whole class laughed. I was even laughing with them since I didn't notice why they were laughing. when we got out of the class, the whole students came to me and said you are stupid. no matter what they said it made me go through it, After that day I started studying the universe, galaxies planets, and their characteristics, and so on.  currently, I am a Scholarship student at Sanford International School. I finished an IGCSE last year and now learning an IB diploma program with the combinations of Physics HL, Math's AA HL, and Chemistry HL.