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together every Wednesday night.
His future plans are to finish college in four or five years, get an office job at a company and work his way up like many other people do. Like many people, Bryson wants to make it rich in the world but does not yet have a solid plan to achieve such status.
He has had many girlfriends since the fifth grade; however he does not have a serious girlfriend right now. He is a very popular boy with everyone in school and is extremely likeable. He is in with the “cool” kids in school and enjoys his popularity. He has many friends due to him being so likeable and has no known enemy which is good.
Perceived Strengths/Interests
Spending time with Bryson I observed that he is a very strong-willed person and a very good leader. Walking the halls with him I noticed that almost every person we passed, whether and underclassman or a senior, acknowledged him by saying “what’s up” or just a simple “hello”. He always acknowledges that person back by saying the same thing they do. This is him being a likeable and personable person with everyone in school. It was really amazing how many people actually knew who he was. Even though he is in the “cool” group of kids, he is friends with almost everyone it seems like. It didn’t seem to matter if the kid was in band or the kid was a star football player, he treated them all the same. He reminds me a lot of myself involving other people and friends only I played football and golf. He is also known by most of the teachers and is friendly with most of them.
He may not be the strongest student in school but he gets his work done. I do not think he puts as much into school as he could if he did not work or play any sports. I noticed that homework sometimes took a back seat to hanging out with friends or playing basketball with people at the YMCA.
I told him when I was in high school I did the same thing and it really didn’t hu...