Hello! I am Cole, known as "turtz4life" online. I am a sophmore student at Loyola Blakefield HS in Maryland. I am currently enrolled in all honors classes, including 2 APs and a program called Ignation Honors STEM, which provides more difficult STEM related classes. I'm sure you dont really care about that though.
I don't really do sports. I've never really been a big sports guy. I played recreational soccer until 2023, but that's the only exception. I do watch sports, though. I mostly watch football, but I'm still pretty new to the sport. My teams are the Ravens, the Orioles, the Capitals, and the Grizzlies (I know, weird pick. I dont really watch basketball, I just like Ja Morant and Steven Adams).
Most of my time before and after school is spent on extracirriculars. I compete in both VEX Robotics and CyberPatriot. I've been a member of 7135Z, D, and G, and have been to the world championships in Dallas twice, as well as nationals in Iowa once. I've won 5 awards in my life, and have won states one year and made state finals the next. In CyberPatriot, my team placed 1st in the state in 2023. I'm not as involved in the club now, but I still compete with a solid team and have a lot of fun with it.
In addition to all of this, I'm also the Editor-In-Chief of the school yearbook and have been since 8th grade. I love writing. One of my creative writing projects is linked on my home page (check it out please). I also really enjoy visual arts such as drawing and painting (although I'm not very good at either). I am also a part of the tech crew for our school plays, and at the time of writing this (10/16/24), I am currently in the middle of tech week for our newest play.
Here's some images that represent my life (for privacy faces have been blurred):
Here's some images of me and my teams at robotics. The left one shows me (left) and my teammate (right) at my our ever competition in December 2021. The middle image depicts me (left) and a different teammate (right) after the February 2023 State Championships with our state finalist and amaze award medals. The right image depicts me (far left) and the rest of my team (right of me) in December 2024 after winning a tournament as well as our schools first ever excellence award!
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Here's some images from other stuff I've done. The left one shows me (third from left) and other friends of mine after closing night of our perevious show, when we went to a diner and ate together. The middle one displays me (right), my aunt (back middle), and my cousins on a trip to the White House (we almost got to see Joe Biden!). The final image shows me at the Dallas VEX World Championships in 2023, after a team from Kazakhstan gave me and my teammates silly hats!