High Point University

Week 10: Long Live

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“I know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening…”  - The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

I said remember this moment in the back of my mind. 

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Week 9: New Year's Day

Monday, July 29, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty  

Nine weeks down, one to go. 

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Week 8: So High School

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” – Aristotle

It’s hard to believe that we only have two weeks left in the internship! 

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Week 7: Fearless

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the flowers of summer that drop fanlike petals on eternal soil…Free to look out over the rooftops of the city.

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Week 6: the last great american dynasty

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“You cannot paddle the boat alone. Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.” – William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World

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Week 5: Holy Ground

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat…” The key to success lies in recognizing and seizing the opportunity.

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Week 4: Guilty as Sin?

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”  - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.

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Week 3: I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

This week, Charlotte left me. The week was filled with bad movies, missing Charlotte, and Jaden breaking our truce. It was hard to go on, but I did it with a broken heart (aka Charlotte being gone for the weekend). Quoting the great Ms. Swift: “Cause I’m a real tough kid, I can handle it.” 

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Week Two: Foolish One

Monday, June 10, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

Welcome back to my channel! Week two ended up being a series of unfortunate events. I learned that sometimes you have to embrace the foolish things in life. 

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Week 1: ...Ready For It?

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

Hey, I didn’t see you there! My name is Jenna, and I am the Mather Public Policy Intern at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this summer. I am from the greatest state ever, New Jersey, and I attend High Point University in North Carolina!

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