As reflected in my previous statement on the homepage, my name is Leo James and I am currently a senior at Somerset Berkley Regional High School. I, however, haven't always lived in Massachusetts. In fact, I'm not even from the United States. I was born in the United Kingdom in a small town called Ashington in the county of West Sussex. For context, this town is approximately an hour and a half to two hours south of London by train. I lived in England for 11 years of my life, moving to the united States in 2012. To this day, the majority of my family still lives in England, including my father, brother, grandparents, and basically all other relatives other than my mother.
My mother moved to the United States around 2006 to live with my Step-mother, of which the two were married. due to certain rules at the time, the federal government did not recognize my mother's marriage, causing massive issues in the area of visiting the UK. Border Control ended up stopping my mother at Logan Airport in Boston, telling her that she basically had two options: to stay out of the country for a year or risk being barred from visiting the United States for nine years. As a result, she ended up staying in the US illegally until a time when my step-mother would be able to sponsor her for a green card. For these interim years, my mother was unable to leave the country, so the only way I was able to see my mother was by me flying to the US.
Over the course of the next 6 years, I flew back and forth to the US for every single school vacation, resulting in approximately 48 flights, including return flights. As a result of this constant flying, I think of airplanes as a second home, and a place where I spent a significant part of my childhood. From a young age, I remember looking out the window at the wings and engines, being completely mesmerized by how everything stayed in the air. These memories sparked my love for airplanes and what ultimately led me to wanting a future job at Boeing, the company that made all the airplanes I flew on.
As for what I want to get out of this website, I hope to create a scrapbook of sorts, a place where all my work from this class will always be visible and something I can always look back onto to remind me of this time in my life. I also hope that this website shows my knowledge and understanding of how to use AutoCAD.
My mother moved to the United States around 2006 to live with my Step-mother, of which the two were married. due to certain rules at the time, the federal government did not recognize my mother's marriage, causing massive issues in the area of visiting the UK. Border Control ended up stopping my mother at Logan Airport in Boston, telling her that she basically had two options: to stay out of the country for a year or risk being barred from visiting the United States for nine years. As a result, she ended up staying in the US illegally until a time when my step-mother would be able to sponsor her for a green card. For these interim years, my mother was unable to leave the country, so the only way I was able to see my mother was by me flying to the US.
Over the course of the next 6 years, I flew back and forth to the US for every single school vacation, resulting in approximately 48 flights, including return flights. As a result of this constant flying, I think of airplanes as a second home, and a place where I spent a significant part of my childhood. From a young age, I remember looking out the window at the wings and engines, being completely mesmerized by how everything stayed in the air. These memories sparked my love for airplanes and what ultimately led me to wanting a future job at Boeing, the company that made all the airplanes I flew on.
As for what I want to get out of this website, I hope to create a scrapbook of sorts, a place where all my work from this class will always be visible and something I can always look back onto to remind me of this time in my life. I also hope that this website shows my knowledge and understanding of how to use AutoCAD.