Meet Shayna Cody

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My name is Shayna Cody,
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and I go to Bard High School Early College.
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I'm a twin.
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I'm so competitive with my twin sister.
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We compete about everything.
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When my sister finishes homework before me,
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she usually rubs it in my face.
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We're just so competitive about everything.
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I think a fully-rounded education is not just sitting there
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doing the work that's required of you,
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but actually taking the time to, like, focus in
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and learn what you can out of your classes.
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I feel like, whatever I do,
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I want to be the best at what I do.
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Failure is not an option.
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My dream job when I leave school
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is to become a cardiologist.
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Every Saturday morning, I go to a program
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called The Lang Youth Medical Program.
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It's a pre-medical program where we prepare
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to become doctors.
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It's a six-year program.
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I got in at 7th grade in my middle school,
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and they stay with you all the way up until 12th grade.
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We learn about viruses,
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we learn about the body.
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I feel I've grown a whole lot
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since I've been in high school.
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I feel like I've had to grow up.
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You can't be the same person
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that you were when you went in there,
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otherwise, you're not going to get anything out of it.
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