Humans of Harker: Issue 5
March 25, 2014
In the style of Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York, Aquila highlights the notable pastimes of random students from the Upper School campus. Check out Brandon Aguilar (11), Emma Doherty (10), Avinash Nayak (12) and Cordelia Larsen (10) for Humans of Harker’s second online appearance, and make sure to grab a copy of Issue 5 of the Winged Post to see the print article!
Brandon Aguilar (11)
Even though there’s this disease that doesn’t let people remember anything, they still remember the most important events in their life.
— Brandon Aguilar (11)
Brandon volunteers regularly at the Alzheimer’s Activity Center in San Jose, and has been doing so since the beginning of last year. He enjoys listening to friendly residents talk about their pasts and seeing families travel from out of town to visit their loved ones.
Emma Doherty (10)
Each one has its own kind of plot and mystery behind it, but there’s always backstories behind each character and you get to keep up with that too. — Emma Doherty (10)
Emma keeps up with crime shows in her free time, including NCIS, NCIS: LA, Hawaii Five-0, Bones, Intelligence, and more. Her brother introduced her to her first crime show, NCIS: LA, at age 12, and her favorite one is NCIS.
Avinash Nayak (12)
It provides me with rejuvenation that I can have for the rest of the day.
— Avinash Nayak (12)
Avinash began playing and competing in table tennis at age 11. In addition to competing as part of the club The Top Spin, located in San Jose, he also plays league and tournament matches. Avinash’s favorite part of playing is the energy he gets from competitiveness of the sport.
Cordelia Larsen (10)
It takes a lot of ki, which is the natural energy flow of your body, to hit the drum with enough force.
— Cordelia Larsen (10)
Cordelia began playing taiko, a type of traditional Japanese drum, at the age of nine. Currently a performer in San Jose Taiko, Cordelia’s favorite thing about the percussion instrument is the energy it brings her.