Andrew Bakert

I can’t exactly remember the first time Andrew and I met. The first thing I can remember about him is a conversation we had after school one day. One thing that really stood out to me about Andrew is his openness. He always expresses himself regardless of what others may think (which in high school, requires a fair amount of confidence), yet he remains completely respectful while doing so. After that, we got to know each other a little bit in English last year.
But I’ve been able to learn much more about Andrew this year in English. For starters, he has a lot on his plate. The guy takes five AP classes and plays two sports! I really don’t know how he does it. While this is all very commendable, I think my favorite thing about Andrew is his natural curiosity in the world around him. He seems to know a little something about everything- be it politics, culture, food, weather, or geography (I once watched him label an entire world map with capitals and major geographical features. Being a person who barely knows their right from their left, I was stunned.).
To sum it all up, Andrew is a really interesting guy. He’s hard to define in one way or another and he’s constantly surprising me. Like how he’ll break into song if he’s inspired by the quote wall. Or how he has the vocabulary of a Harvard graduate and can write for hours and hours. It’s so hard to define him in just a blog.
Anyways, to the color! I’d have to say Andrew is a forest green, both literally and figuratively. Literally, Andrew is a very outdoorsy person and cares a lot about the environment, which both relate to forest green. But figuratively, forest green is a very layered color, it holds much more than you may see in the first glance. And in this way it is like Andrew!